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standards/51989: misleading and wrong text in ieee80211_radiotap manpage



>Number:         51989
>Category:       standards
>Synopsis:       misleading and wrong text in ieee80211_radiotap manpage
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    standards-manager
>State:          open
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Feb 21 17:45:01 +0000 2017
>Originator:     JS
>Release:        current
>Organization:
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>Environment:
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>Description:
http://netbsd.gw.com/cgi-bin/man-cgi?ieee80211_radiotap+9+NetBSD-current states:

     IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_EXT
             This bit is reserved for any future extensions to the radiotap
             structure.  A driver sets IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_EXT to extend the
             it_present bitmap by another 64 bits.  The bitmap can be extended
             by multiples of 32 bits to 96, 128, 160 bits or longer, by set-
             ting IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_EXT in the extensions.  The bitmap ends
             at the first extension field where IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_EXT is not
             set.


The sentence "A driver sets IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_EXT to extend the it_present bitmap by another 64 bits". this is wrong. it should say "32 bits" instead.
related discussion:
https://github.com/radiotap/radiotap-library/commit/9cb10453c50681a328cfea130a7e82ca3d682e05#commitcomment-20977306

>How-To-Repeat:
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>Fix:
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