Re: IPF FAQ Update!

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a b wrote:
>> Honestly a lot of this needs to go into the HowTo. Erik (the author of=
the
>> HowTo) accepts patches to the HowTo (he's taken a few of mine), though=
as
>> far as I know, doesn't actively keep it current.
>>
>> I try to keep the FAQ what it claims to be: frequently asked questions=
,
>> common problems, concerns, misunderstandings, and the like.
>>
>> That said - if you have specific questions (and preferably answers too=
- I
>> have never actually used bimap myself), I'll be happy to include them.=

>=20
> I've been under the impression - and please correct me if I'm wrong - t=
hat there has been lots and lots of functionality aded to IPF 4 and 5 tha=
t's not documented anywhere. Like the variable / macro assignments that s=
omeone asked about recently.

First, please wrap your emails to < 80 chars.
Second, this is ... half-true. There are a lot of new features in IPF4. S=
ome
of them are documented in the man pages, but not all of them. Additionall=
y,
I've slowly been adding bits about them to the FAQ as they come up (like =
the
macro expansion). For example, there's an entry in the FAQ about how to
compile your rules into a Solaris kernel module and load it (a purely IPF=
4
feature), as well as a question about ippools.

Of course. the FAQ doesn't aim to be complete documentation - just an ans=
wer
to common questions and problems.

> The question is, how current are the manual pages and do they keep trac=
k of all the new functionality added?

They have some, but not all, of the new features. It sounds like with IPF=
5
the man pages are being largely re-written though.

> How much up-to-date is docs.sun.com with respect to Sun supported IPF? =
And docs.hp.com?

I know Sun has docs up, I haven't looked at them extensively though.

--=20
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