Plan 9 from Bell Labs 2014-03-05

sys/games/lib/fortunes

@@ -4319,3 +4319,4 @@ Grammar... The difference between knowing your shit, and knowing you're shit.
 The custom error module does not recognize this error.
 The U.S. government has to get out of the business of fucking with encryption standards.  - Richard Clarke
 How do you tell a bad standard?  If it begins with "I", e.g, I2O, IPMI.  If it ends with "I", e.g., ACPI, EFI, IPMI, etc.  If it has the word "intelligent" in it, e.g., I2O, IPMI.  Or, the best, if it has all three, e.g., IPMI. - Ron Minnich
+It's frequently easier to read disassembled glibc object code than the glibc source. - Ron Minnich

sys/man/3/bridge

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 .TH BRIDGE 3
 .SH NAME
-bridge \- IPv4 Ethernet bridge
+bridge \- Ethernet bridge and IPv4 tunnel
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .nf
 .B bind -a #B\fIb\fP /net
-
+.sp 0.4v
 .B /net/bridge\fIb\fP/ctl
 .B /net/bridge\fIb\fP/cache
 .B /net/bridge\fIb\fP/log
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ bridge \- IPv4 Ethernet bridge
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The
 .I bridge
-device bridges IPv4 packets amongst Ethernet interfaces.
+device bridges (copies) packets amongst Ethernet interfaces.
 The number
 .I b
 in the bind is optional and selects a particular bridge
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Treat the device mounted at
 .I path
 (e.g.,
 .LR /net/ether0 )
-as an Ethernet medium carrying IPv4 and ARP packets
+as an Ethernet medium
 and associate it with this bridge (forward its packets to the
 other interfaces associated with this bridge).
 .I Ownhash
@@ -67,10 +67,10 @@ is an `owner hash'.
 .BI "bind tunnel " "name ownhash path path2
 Treat the device mounted at
 .I path
-as a network tunnel carrying IPv4 and ARP packets,
+as a network tunnel (of IPv4 in IPv4),
 the device mounted at
 .I path2
-as an Ethernet medium carrying IPv4 and ARP packets
+as an Ethernet medium
 and associate them with this bridge
 (forward its packets to the
 other interfaces associated with this bridge).
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ Set bridge
 The only known option is
 .LR tcpmss ,
 which limits the TCP Maximum Segment Size of
-TCPv4 packets passing through to 1300 bytes.
+TCP packets passing through to 1300 bytes.
 .TP
 .BI "clear " option
 Clear bridge
@@ -168,4 +168,4 @@ echo 'bind ether inner 0 /net/ether1' >/net/bridge0/ctl
 .SH SOURCE
 .B /sys/src/9/port/devbridge.c
 .SH BUGS
-Doesn't understand IPv6.
+Understands but won't tunnel nor fragment IPv6.