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authorThomas Osterried <thomas@osterried.de>2010-03-31 10:08:15 +0000
committerThomas Osterried <thomas@osterried.de>2010-03-31 10:08:15 +0000
commit38ef4d3bccd609b0ef5db67d41287d46390eba1e (patch)
treefc48c8db921995c1069c7d0596376b4cca850779
parent56a7b3020687d420756434ec2017ee4972b529fb (diff)
Added help for arguments n* /dev/ptmx
-rw-r--r--kiss/kissnetd.81
-rw-r--r--kiss/mkiss.82
2 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kiss/kissnetd.8 b/kiss/kissnetd.8
index 3b47bac..77fabb9 100644
--- a/kiss/kissnetd.8
+++ b/kiss/kissnetd.8
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ systems to share the same packets.
.BI "\-p num"
Automaticaly allocate num Unix98 slave pty's via /dev/ptmx.
These are written to stdout and could be parsed by your startup scripts.
+"kissnetd -p 3" is an comfortable alternative to "kissnetd /dev/ptmx /dev/ptmx /dev/ptmx".
.TP 10
.BI "\-f size"
This sets the maximum KISS frame size that the program will handle. The
diff --git a/kiss/mkiss.8 b/kiss/mkiss.8
index 82b0fa5..b718740 100644
--- a/kiss/mkiss.8
+++ b/kiss/mkiss.8
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Pollrate is interval between polls (in 100ms units).
Display the version.
.TP 10
.BI "\-x number"
-This option is for Unix98 PTYs. It allocates "number" ptys; their names are written to stdout. When -x is used, the pty arguments are optional.
+This option is for Unix98 PTYs. It allocates "number" ptys; their names are written to stdout. When -x is used, the pty arguments are optional. "mkiss -x 3 ttyname" is an comfortable alternative to "mkiss ttyname /dev/ptmx /dev/ptmx /dev/ptmx".
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR kissattach (8),
.BR ifconfig (8),