From cfbec087464258ecfd2125af2d71e7dc96a1a6f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: glebius <glebius@FreeBSD.org>
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 18:18:26 +0000
Subject: Document new control messages NGM_PPPOE_GETMODE, NGM_PPPOE_SETMODE.
 Note that sysctl net.graph.nonstandard_pppoe is deprecated.

Approved by:	julian (mentor)
---
 share/man/man4/ng_pppoe.4 | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 49 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/share/man/man4/ng_pppoe.4 b/share/man/man4/ng_pppoe.4
index b4f3694..c827111 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/ng_pppoe.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/ng_pppoe.4
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\" $Whistle: ng_pppoe.8,v 1.1 1999/01/25 23:46:27 archie Exp $
 .\"
-.Dd October 28, 1999
+.Dd July 27, 2004
 .Dt NG_PPPOE 4
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -168,7 +168,6 @@ will be received at closure instead.
 .It Dv NGM_PPPOE_ACNAME
 This command is sent to the node that started this session with one of the
 above messages, and reports the Access Concentrator Name.
-.El
 .Pp
 The four commands above use a common data structure:
 .Bd -literal -offset 4n
@@ -176,6 +175,34 @@ struct ngpppoe_sts {
     char    hook[NG_HOOKSIZ];    /* hook associated with event session */
 };
 .Ed
+.It Dv NGM_PPPOE_GETMODE
+The
+.Nm
+node can operate in two different modes:
+standard mode described in RFC 2516, and in a non-standard mode compatible
+with equipment from 3Com.
+When
+.Nm
+is a client node, it initiates session using the configured mode.
+In server mode
+.Nm
+supports both modes simultaneously.
+This message returns current configured mode as a char string.
+.Tn ASCII
+form of this message is
+.Qq pppoe_getmode .
+.It Dv NGM_PPPOE_SETMODE
+Configure node to the specified mode.
+The char string argument required.
+.Tn ASCII
+form os this message is
+.Qq pppoe_setmode .
+For example this command will configure the node to initiate
+the next session in proprietary 3Com mode:
+.Bd -literal -offset 4n
+	ngctl msg fxp0:orphans pppoe_setmode "3Com"
+.Ed
+.El
 .Sh SHUTDOWN
 This node shuts down upon receipt of a
 .Dv NGM_SHUTDOWN
@@ -185,23 +212,12 @@ hook is disconnected.
 .Sh SYSCTL VARIABLES
 The variable
 .Va net.graph.nonstandard_pppoe
-controls certain aspects of
+is a deprecated way to set
 .Nm
-operation.
-Its default value of \-1 corresponds to standard mode
-and should suit nearly all purposes.
-A value of 1 will turn on compatibility with some particularly
-broken PPPoE implementations using nonstandard "ethertypes"
-in PPPoE packets.
-When in this mode, your PPPoE node will be unable to communicate
-with standard nodes.
-A value of 0 is deprecated.
-It was intended to turn on autodetection of the proper mode.
-.Bf -emphasis
-It will make your entire PPPoE network vulnerable
-to a denial-of-service attack,
-therefore its use is strongly discouraged.
-.Ef
+client mode.
+Consider using
+.Dv NGM_PPPOE_SETMODE
+or option in your client software instead.
 .Sh EXAMPLES
 The following code uses
 .Dv libnetgraph
@@ -396,6 +412,19 @@ setup(char *ethername, char *service, char *sessname,
 		      NGM_CONNECT, &ngc, sizeof(ngc)) < 0) {
 		return (errno);
 	}
+
+#ifdef	NONSTANDARD
+	/*
+	 * In some cases we are speaking to 3Com hardware, so
+	 * configure node to non-standard mode.
+	 */
+	if (NgSendMsg(*cfd, ngc.path, NGM_PPPOE_COOKIE,
+			NGM_PPPOE_SETMODE, NG_PPPOE_NONSTANDARD,
+			strlen(NG_PPPOE_NONSTANDARD) + 1) == -1) {
+		return (errno);
+	}
+#endif
+
 	/*
 	 * Send it a message telling it to start up.
 	 */
@@ -423,7 +452,8 @@ setup(char *ethername, char *service, char *sessname,
 .Xr netgraph 4 ,
 .Xr ng_ppp 4 ,
 .Xr ng_socket 4 ,
-.Xr ngctl 8
+.Xr ngctl 8 ,
+.Xr ppp 8
 .Rs
 .%A L. Mamakos
 .%A K. Lidl
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