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authorjmc <jmc@openbsd.org>2017-03-22 07:06:23 +0000
committerjmc <jmc@openbsd.org>2017-03-22 07:06:23 +0000
commit36321e76ef76be435b3f6dbfc05a4ea09aa75539 (patch)
treea5369bd32f76056c86790c1fbbe85441b10d1f3c
parentupdate ure(4) entry; from tinker (diff)
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zap some historical notes and an out of date url;
help/ok bluhm
-rw-r--r--share/man/man4/inet6.414
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/inet6.4 b/share/man/man4/inet6.4
index c9bac07e4f7..601581d55de 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/inet6.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/inet6.4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: inet6.4,v 1.35 2017/03/20 23:52:05 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: inet6.4,v 1.36 2017/03/22 07:06:23 jmc Exp $
.\" $KAME: inet6.4,v 1.19 2000/11/24 10:13:18 itojun Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998 WIDE Project.
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: March 20 2017 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: March 22 2017 $
.Dt INET6 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ to effect
matching on incoming messages.
.Pp
The IPv6 specification defines scoped address,
-like link-local or site-local address.
+like link-local addresses.
A scoped address is ambiguous to the kernel,
if it is specified without a scope identifier.
To manipulate scoped addresses properly from userland,
@@ -166,8 +166,6 @@ A compact description of the advanced API is available in
.Xr ip6 4 .
If scoped addresses are specified without explicit scope,
the kernel may raise an error.
-Note that scoped addresses are not for daily use at this moment,
-both from a specification and an implementation point of view.
.Pp
KAME implementation supports extended numeric IPv6 address notation
for link-local addresses,
@@ -206,12 +204,6 @@ socket, kernel memory accesses via
.Xr kvm 3
and some other occasions.
HOWEVER, users should never use the embedded form.
-For details please consult
-.Lk http://www.kame.net/dev/cvsweb2.cgi/kame/IMPLEMENTATION .
-Note that the above URL describes the situation with the latest KAME tree,
-not the
-.Ox
-tree.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr ioctl 2 ,
.Xr socket 2 ,