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.\" Copyright (c) 1996-1999 Whistle Communications, Inc.
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.\" OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.\" Author: Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com>
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.\"
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\" $Whistle: ng_async.8,v 1.6 1999/01/25 23:46:25 archie Exp $
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.\"
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.Dd January 19, 1999
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.Dt NG_ASYNC 8
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.Os FreeBSD 4.0
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm ng_async
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.Nd asynchronous framing netgraph node type
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Fd #include <netgraph/ng_async.h>
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm async
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node type performs conversion between synchronous frames and
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asynchronous frames, as defined for the PPP protocol in RFC 1662.
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Asynchronous framing uses flag bytes and octet-stuffing
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to simulate a frame oriented connection over an octet-oriented
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asynchronous line.
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.Pp
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The node transmits and receives asynchronous data on the
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.Dv async
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hook. Incoming data mbuf boundaries are ignored, while
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outgoing data is sent as a complete frame at a time.
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.Pp
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There are two synchronous hooks,
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.Dv sync
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and
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.Dv sync2 .
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For both hooks, received packets are encoded as asynchronous frames
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and sent out on
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.Dv async .
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Hook
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.Dv sync2
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differs from
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.Dv sync
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only in that any configured address and control field compression
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and/or control character escaping is disabled when the frame is encoded.
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This is useful for transmitting PPP LCP packets, which are always sent
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this way.
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.Pp
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This node supports ``flag sharing'' for packets transmitted on
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.Dv async .
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This is an optimization where the trailing flag byte
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of one frame is shared with the opening flag byte of the next.
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Flag sharing between frames is disabled after one second of transmit
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idle time.
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.Sh HOOKS
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This node type supports the following hooks:
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.Pp
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.Bl -tag -width foobar
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.It Dv async
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Asynchronous connection.
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Typically this hook would be connected to a
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.Xr ng_tty 8
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node, which handles transmission of serial data over a tty device.
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.It Dv sync
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Synchronous connection. This hook sends and receives synchronous frames.
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For PPP, these frames contain no address, control, or checksum fields;
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each frame begins with the PPP protocol number. Typically this hook would
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be connected to the
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.Dv downstream
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hook of a
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.Xr ng_ppp 8
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type node.
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.El
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.Sh CONTROL MESSAGES
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This node type supports the generic control messages, plus the following:
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.Bl -tag -width foo
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.It Dv NGM_ASYNC_CMD_GET_STATS
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This command returns a
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.Dv "struct ng_async_stat"
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containing node statistics for packet, octet, and error counts.
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.It Dv NGM_ASYNC_CMD_CLR_STATS
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Clears the node statistics.
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.It Dv NGM_ASYNC_CMD_SET_CONFIG
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Sets the node configuration, which is described by a
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.Dv "struct ng_async_cfg" :
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.Bd -literal -offset 4n
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struct ng_async_cfg {
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u_char enabled; /* Turn encoding on/off */
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u_char acfcomp; /* Address/control field comp. */
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u_int16_t amru; /* Max receive async frame len */
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u_int16_t smru; /* Max receive sync frame len */
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u_int32_t accm; /* ACCM encoding */
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};
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.Ed
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.Pp
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The
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.Dv enabled
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field enables or disables all encoding/decoding functions (default disabled).
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When disabled, the node operates in simple ``pass through'' mode. Setting
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.Dv acfcomp
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enables address and control field compression on transmission (for packets
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received on the
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.Dv sync
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hook only; default off).
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.Dv amru
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and
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.Dv smru
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are the asynchronous and synchronous MRU (maximum receive unit) values,
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respectively. These both default to 1600; note that the async MRU
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applies to the incoming frame length after asynchronous decoding.
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Finally,
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.Dv accm
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is the asynchronous character control map, which controls the escaping
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of characters 0x00 thorough 0x1f (default 0xffffffff).
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.It Dv NGM_ASYNC_CMD_GET_CONFIG
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This command returns the current configuration structure.
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.El
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.Sh SHUTDOWN
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This node shuts down upon receipt of a
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.Dv NGM_SHUTDOWN
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control message, or when all hooks have been disconnected.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr netgraph 4 ,
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.Xr ng_ppp 8 ,
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.Xr ng_tty 8 ,
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.Xr ngctl 8 .
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.Rs
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.%A W. Simpson
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.%T "PPP in HDLC-link Framing"
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.%O RFC 1662
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.Re
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.Sh AUTHOR
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Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com>
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