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authorBoris Popov <bp@FreeBSD.org>2002-04-20 05:00:48 +0000
committerBoris Popov <bp@FreeBSD.org>2002-04-20 05:00:48 +0000
commit91a2bd255873045812005647f04448c51a886ce0 (patch)
treecb18b276b4504be4c2c85e6e08fe19d657162b7f
parent03df31a6fc71eda2eb20c79a4be677fc84e70e1e (diff)
Notes
-rw-r--r--share/man/man4/ef.49
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/ef.4 b/share/man/man4/ef.4
index 1b85ef56d28be..ee97f24621f05 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/ef.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/ef.4
@@ -69,11 +69,16 @@ and
.Ar Ethernet_802.3
frame type.
.Pp
-Please note that it is impossible to configure IPX protocol on the 'raw'
+Please note that it is impossible to configure IPX protocol on the parent
.Ar ed0
device after
.Ar if_ef.ko
driver loaded.
+.Pp
+If parent interface do not configured for any other protocol (IP for example),
+subinterfaces will not function. To avoid that, parent interface should be
+manually marked as 'up':
+.Dl # ifconfig ed0 up
.Sh EXAMPLES
The
.Nm
@@ -92,7 +97,7 @@ file:
.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
None.
.Sh CAVEATS
-Avoid to configuring 'raw' ethernet device for IPX protocol after
+Avoid to configuring parent ethernet device for IPX protocol after
.Nm
driver is loaded.
.Sh SEE ALSO