NetBSD Problem Report #52890

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From: dhgutteridge@sympatico.ca
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To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Subject: wm(4) man page missing reference to jumbo frame support
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>Number:         52890
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       wm(4) man page missing reference to jumbo frame support
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    misc-bug-people
>State:          closed
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Jan 03 04:35:00 +0000 2018
>Closed-Date:    Wed Feb 07 11:16:27 +0000 2018
>Last-Modified:  Wed Feb 07 11:16:27 +0000 2018
>Originator:     David H. Gutteridge
>Release:        HEAD
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:
Unlike the man pages of some other drivers with jumbo frame support
(e.g. bge[4]), wm(4) doesn't include a note about this.
>How-To-Repeat:
Read the manual. Note your wm(4) interface(s) advertise jumbo frame
support.
>Fix:
--- wm.4.orig
+++ wm.4
@@ -168,6 +168,12 @@
 See
 .Xr ifconfig 8
 for information on how to enable this feature.
+.Pp
+Many variants of this chip also support jumbo frames, which can be
+configured via the interface MTU setting.
+Selecting an MTU larger than 1500 bytes with the
+.Xr ifconfig 8
+utility configures the adapter to receive and transmit jumbo frames.
 .\" .Sh DIAGNOSTICS
 .\" XXX to be done.
 .Sh OPTIONS

>Release-Note:

>Audit-Trail:
From: "David H. Gutteridge" <dhgutteridge@sympatico.ca>
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: misc/52890: wm(4) man page missing reference to jumbo frame
 support
Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2018 21:36:47 -0500

 (I suppose this should be filed under kern, not misc.)

From: "Kengo NAKAHARA" <knakahara@netbsd.org>
To: gnats-bugs@gnats.NetBSD.org
Cc: 
Subject: PR/52890 CVS commit: src/share/man/man4
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2018 03:26:37 +0000

 Module Name:	src
 Committed By:	knakahara
 Date:		Wed Feb  7 03:26:37 UTC 2018

 Modified Files:
 	src/share/man/man4: wm.4

 Log Message:
 Fix PR misc/52890


 To generate a diff of this commit:
 cvs rdiff -u -r1.38 -r1.39 src/share/man/man4/wm.4

 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: wiz@NetBSD.org
State-Changed-When: Wed, 07 Feb 2018 11:16:27 +0000
State-Changed-Why:
knakahara committed this, thanks!


>Unformatted:

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