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diff --git a/share/man/man4/bridge.4 b/share/man/man4/bridge.4 deleted file mode 100644 index 5482c0e1f00e3..0000000000000 --- a/share/man/man4/bridge.4 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,65 +0,0 @@ -.\" -.\" $Id$ -.\" -.Dd Sep 28, 1998 -.Dt BRIDGE 4 -.Os -.Sh NAME -.Nm bridge -.Nd Bridging support -.Sh DESCRIPTION -Starting from version 2.2.8, FreeBSD supports bridging on ethernet-type -interfaces. This is achieved using the following option -.Bd -literal - options BRIDGE -.Ed - -in the kernel config file, and is controlled by two -.Nm sysctl -variables: -.Bd -literal - net.link.ether.bridge -.Ed - -Set to 1 to enable bridging, set to 0 to disable it -.Bd -literal - net.link.ether.bridge_ipfw -.Ed - -Set to 1 to enable -.Nm ipfw -filtering on bridged packets. Note that -.Nm ipfw -rules only apply -to IP packets. Non-IP packets are subject to the default -.Nm ipfw -rule (number 65535) which must be an -.Ar allow -rule if we want ARP and other non-IP packets to flow through the -bridge. - - -.Sh BUGS -.Pp -Care must be taken not to construct loops in the bridge topology. -The kernel supports only a primitive form of loop detection, by disabling -some interfaces when a loop is detected. No support for a daemon running the -spanning tree algorithm is currently provided. -.Pp -With bridging active, interfaces are in promiscuous mode, -thus causing some load on the system to receive and filter -out undesired traffic. -.Pp -Extended functionality to enable bridging selectively on clusters -of interfaces is still in the works. -.Pp -Not all interface support bridging -- at the moment it works for -``ed'', ``de'', ``ep'', ``fxp'', ``lnc'' interfaces. -.Sh SEE ALSO -.Xr ip 4 , -.Xr ipfw 8 , -.Xr sysctl 8 . -.Sh HISTORY -.Nm -bridging has been introduced in FreeBSD 2.2.8 -by Luigi Rizzo <luigi@iet.unipi.it>. |
