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diff --git a/passt.1 b/passt.1
index 13e8df9..976f3f0 100644
--- a/passt.1
+++ b/passt.1
@@ -425,81 +425,9 @@ Send \fIname\fR as DHCP option 12 (hostname).
FQDN to configure the client with.
Send \fIname\fR as Client FQDN: DHCP option 81 and DHCPv6 option 39.
-.SS \fBpasst\fR-only options
-
-.TP
-.BR \-s ", " \-\-socket-path ", " \-\-socket " " \fIpath
-Path for UNIX domain socket used by \fBqemu\fR(1) or \fBqrap\fR(1) to connect to
-\fBpasst\fR.
-Default is to probe a free socket, not accepting connections, starting from
-\fI/tmp/passt_1.socket\fR to \fI/tmp/passt_64.socket\fR.
-
-.TP
-.BR \-\-vhost-user
-Enable vhost-user. The vhost-user command socket is provided by \fB--socket\fR.
-
-.TP
-.BR \-\-print-capabilities
-Print back-end capabilities in JSON format, only meaningful for vhost-user mode.
-
-.TP
-.BR \-\-repair-path " " \fIpath
-Path for UNIX domain socket used by the \fBpasst-repair\fR(1) helper to connect
-to \fBpasst\fR in order to set or clear the TCP_REPAIR option on sockets, during
-migration. \fB--repair-path none\fR disables this interface (if you need to
-specify a socket path called "none" you can prefix the path by \fI./\fR).
-
-Default, for \-\-vhost-user mode only, is to append \fI.repair\fR to the path
-chosen for the hypervisor UNIX domain socket. No socket is created if not in
-\-\-vhost-user mode.
-
-.TP
-.BR \-\-migrate-exit " " (DEPRECATED)
-Exit after a completed migration as source. By default, \fBpasst\fR keeps
-running and the migrated guest can continue using its connection, or a new guest
-can connect.
-
-Note that this configuration option is \fBdeprecated\fR and will be removed in a
-future version. It is not expected to be of any use, and it simply reflects a
-legacy behaviour. If you have any use for this, refer to \fBREPORTING BUGS\fR
-below.
-
-.TP
-.BR \-\-migrate-no-linger " " (DEPRECATED)
-Close TCP sockets on the source instance once migration completes.
-
-By default, sockets are kept open, and events on data sockets are ignored, so
-that any further message reaching sockets after the source migrated is silently
-ignored, to avoid connection resets in case data is received after migration.
-
-Note that this configuration option is \fBdeprecated\fR and will be removed in a
-future version. It is not expected to be of any use, and it simply reflects a
-legacy behaviour. If you have any use for this, refer to \fBREPORTING BUGS\fR
-below.
-
-.TP
-.BR \-F ", " \-\-fd " " \fIFD
-Pass a pre-opened, connected socket to \fBpasst\fR. Usually the socket is opened
-in the parent process and \fBpasst\fR inherits it when run as a child. This
-allows the parent process to open sockets using another address family or
-requiring special privileges.
-
-This option implies the behaviour described for \-\-one-off, once this socket
-is closed.
-
-.TP
-.BR \-1 ", " \-\-one-off
-Quit after handling a single client connection, that is, once the client closes
-the socket, or once we get a socket error.
-
-\fBNote\fR: this option has no effect after \fBpasst\fR completes a migration as
-source, because, in that case, exiting would close sockets for active
-connections, which would in turn cause connection resets if any further data is
-received. See also the description of \fI\-\-migrate-no-linger\fR.
-
.TP
.BR \-t ", " \-\-tcp-ports " " \fIspec
-Configure TCP port forwarding to guest. \fIspec\fR can be one of:
+Configure TCP port forwarding to guest or namespace. \fIspec\fR can be one of:
.RS
.TP
@@ -507,12 +435,18 @@ Configure TCP port forwarding to guest. \fIspec\fR can be one of:
Don't forward any ports
.TP
-.BR all
+.BR all " " (\fBpasst\fR " " only)
Forward all unbound, non-ephemeral ports, as permitted by current capabilities.
For low (< 1024) ports, see \fBNOTES\fR. No failures are reported for
unavailable ports, unless no ports could be forwarded at all.
.TP
+.BR auto " " (\fBpasta\fR " " only)
+Dynamically forward ports bound in the namespace. The list of ports is
+periodically derived (every second) from listening sockets reported by
+\fI/proc/net/tcp\fR and \fI/proc/net/tcp6\fR, see \fBproc\fR(5).
+
+.TP
.BR ports
A comma-separated list of ports, optionally ranged with \fI-\fR, and,
optionally, with target ports after \fI:\fR, if they differ. Specific addresses
@@ -528,22 +462,22 @@ Examples:
.RS
.TP
-t 22
-Forward local port 22 to port 22 on the guest
+Forward local port 22 to port 22 on the guest or namespace
.TP
-t 22:23
-Forward local port 22 to port 23 on the guest
+Forward local port 22 to port 23 on the guest or namespace
.TP
-t 22,25
-Forward local ports 22 and 25 to ports 22 and 25 on the guest
+Forward local ports 22 and 25 to ports 22 and 25 on the guest or namespace
.TP
-t 22-80
-Forward local ports between 22 and 80 to corresponding ports on the guest
+Forward local ports between 22 and 80 to corresponding ports on the guest or namespace
.TP
-t 22-80:32-90
-Forward local ports between 22 and 80 to ports between 32 and 90 on the guest
+Forward local ports between 22 and 80 to ports between 32 and 90 on the guest or namespace
.TP
-t 192.0.2.1/22
-Forward local port 22, bound to 192.0.2.1, to port 22 on the guest
+Forward local port 22, bound to 192.0.2.1, to port 22 on the guest or namespace
.TP
-t 192.0.2.1%eth0/22
Forward local port 22, bound to 192.0.2.1 and interface eth0, to port 22
@@ -563,7 +497,7 @@ and 30
Forward all ports to the guest, except for the range from 20000 to 20010
.RE
-Default is \fBnone\fR.
+Default is \fBnone\fR for \fBpasst\fR and \fBauto\fR for \fBpasta\fR.
.RE
.TP
@@ -575,101 +509,87 @@ Note: unless overridden, UDP ports with numbers corresponding to forwarded TCP
port numbers are forwarded too, without, however, any port translation. IPv6
bound ports are also forwarded for IPv4.
-Default is \fBnone\fR.
+Default is \fBnone\fR for \fBpasst\fR and \fBauto\fR for \fBpasta\fR.
-.SS \fBpasta\fR-only options
+.SS \fBpasst\fR-only options
.TP
-.BR \-I ", " \-\-ns-ifname " " \fIname
-Name of tap interface to be created in target namespace.
-By default, the same interface name as the external, routable interface is used.
-If no such interface exists, the name \fItap0\fR will be used instead.
+.BR \-s ", " \-\-socket-path ", " \-\-socket " " \fIpath
+Path for UNIX domain socket used by \fBqemu\fR(1) or \fBqrap\fR(1) to connect to
+\fBpasst\fR.
+Default is to probe a free socket, not accepting connections, starting from
+\fI/tmp/passt_1.socket\fR to \fI/tmp/passt_64.socket\fR.
.TP
-.BR \-t ", " \-\-tcp-ports " " \fIspec
-Configure TCP port forwarding to namespace. \fIspec\fR can be one of:
-.RS
+.BR \-\-vhost-user
+Enable vhost-user. The vhost-user command socket is provided by \fB--socket\fR.
.TP
-.BR none
-Don't forward any ports
+.BR \-\-print-capabilities
+Print back-end capabilities in JSON format, only meaningful for vhost-user mode.
.TP
-.BR auto
-Dynamically forward ports bound in the namespace. The list of ports is
-periodically derived (every second) from listening sockets reported by
-\fI/proc/net/tcp\fR and \fI/proc/net/tcp6\fR, see \fBproc\fR(5).
+.BR \-\-repair-path " " \fIpath
+Path for UNIX domain socket used by the \fBpasst-repair\fR(1) helper to connect
+to \fBpasst\fR in order to set or clear the TCP_REPAIR option on sockets, during
+migration. \fB--repair-path none\fR disables this interface (if you need to
+specify a socket path called "none" you can prefix the path by \fI./\fR).
+
+Default, for \-\-vhost-user mode only, is to append \fI.repair\fR to the path
+chosen for the hypervisor UNIX domain socket. No socket is created if not in
+\-\-vhost-user mode.
.TP
-.BR ports
-A comma-separated list of ports, optionally ranged with \fI-\fR, and,
-optionally, with target ports after \fI:\fR, if they differ. Specific addresses
-can be bound as well, separated by \fI/\fR, and also, since Linux 5.7, limited
-to specific interfaces, prefixed by \fI%\fR. Within given ranges, selected ports
-and ranges can be excluded by an additional specification prefixed by \fI~\fR.
+.BR \-\-migrate-exit " " (DEPRECATED)
+Exit after a completed migration as source. By default, \fBpasst\fR keeps
+running and the migrated guest can continue using its connection, or a new guest
+can connect.
-Specifying excluded ranges only implies that all other ports are forwarded. In
-this case, no failures are reported for unavailable ports, unless no ports could
-be forwarded at all.
+Note that this configuration option is \fBdeprecated\fR and will be removed in a
+future version. It is not expected to be of any use, and it simply reflects a
+legacy behaviour. If you have any use for this, refer to \fBREPORTING BUGS\fR
+below.
-Examples:
-.RS
-.TP
--t 22
-Forward local port 22 to 22 in the target namespace
-.TP
--t 22:23
-Forward local port 22 to port 23 in the target namespace
-.TP
--t 22,25
-Forward local ports 22 and 25 to ports 22 and 25 in the target namespace
-.TP
--t 22-80
-Forward local ports between 22 and 80 to corresponding ports in the target
-namespace
-.TP
--t 22-80:32-90
-Forward local ports between 22 and 80 to ports between 32 and 90 in the target
-namespace
-.TP
--t 192.0.2.1/22
-Forward local port 22, bound to 192.0.2.1, to port 22 in the target namespace
-.TP
--t 192.0.2.1%eth0/22
-Forward local port 22, bound to 192.0.2.1 and interface eth0, to port 22
-.TP
--t %eth0/22
-Forward local port 22, bound to any address on interface eth0, to port 22
-.TP
--t 2000-5000,~3000-3010
-Forward local ports between 2000 and 5000, except for those between 3000 and
-3010
-.TP
--t 192.0.2.1/20-30,~25
-For the local address 192.0.2.1, forward ports between 20 and 24 and between 26
-and 30
.TP
--t ~20000-20010
-Forward all ports to the namespace, except for those between 20000 and 20010
-.RE
+.BR \-\-migrate-no-linger " " (DEPRECATED)
+Close TCP sockets on the source instance once migration completes.
-IPv6 bound ports are also forwarded for IPv4.
+By default, sockets are kept open, and events on data sockets are ignored, so
+that any further message reaching sockets after the source migrated is silently
+ignored, to avoid connection resets in case data is received after migration.
-Default is \fBauto\fR.
-.RE
+Note that this configuration option is \fBdeprecated\fR and will be removed in a
+future version. It is not expected to be of any use, and it simply reflects a
+legacy behaviour. If you have any use for this, refer to \fBREPORTING BUGS\fR
+below.
.TP
-.BR \-u ", " \-\-udp-ports " " \fIspec
-Configure UDP port forwarding to namespace. \fIspec\fR is as described for TCP
-above, and the list of ports is derived from listening sockets reported by
-\fI/proc/net/udp\fR and \fI/proc/net/udp6\fR, see \fBproc\fR(5).
+.BR \-F ", " \-\-fd " " \fIFD
+Pass a pre-opened, connected socket to \fBpasst\fR. Usually the socket is opened
+in the parent process and \fBpasst\fR inherits it when run as a child. This
+allows the parent process to open sockets using another address family or
+requiring special privileges.
-Note: unless overridden, UDP ports with numbers corresponding to forwarded TCP
-port numbers are forwarded too, without, however, any port translation.
+This option implies the behaviour described for \-\-one-off, once this socket
+is closed.
-IPv6 bound ports are also forwarded for IPv4.
+.TP
+.BR \-1 ", " \-\-one-off
+Quit after handling a single client connection, that is, once the client closes
+the socket, or once we get a socket error.
-Default is \fBauto\fR.
+\fBNote\fR: this option has no effect after \fBpasst\fR completes a migration as
+source, because, in that case, exiting would close sockets for active
+connections, which would in turn cause connection resets if any further data is
+received. See also the description of \fI\-\-migrate-no-linger\fR.
+
+.SS \fBpasta\fR-only options
+
+.TP
+.BR \-I ", " \-\-ns-ifname " " \fIname
+Name of tap interface to be created in target namespace.
+By default, the same interface name as the external, routable interface is used.
+If no such interface exists, the name \fItap0\fR will be used instead.
.TP
.BR \-T ", " \-\-tcp-ns " " \fIspec