NetBSD Problem Report #51989

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From: maillist-netbsd@barfooze.de
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Subject: misleading and wrong text in ieee80211_radiotap manpage
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>Number:         51989
>Category:       standards
>Synopsis:       misleading and wrong text in ieee80211_radiotap manpage
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    standards-manager
>State:          closed
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Feb 21 17:45:01 +0000 2017
>Closed-Date:    Tue Mar 14 07:46:29 +0000 2017
>Last-Modified:  Tue Mar 14 07:46:29 +0000 2017
>Originator:     JS
>Release:        current
>Organization:
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>Environment:
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>Description:
http://netbsd.gw.com/cgi-bin/man-cgi?ieee80211_radiotap+9+NetBSD-current states:

     IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_EXT
             This bit is reserved for any future extensions to the radiotap
             structure.  A driver sets IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_EXT to extend the
             it_present bitmap by another 64 bits.  The bitmap can be extended
             by multiples of 32 bits to 96, 128, 160 bits or longer, by set-
             ting IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_EXT in the extensions.  The bitmap ends
             at the first extension field where IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_EXT is not
             set.


The sentence "A driver sets IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_EXT to extend the it_present bitmap by another 64 bits". this is wrong. it should say "32 bits" instead.
related discussion:
https://github.com/radiotap/radiotap-library/commit/9cb10453c50681a328cfea130a7e82ca3d682e05#commitcomment-20977306

>How-To-Repeat:
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>Fix:
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>Release-Note:

>Audit-Trail:
From: "David Young" <dyoung@netbsd.org>
To: gnats-bugs@gnats.NetBSD.org
Cc: 
Subject: PR/51989 CVS commit: src/share/man/man9
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2017 19:53:49 +0000

 Module Name:	src
 Committed By:	dyoung
 Date:		Tue Feb 21 19:53:49 UTC 2017

 Modified Files:
 	src/share/man/man9: ieee80211_radiotap.9

 Log Message:
 Fix PR standards/51989: the extension bit extends the presence bitmap
 by 32 bits, not 64.


 To generate a diff of this commit:
 cvs rdiff -u -r1.15 -r1.16 src/share/man/man9/ieee80211_radiotap.9

 Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
 copyright notices on the relevant files.

State-Changed-From-To: open->closed
State-Changed-By: dholland@NetBSD.org
State-Changed-When: Tue, 14 Mar 2017 07:46:29 +0000
State-Changed-Why:
fixed, thanks


>Unformatted:

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