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author | archie <archie@FreeBSD.org> | 2000-01-25 20:26:52 +0000 |
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committer | archie <archie@FreeBSD.org> | 2000-01-25 20:26:52 +0000 |
commit | 9c5939b3c589ba4a1ba21ae5ffd7f7a8286a1197 (patch) | |
tree | 01f57f01783568c723dca72c85b0486d8e1cdaef | |
parent | b5f4230b5557aa4ebed715b6fad6b54a2186ab6f (diff) | |
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New man page ng_ether(8) describing the netgraph capabilities of
Ethernet interfaces.
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/ng_ether.4 | 114 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man8/Makefile | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man8/ng_ether.8 | 114 |
3 files changed, 229 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/ng_ether.4 b/share/man/man4/ng_ether.4 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..165c348 --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man4/ng_ether.4 @@ -0,0 +1,114 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2000 Whistle Communications, Inc. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Subject to the following obligations and disclaimer of warranty, use and +.\" redistribution of this software, in source or object code forms, with or +.\" without modifications are expressly permitted by Whistle Communications; +.\" provided, however, that: +.\" 1. Any and all reproductions of the source or object code must include the +.\" copyright notice above and the following disclaimer of warranties; and +.\" 2. No rights are granted, in any manner or form, to use Whistle +.\" Communications, Inc. trademarks, including the mark "WHISTLE +.\" COMMUNICATIONS" on advertising, endorsements, or otherwise except as +.\" such appears in the above copyright notice or in the software. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS BEING PROVIDED BY WHISTLE COMMUNICATIONS "AS IS", AND +.\" TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WHISTLE COMMUNICATIONS MAKES NO +.\" REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, REGARDING THIS SOFTWARE, +.\" INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY AND ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF +.\" MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. +.\" WHISTLE COMMUNICATIONS DOES NOT WARRANT, GUARANTEE, OR MAKE ANY +.\" REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OF, OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF THIS +.\" SOFTWARE IN TERMS OF ITS CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY OR OTHERWISE. +.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL WHISTLE COMMUNICATIONS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES +.\" RESULTING FROM OR ARISING OUT OF ANY USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, INCLUDING +.\" WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, +.\" PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR +.\" SERVICES, LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, HOWEVER CAUSED AND UNDER ANY +.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT +.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF +.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF WHISTLE COMMUNICATIONS IS ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY +.\" OF SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" Author: Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com> +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd January 25, 2000 +.Dt NG_ETHER 8 +.Os FreeBSD +.Sh NAME +.Nm ng_ether +.Nd Ethernet netgraph node type +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Fd #include <netgraph/ng_ether.h> +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm ether +netgraph node type allows Ethernet interfaces to interact with +the +.Xr netgraph 4 +networking subsystem. The kernel must be compiled with +.Bd -literal + options NETGRAPH +.Ed +.Pp +for this functionality to be enabled. +This causes a netgraph node to be automatically created for each Ethernet +interface in the system. The node will have a name equal to +the name of the interface, and it will be persistent. +.Pp +The Ethernet interface continues to function normally until a connection +is made to one of the two supported hooks, +.Dv orphans +or +.Dv divert . +The +.Dv orphans +hook is used to receive Ethernet frames received by the device and +having an unknown or unsupported Ethertype. +The +.Dv divert +hook is used to divert +.Em all +Ethernet frames received by the device; the interface will otherwise +appear to go silent until this hook is disconnected. +.Pp +Either hook may be used to transmit Ethernet frames by transmitting packets +to the hook. In all cases, frames are raw Ethernet frames with the standard +14 byte Ethernet header (but no checksum). +.Sh HOOKS +This node type supports the following hooks: +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width orphans +.It Dv orphans +This hook transmits Ethernet frames received by the device and +having an unknown or unsupported Ethertype. Frames received on +this hook are written as-is out on the wire. +.It Dv divert +When connected, this hook transmits all Ethernet frames received by the device. +Frames received on this hook are written as-is out on the wire. +.El +.Sh CONTROL MESSAGES +This node type supports only the generic control messages. +.Sh SHUTDOWN +This node is persistent. Upon receipt of a +.Dv NGM_SHUTDOWN +control message, all hooks are disconnected. +.Sh EXAMPLE +This command will dump all packets received by the +.Dv fxp0 +interface to standard output as decoded hex and ASCII: +.Bl -literal + + nghook -a fxp0: divert +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr arp 4 , +.Xr netgraph 4 , +.Xr netintro 4 , +.Xr ifconfig 8 , +.Xr nghook 8 , +.Xr ngctl 8 +.Sh AUTHOR +.An Julian Elischer Aq julian@freebsd.org diff --git a/share/man/man8/Makefile b/share/man/man8/Makefile index 09ce927..abfa46b 100644 --- a/share/man/man8/Makefile +++ b/share/man/man8/Makefile @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ # @(#)Makefile 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93 # $FreeBSD$ -MAN8= adding_user.8 crash.8 diskless.8 intro.8 rc.8 sticky.8 +MAN8= adding_user.8 crash.8 diskless.8 intro.8 ng_ether.8 rc.8 sticky.8 # XXX NOT IMPORTED: man8.hp300 man8.tahoe man8.vax .if ${MACHINE_ARCH} == "i386" diff --git a/share/man/man8/ng_ether.8 b/share/man/man8/ng_ether.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..165c348 --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man8/ng_ether.8 @@ -0,0 +1,114 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2000 Whistle Communications, Inc. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Subject to the following obligations and disclaimer of warranty, use and +.\" redistribution of this software, in source or object code forms, with or +.\" without modifications are expressly permitted by Whistle Communications; +.\" provided, however, that: +.\" 1. Any and all reproductions of the source or object code must include the +.\" copyright notice above and the following disclaimer of warranties; and +.\" 2. No rights are granted, in any manner or form, to use Whistle +.\" Communications, Inc. trademarks, including the mark "WHISTLE +.\" COMMUNICATIONS" on advertising, endorsements, or otherwise except as +.\" such appears in the above copyright notice or in the software. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS BEING PROVIDED BY WHISTLE COMMUNICATIONS "AS IS", AND +.\" TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WHISTLE COMMUNICATIONS MAKES NO +.\" REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, REGARDING THIS SOFTWARE, +.\" INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY AND ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF +.\" MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. +.\" WHISTLE COMMUNICATIONS DOES NOT WARRANT, GUARANTEE, OR MAKE ANY +.\" REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OF, OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF THIS +.\" SOFTWARE IN TERMS OF ITS CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY OR OTHERWISE. +.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL WHISTLE COMMUNICATIONS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES +.\" RESULTING FROM OR ARISING OUT OF ANY USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, INCLUDING +.\" WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, +.\" PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR +.\" SERVICES, LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, HOWEVER CAUSED AND UNDER ANY +.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT +.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF +.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF WHISTLE COMMUNICATIONS IS ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY +.\" OF SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" Author: Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com> +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd January 25, 2000 +.Dt NG_ETHER 8 +.Os FreeBSD +.Sh NAME +.Nm ng_ether +.Nd Ethernet netgraph node type +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Fd #include <netgraph/ng_ether.h> +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm ether +netgraph node type allows Ethernet interfaces to interact with +the +.Xr netgraph 4 +networking subsystem. The kernel must be compiled with +.Bd -literal + options NETGRAPH +.Ed +.Pp +for this functionality to be enabled. +This causes a netgraph node to be automatically created for each Ethernet +interface in the system. The node will have a name equal to +the name of the interface, and it will be persistent. +.Pp +The Ethernet interface continues to function normally until a connection +is made to one of the two supported hooks, +.Dv orphans +or +.Dv divert . +The +.Dv orphans +hook is used to receive Ethernet frames received by the device and +having an unknown or unsupported Ethertype. +The +.Dv divert +hook is used to divert +.Em all +Ethernet frames received by the device; the interface will otherwise +appear to go silent until this hook is disconnected. +.Pp +Either hook may be used to transmit Ethernet frames by transmitting packets +to the hook. In all cases, frames are raw Ethernet frames with the standard +14 byte Ethernet header (but no checksum). +.Sh HOOKS +This node type supports the following hooks: +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width orphans +.It Dv orphans +This hook transmits Ethernet frames received by the device and +having an unknown or unsupported Ethertype. Frames received on +this hook are written as-is out on the wire. +.It Dv divert +When connected, this hook transmits all Ethernet frames received by the device. +Frames received on this hook are written as-is out on the wire. +.El +.Sh CONTROL MESSAGES +This node type supports only the generic control messages. +.Sh SHUTDOWN +This node is persistent. Upon receipt of a +.Dv NGM_SHUTDOWN +control message, all hooks are disconnected. +.Sh EXAMPLE +This command will dump all packets received by the +.Dv fxp0 +interface to standard output as decoded hex and ASCII: +.Bl -literal + + nghook -a fxp0: divert +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr arp 4 , +.Xr netgraph 4 , +.Xr netintro 4 , +.Xr ifconfig 8 , +.Xr nghook 8 , +.Xr ngctl 8 +.Sh AUTHOR +.An Julian Elischer Aq julian@freebsd.org |