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diff --git a/man7/udplite.7 b/man7/udplite.7 index 36a2db8..4ba4266 100644 --- a/man7/udplite.7 +++ b/man7/udplite.7 @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ .\" .\" $Id: udplite.7,v 1.12 2008/07/23 15:22:22 gerrit Exp gerrit $ .\" -.TH udplite 7 2023-02-10 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01" +.TH udplite 7 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.7" .SH NAME udplite \- Lightweight User Datagram Protocol .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -13,25 +13,25 @@ udplite \- Lightweight User Datagram Protocol .\" FIXME . see #defines under `BUGS', .\" when glibc supports this, add .\" #include <netinet/udplite.h> -.PP +.P .B sockfd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_UDPLITE); .fi .SH DESCRIPTION This is an implementation of the Lightweight User Datagram Protocol (UDP-Lite), as described in RFC\ 3828. -.PP +.P UDP-Lite is an extension of UDP (RFC\ 768) to support variable-length checksums. This has advantages for some types of multimedia transport that may be able to make use of slightly damaged datagrams, rather than having them discarded by lower-layer protocols. -.PP +.P The variable-length checksum coverage is set via a .BR setsockopt (2) option. If this option is not set, the only difference from UDP is in using a different IP protocol identifier (IANA number 136). -.PP +.P The UDP-Lite implementation is a full extension of .BR udp (7)\[em]that is, it shares the same API and API behavior, and in addition @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ socket options are valid on a UDP-Lite socket. See .BR udp (7) for more information. -.PP +.P The following two options are specific to UDP-Lite. .TP .B UDPLITE_SEND_CSCOV @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ exceeds the actual packet coverage, incoming packets are silently dropped, but may generate a warning message in the system log. .\" SO_NO_CHECK exists and is supported by UDPv4, but is .\" commented out in socket(7), hence also commented out here -.\".PP +.\".P .\"Since UDP-Lite mandates checksums, checksumming can not be disabled .\"via the .\".B SO_NO_CHECK @@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ UDP-Litev4/v6 first appeared in Linux 2.6.20. .SH BUGS .\" FIXME . remove this section once glibc supports UDP-Lite Where glibc support is missing, the following definitions are needed: -.PP +.P .in +4n .EX #define IPPROTO_UDPLITE 136 @@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ Where glibc support is missing, the following definitions are needed: .BR ipv6 (7), .BR socket (7), .BR udp (7) -.PP +.P RFC\ 3828 for the Lightweight User Datagram Protocol (UDP-Lite). -.PP +.P .I Documentation/networking/udplite.txt in the Linux kernel source tree |