netdev - [PATCH net 2/2] net: docs: replace IPX in tuntap documentation

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Date:   Mon,  5 Aug 2019 15:30:03 -0700
From:   Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:     davem@...emloft.net, corbet@....net
Cc:     linux-dog@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Subject: [PATCH net 2/2] net: docs: replace IPX in tuntap documentation

IPX is no longer supported, but the example in the documentation
might useful. Replace it with IPv6.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
---
 Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt b/Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt
index 949d5dcdd9a3..0104830d5075 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt
@@ -204,8 +204,8 @@ Ethernet device, which instead of receiving packets from a physical
 media, receives them from user space program and instead of sending 
 packets via physical media sends them to the user space program. 
 
-Let's say that you configured IPX on the tap0, then whenever 
-the kernel sends an IPX packet to tap0, it is passed to the application
+Let's say that you configured IPv6 on the tap0, then whenever
+the kernel sends an IPv6 packet to tap0, it is passed to the application
 (VTun for example). The application encrypts, compresses and sends it to 
 the other side over TCP or UDP. The application on the other side decompresses
 and decrypts the data received and writes the packet to the TAP device, 
-- 
2.20.1