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| author | julian <julian@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-01-28 15:37:06 +0000 |
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| committer | julian <julian@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-01-28 15:37:06 +0000 |
| commit | 501d5b3f2033d0054d7b9b6d70d20d959ce74f02 (patch) | |
| tree | bab247e05a8e2e5a2a1a19c92ecda16435148102 /share/man/man4/ng_one2many.4 | |
| parent | ba9a1fe1a95e88cca498b342048056405f5022b7 (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-501d5b3f2033d0054d7b9b6d70d20d959ce74f02.zip FreeBSD-src-501d5b3f2033d0054d7b9b6d70d20d959ce74f02.tar.gz | |
Add a new distribution algorythm to the 'one2many' node type.
The new method is 'flood' (in addition to the old round-robin)
in which incoming packets are sent to more than one outgoing hook.
(I'm not sure what Rogier is using this for but it seems generally useful
and isn't much extra)
Submitted by: Rogier R. Mulhuijzen (drwilco@drwilco.net )
Diffstat (limited to 'share/man/man4/ng_one2many.4')
| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/ng_one2many.4 | 31 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/ng_one2many.4 b/share/man/man4/ng_one2many.4 index 5e49d9e..e3a8456 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/ng_one2many.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/ng_one2many.4 @@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF WHISTLE COMMUNICATIONS IS ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY .\" OF SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.\" Author: Archie Cobbs <archie@freebsd.org> +.\" Author: Archie Cobbs <archie@FreeBSD.org> .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd November 15, 2000 +.Dd January 26, 2001 .Dt NG_ONE2MANY 4 .Os FreeBSD .Sh NAME @@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ hooks are forwarded out the hook. Packets received on the .Dv one -hook are forwarded out one of the +hook are forwarded out one or more of the .Dv many -hooks; which hook is determined by the node's configured +hooks; which hook(s) is determined by the node's configured transmit algorithm. Packets are not altered in any way. .Pp @@ -71,10 +71,19 @@ Packets are never delivered out a many hook that is down. How a link is determined to be up or down depends on the node's configured link failure detection algorithm. .Sh TRANSMIT ALGORITHMS -At this time, the only algorithm for determing the outgoing -.Dv many -hook is a simple round-robin delivery algorithm. +.Bl -tag -width foo +.It NG_ONE2MANY_XMIT_ROUNDROBIN Packets are delivered out the many hooks in sequential order. +Each packet goes out on a different +.Dv many +hook. +.It NG_ONE2MANY_XMIT_ALL +Packets are delivered out all the +.Dv many +hooks. Each packet goes out each +.Dv many +hook. +.El .Pp In the future other algorithms may be added as well. .Sh LINK FAILURE DETECTION @@ -206,4 +215,10 @@ The node type was implemented in .Fx 4.2 . .Sh AUTHORS -.An Archie Cobbs Aq archie@freebsd.org +The one2many netgraph node (with round-robin algorithm) was written by +.An Archie Cobbs +.Aq archie@freebsd.org . +The all algorithm was added by +.An Rogier R. Mulhuijzen +.Aq drwilco@drwilco.net . + |
