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diff --git a/chapter08/iproute2.xml b/chapter08/iproute2.xml index 25e7e81be..d57e4725c 100644 --- a/chapter08/iproute2.xml +++ b/chapter08/iproute2.xml @@ -42,12 +42,12 @@ <title>Installation of IPRoute2</title> <para>The <command>arpd</command> program included in this package will not - be built since it is dependent on Berkeley DB, which is not installed in - LFS. However, a directory for <command>arpd</command> and a man page will still - be installed. Prevent this by running the commands below. - If the <command>arpd</command> binary is needed, - instructions for compiling Berkeley DB can be found in the BLFS Book at - <ulink url="&blfs-book;server/db.html"/>. + be built since it depends on Berkeley DB, which is not installed in + LFS. However, a directory and a man page for <command>arpd</command> will still + be installed. Prevent this by running the commands shown below. + (If the <command>arpd</command> program is needed, + instructions for compiling Berkeley DB can be found in the BLFS book at + <ulink url="&blfs-book;server/db.html"/>.) </para> <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i /ARPD/d Makefile @@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ cp -v COPYING README* /usr/share/doc/iproute2-&iproute2-version;</userinput></sc <varlistentry id="genl"> <term><command>genl</command></term> <listitem> - <para>Generic netlink utility frontend</para> + <para>Generic netlink utility front end</para> <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 genl"> <primary sortas="b-genl">genl</primary> </indexterm> @@ -140,9 +140,9 @@ cp -v COPYING README* /usr/share/doc/iproute2-&iproute2-version;</userinput></sc <term><command>ifcfg</command></term> <listitem> <para>A shell script wrapper for the <command>ip</command> command - [Note that it requires the <command>arping</command> and + (Note that this script requires the <command>arping</command> and <command>rdisk</command> programs from the - iputils package found at <ulink url="http://www.skbuff.net/iputils/"/>.]</para> + iputils package found at <ulink url="http://www.skbuff.net/iputils/"/>.)</para> <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 ifcfg"> <primary sortas="b-ifcfg">ifcfg</primary> </indexterm> @@ -152,8 +152,8 @@ cp -v COPYING README* /usr/share/doc/iproute2-&iproute2-version;</userinput></sc <varlistentry id="ifstat"> <term><command>ifstat</command></term> <listitem> - <para>Shows the interface statistics, including the amount of - transmitted and received packets by interface</para> + <para>Shows interface statistics, including the number of + packets transmitted and received, by interface</para> <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 ifstat"> <primary sortas="b-ifstat">ifstat</primary> </indexterm> @@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ cp -v COPYING README* /usr/share/doc/iproute2-&iproute2-version;</userinput></sc <varlistentry id="ip"> <term><command>ip</command></term> <listitem> - <para>The main executable. It has several different functions:</para> + <para>The main executable. It has several different functions, including these:</para> <para><command>ip link <replaceable><device></replaceable></command> allows users to look at the state of devices and to make changes</para> @@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ cp -v COPYING README* /usr/share/doc/iproute2-&iproute2-version;</userinput></sc <varlistentry id="nstat"> <term><command>nstat</command></term> <listitem> - <para>Shows network statistics</para> + <para>Displays network statistics</para> <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 nstat"> <primary sortas="b-nstat">nstat</primary> </indexterm> @@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ cp -v COPYING README* /usr/share/doc/iproute2-&iproute2-version;</userinput></sc <varlistentry id="routef"> <term><command>routef</command></term> <listitem> - <para>A component of <command>ip route</command>. This is for flushing + <para>A component of <command>ip route</command>, for flushing the routing tables</para> <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 routef"> <primary sortas="b-routef">routef</primary> @@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ cp -v COPYING README* /usr/share/doc/iproute2-&iproute2-version;</userinput></sc <varlistentry id="routel"> <term><command>routel</command></term> <listitem> - <para>A component of <command>ip route</command>. This is for listing + <para>A component of <command>ip route</command>, for listing the routing tables</para> <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 routel"> <primary sortas="b-routel">routel</primary> @@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ cp -v COPYING README* /usr/share/doc/iproute2-&iproute2-version;</userinput></sc <varlistentry id="rtpr"> <term><command>rtpr</command></term> <listitem> - <para>Converts the output of <command>ip -o</command> back into a + <para>Converts the output of <command>ip -o</command> into a readable form</para> <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 rtpr"> <primary sortas="b-rtpr">rtpr</primary> @@ -295,25 +295,26 @@ cp -v COPYING README* /usr/share/doc/iproute2-&iproute2-version;</userinput></sc </listitem> </varlistentry> + <!-- FixMe These options don't match tc -help screen --> <varlistentry id="tc"> <term><command>tc</command></term> <listitem> - <para>Traffic Controlling Executable; this is for Quality Of Service - (QOS) and Class Of Service (COS) implementations</para> + <para>Traffic control for Quality of Service + (QoS) and Class of Service (CoS) implementations</para> - <para><command>tc qdisc</command> allows users to setup the queueing + <para><command>tc qdisc</command> allows users to set up the queueing discipline</para> - <para><command>tc class</command> allows users to setup classes based + <para><command>tc class</command> allows users to set up classes based on the queuing discipline scheduling</para> <para><command>tc estimator</command> allows users to estimate the - network flow into a network</para> + data flow through a network</para> - <para><command>tc filter</command> allows users to setup the QOS/COS + <para><command>tc filter</command> allows users to set up the QoS/CoS packet filtering</para> - <para><command>tc policy</command> allows users to setup the QOS/COS + <para><command>tc policy</command> allows users to set up the QoS/CoS policies</para> <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 ss"> <primary sortas="b-tc">tc</primary> |