From 710428b51aced5c5db9b897779519a864b9cfe54 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Suzanne Goldlust Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2021 20:04:15 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] [#2232] Additional text edits after review --- doc/sphinx/man/perfdhcp.8.rst | 11 ++++++----- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/sphinx/man/perfdhcp.8.rst b/doc/sphinx/man/perfdhcp.8.rst index 23de2a10f2..ce50cbcaff 100644 --- a/doc/sphinx/man/perfdhcp.8.rst +++ b/doc/sphinx/man/perfdhcp.8.rst @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ default, if there is no response received with one second, a response is considered lost and ``perfdhcp`` continues with other transactions. A second scenario, called avalanche, is selected via ``--scenario avalanche``. -It first sends as many Discovery or Solicit messages as requests in the ``-R`` option; then +It first sends the number of Discovery or Solicit messages specified by the ``-R`` option; then a retransmission (with an exponential back-off mechanism) is used for each simulated client, until all requests are answered. It generates a report when all clients receive their addresses, or when it is manually stopped. This scenario attempts to replicate a @@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ Options with the ``-4`` option. ``-F release-rate`` - Specifies the rate at which Release requests are sent to a server. This value + Specifies the rate at which DHCPv4 or DHCPv6 release requests are sent to a server. This value is only valid when used in conjunction with the exchange rate (given by ``-r rate``). Furthermore, the sum of this value and the renew-rate (given by ``-f rate``) must be equal to or less than the exchange @@ -416,9 +416,10 @@ Options Controlling a Test Sets the delay (in seconds) between two successive reports. ``-C separator`` - Output reduced, an argument is a separator for periodic (-t) reports - generated in easy parsable mode. Data output won't be changed, - remain identical as in -t option. + Suppresses the preliminary output and causes the interim data to + only contain the values delimited by ``separator``. If used in + conjunction with ``-t``, this option produces easily parsable + reports at ``-t`` intervals. Arguments ~~~~~~~~~