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Expand Up @@ -185,15 +185,14 @@ created. Socket addresses are represented as follows:
.. versionadded:: 3.7

- :const:`AF_PACKET` is a low-level interface directly to network devices.
The packets are represented by the tuple
The addresses are represented by the tuple
``(ifname, proto[, pkttype[, hatype[, addr]]])`` where:

- *ifname* - String specifying the device name.
- *proto* - The Ethernet protocol number.
May be :data:`ETH_P_ALL` to capture all protocols,
one of the :ref:`ETHERTYPE_* constants <socket-ethernet-types>`
or any other Ethernet protocol number.
Value must be in network-byte-order.
- *pkttype* - Optional integer specifying the packet type:

- ``PACKET_HOST`` (the default) - Packet addressed to the local host.
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