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authorJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2012-09-20 16:29:02 +0000
committerJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2012-09-20 16:29:02 +0000
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+++ b/share/man/man4/pipex.4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: pipex.4,v 1.2 2012/09/20 12:05:21 yasuoka Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: pipex.4,v 1.3 2012/09/20 16:29:01 jmc Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2012 YASUOKA Masahiko <yasuoka@openbsd.org>
.\" Copyright (c) 2010 SUENAGA Hiroki <hsuenaga@openbsd.org>
@@ -20,72 +20,66 @@
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm pipex
-.Nd "Ppp IP EXtension to handle IP/PPP frames in-kernel"
+.Nd Ppp IP EXtension to handle IP/PPP frames in-kernel
.Sh SYNOPSIS
-.Cd
.Cd "option PIPEX"
.Pp
.Fd #include <sys/socket.h>
.Fd #include <sys/ioctl.h>
.Fd #include <net/piepx.h>
.Sh DESCRIPTION
-The
.Nm
-used with
+is used with
.Xr tun 4
and
-\." .Xr pppx 4 ,
+.\" .Xr pppx 4 ,
pppx,
-and it handles PPP frames and forwards IP packets in-kernel.
-This accelerates the performance of packet forwarding, because it reduces
-copy of packets between kernel and userland.
-.Pp
-The
+and handles PPP frames and forwards IP packets in-kernel.
+It accelerates the performance of packet forwarding, because it reduces
+copying of packets between kernel and userland.
.Nm
is disabled by default.
-To enable it, set the
+To enable it, set
.Va net.pipex.enable
-to `1' by
-.Xr sysctl 8
-or
-.Xr sysctl.conf 5 .
+to
+.Sq 1
+using
+.Xr sysctl 8 .
.Pp
-The
.Nm
-add extensional ioctl request to
+adds some extensions to the
+.Xr ioctl 2
+requests to
.Xr tun 4
or
-\." .Xr pppx 4
+.\" .Xr pppx 4
pppx
-device.
-Added
-.Xr ioctl 2
-requests are following:
+devices.
+The added requests are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
-.It Dv PIPEXSMODE Fa "int *"
+.It Dv PIPEXGMODE Fa "int *"
Get the devices's
-.Nm
+.Nm
operation mode.
-1 for enable
+1 to enable
.Nm
-on this device, 0 for disable.
-.It Dv PIPEXGMODE Fa "int *"
+on this device; 0 to disable.
+.It Dv PIPEXSMODE Fa "int *"
Set the device's
-.Nm
+.Nm
operation mode.
-1 for enable
+1 to enable
.Nm
-on this device, 0 for disable.
+on this device; 0 to disable.
.It Dv PIPEXASESSION Fa "struct pipex_session_req *"
-Add a new PPP sesssion to be handled by the
+Add a new PPP session to be handled by
.Nm .
-The status of the session pass by
+The status of the session is passed as a
.Vt pipex_session_req
structure.
The
.Vt pipex_session_req
-has following definition.
-.Pp
+structure has the following definition:
.Bd -literal
struct pipex_session_req {
int pr_protocol; /* tunnel protocol */
@@ -147,7 +141,7 @@ struct pipex_session_req {
/* ethernet ifname */
} pppoe;
} pr_proto;
- struct sockaddr_storage pr_peer_address;
+ struct sockaddr_storage pr_peer_address;
/* peer address of tunnel */
struct sockaddr_storage pr_local_address;
/* our address of tunnel */
@@ -159,26 +153,26 @@ struct pipex_session_req {
.Ed
.Pp
The
-.Vt pipex_mppe_req
+.Vt pipex_mppe_req
structure that was used by
.Va pr_mppe_recv
and
.Va pr_mppe_send
-has following definition:
+has the following definition:
.Bd -literal
struct pipex_mppe_req {
int16_t stateless; /* mppe key mode.
1 for stateless */
int16_t keylenbits; /* mppe key length(in bits)*/
- u_char master_key[PIPEX_MPPE_KEYLEN];
+ u_char master_key[PIPEX_MPPE_KEYLEN];
/* mppe mastter key */
};
.Ed
.It Dv PIPEXDSESSION Fa "struct pipex_session_close_req *"
Delete the specified session from the kernel.
-Specify the session by
-.Vt pipex_session_stat_req
-structure that has following definition:
+Specify the session using a
+.Vt pipex_session_stat_req
+structure, which has the following definition:
.Bd -literal
struct pipex_session_stat_req {
int psr_protocol; /* tunnel protocol */
@@ -187,24 +181,24 @@ struct pipex_session_stat_req {
};
.Ed
.Pp
-It's required to fill
+The
.Va psr_protocol
-field and
+and
.Va psr_session_id
-field to specify the session.
-On successfully returned, the
+fields used to specify the session are mandatory.
+On successful return, the
.Va psr_stat
field is filled by the kernel.
See
.Dv PIPEXGSTAT
-section for
-.Vt pipex_statistics
+section for a description of the
+.Vt pipex_statistics
structure.
.It Dv PIPEXCSESSION Fa "struct pipex_session_config_req *"
-Change configuration of the specified session.
-The session and configuration are specified by
-.Vt pipex_session_config_req
-structure that has following definition:
+Change the configuration of the specified session.
+The session and configuration are specified by a
+.Vt pipex_session_config_req
+structure, which has the following definition:
.Bd -literal
struct pipex_session_config_req {
int pcr_protocol; /* tunnel protocol */
@@ -213,10 +207,10 @@ struct pipex_session_config_req {
};
.Ed
.It Dv PIPEXGSTAT Fa "struct pipex_session_stat_req *"
-Get a statistics information of the specified session.
-Specify the session by
+Get statistics for the specified session.
+Specify the session using a
.Vt pipex_session_stat_req
-structure that has following definition:
+structure, which has the following definition:
.Bd -literal
struct pipex_session_stat_req {
int psr_protocol; /* tunnel protocol */
@@ -225,23 +219,23 @@ struct pipex_session_stat_req {
};
.Ed
.Pp
-It's required to fill
+The
.Va psr_protocol
-field and
+and
.Va psr_session_id
-field to specify the session.
-On successfully returned, the
+fields used to specify the session are mandoatory.
+On successful return, the
.Va psr_stat
field is filled by the kernel.
The
.Vt pipex_statistics
-structure has following definition:
+structure has the following definition:
.Bd -literal
struct pipex_statistics {
uint32_t ipackets; /* packets received from tunnel */
uint32_t ierrors; /* error packets received from tunnel */
uint64_t ibytes; /* number of received bytes from tunnel */
- uint32_t opackets; /* packets sent to tunnel */
+ uint32_t opackets; /* packets sent to tunnel */
uint32_t oerrors; /* error packets on sending to tunnel */
uint64_t obytes; /* number of sent bytes to tunnel */
@@ -249,16 +243,15 @@ struct pipex_statistics {
};
.Ed
.It Dv PIPEXGCLOSED Fa "struct pipex_session_list_req *"
-Get list of closed sessions.
-The
+Get a list of closed sessions.
.Nm
-reserves closed sessions for 30 seconds for userland program to get statistics
-information.
-On successfully returned,
-The
-.Vt pipex_session_list_req
+reserves closed sessions for 30 seconds
+for userland programs to get statistical information.
+On successful return,
+the
+.Vt pipex_session_list_req
structure is filled by the kernel.
-The structure has following definition.
+The structure has the following definition.
.Bd -literal
struct pipex_session_list_req {
uint8_t plr_flags;
@@ -269,15 +262,15 @@ struct pipex_session_list_req {
.Ed
.It Dv PIPEXSIFDESCR Fa "struct pipex_session_descr_req *"
Set the
-\." .Xr pppx 4
+.\" .Xr pppx 4
pppx
interface's description of the session.
This command doesn't work on
.Xr tun 4
-device.
-Specify the session and the description by
-.Vt pipex_session_descr_req
-structure that has following definition:
+devices.
+Specify the session and its description using a
+.Vt pipex_session_descr_req
+structure, which has the following definition:
.Bd -literal
struct pipex_session_descr_req {
int pdr_protocol; /* tunnel protocol */
@@ -287,11 +280,10 @@ struct pipex_session_descr_req {
.Ed
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
-.Xr ioctl 2
-.Xr tun 4
-.\" .Xr pppx 4
-.Xr sysctl.conf 5
-.\" .Xr npppd 8
+.Xr ioctl 2 ,
+.\" .Xr pppx 4 ,
+.Xr tun 4 ,
+.Xr npppd 8 ,
.Xr sysctl 8
.Sh AUTHORS
The