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222 lines
6.9 KiB
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd February 22, 2010
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.Dt NETISR 9
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm netisr
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.Nd Kernel network dispatch service
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In net/netisr.h
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.Ft void
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.Fn netisr_register "const struct netisr_handler *nhp"
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.Ft void
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.Fn netisr_unregister "const struct netisr_handler *nhp"
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.Ft int
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.Fn netisr_dispatch "u_int proto" "struct mbuf *m"
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.Ft int
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.Fn netisr_dispatch_src "u_int proto" "uintptr_t source" "struct mbuf *m"
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.Ft int
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.Fn netisr_queue "u_int proto" "struct mbuf *m"
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.Ft int
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.Fn netisr_queue_src "u_int proto" "uintptr_t source" "struct mbuf *m"
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.Ft void
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.Fn netisr_clearqdrops "const struct netisr_handler *nhp"
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.Ft void
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.Fn netisr_getqdrops "const struct netisr_handler *nhp" "uint64_t *qdropsp"
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.Ft void
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.Fn netisr_getqlimit "const struct netisr_handler *nhp" "u_int *qlimitp"
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.Ft int
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.Fn netisr_setqlimit "const struct netisr_handler *nhp" "u_int qlimit"
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.Ft u_int
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.Fn netisr_default_flow2cpu "u_int flowid"
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.Ft u_int
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.Fn netisr_get_cpucount "void"
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.Ft u_int
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.Fn netisr_get_cpuid "u_int cpunumber"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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kernel interface suite allows device drivers (and other packet sources) to
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direct packets to protocols for directly dispatched or deferred processing.
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Protocol registration and work stream statistics may be monitored using
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.Xr netstat 1 .
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.Ss Protocol registration
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Protocols register and unregister handlers using
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.Fn netisr_register
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and
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.Fn netisr_unregister ,
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and may also manage queue limits and statistics using the
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.Fn netisr_clearqdrops ,
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.Fn netisr_getqdrops ,
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.Fn netisr_getqlimit ,
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and
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.Fn netisr_setqlimit .
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.Pp
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.Nm
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supports multi-processor execution of handlers, and relies on a combination
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of source ordering and protocol-specific ordering and work-placement
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policies to decide how to distribute work across one or more worker
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threads.
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Registering protocols will declare one of three policies:
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.Bl -tag -width NETISR_POLICY_SOURCE
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.It Dv NETISR_POLICY_SOURCE
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.Nm
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should maintain source ordering without advice from the protocol.
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.Nm
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will ignore any flow IDs present on
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.Vt mbuf
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headers for the purposes of work placement.
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.It Dv NETISR_POLICY_FLOW
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.Nm
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should maintain flow ordering as defined by the
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.Vt mbuf
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header flow ID field.
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If the protocol implements
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.Va nh_m2flow ,
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then
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.Nm
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will query the protocol in the event that the
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.Vt mbuf
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doesn't have a flow ID, falling back on source ordering.
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.It NETISR_POLICY_CPU
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.Nm
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will entirely delegate all work placement decisions to the protocol,
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querying
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.Va nh_m2cpuid
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for each packet.
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.El
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.Pp
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Registration is declared using
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.Vt "struct netisr_handler" ,
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whose fields are defined as follows:
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.Bl -tag -width "netisr_handler_t nh_handler"
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.It Vt "const char *" Va nh_name
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Unique character string name of the protocol, which may be included in
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.Xr sysctl 2
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MIB names, so should not contain whitespace.
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.It Vt netisr_handler_t Va nh_handler
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Protocol handler function that will be invoked on each packet received for
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the protocol.
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.It Vt netisr_m2flow_t Va nh_m2flow
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Optional protocol function to generate a flow ID and set
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.Dv M_FLOWID
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for packets that do not enter
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.Nm
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with
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.Dv M_FLOWID
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defined.
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Will be used only with
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.Dv NETISR_POLICY_FLOW .
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.It Vt netisr_m2cpuid_t Va nh_m2cpuid
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Protocol function to determine what CPU a packet should be processed on.
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Will be used only with
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.Dv NETISR_POLICY_CPU .
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.It Vt netisr_drainedcpu_t Va nh_drainedcpu
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Optional callback function that will be invoked when a per-CPU queue
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was drained.
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It will never fire for directly dispatched packets.
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Unless fully understood, this special-purpose function should not be used.
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.\" In case you intend to use this please send 50 chocolate bars to each
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.\" of rwatson and bz and wait for an answer.
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.It Vt u_int Va nh_proto
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Protocol number used by both protocols to identify themselves to
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.Nm ,
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and by packet sources to select what handler will be used to process
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packets.
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A table of supported protocol numbers appears below.
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For implementation reasons, protocol numbers great than 15 are currently
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unsupported.
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.It Vt u_int Va nh_qlimit
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The maximum per-CPU queue depth for the protocol; due to internal
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implementation details, the effective queue depth may be as much as twice
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this number.
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.It Vt u_int Va nh_policy
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The ordering and work placement policy for the protocol, as described
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earlier.
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.El
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.Ss Packet source interface
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Packet sources, such as network interfaces, may request protocol processing
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using the
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.Fn netisr_dispatch
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and
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.Fn netisr_queue
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interfaces.
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Both accept a protocol number and
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.Vt mbuf
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argument, but while
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.Fn netisr_queue
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will always execute the protocol handler asynchronously in a deferred
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context,
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.Fn netisr_dispatch
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will optionally direct dispatch if permitted by global and per-protocol
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policy.
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.Pp
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In order to provide additional load balancing and flow information,
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packet sources may also specify an opaque source identifier, which in
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practice might be a network interface number or socket pointer, using
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the
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.Fn netisr_dispatch_src
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and
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.Fn netisr_queue_src
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variants.
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.Ss Protocol number constants
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The follow protocol numbers are currently defined:
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.Bl -tag -width NETISR_ATALK1
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.It Dv NETISR_IP
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IPv4
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.It Dv NETISR_IGMP
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IGMPv3 loopback
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.It Dv NETISR_ROUTE
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Routing socket loopback
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.It Dv NETISR_AARP
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Appletalk AARP
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.It Dv NETISR_ATALK1
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Appletalk phase 1
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.It Dv NETISR_ATALK2
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Appletalk phase 2
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.It Dv NETISR_ARP
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ARP
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.It Dv NETISR_IPX
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IPX/SPX
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.It Dv NETISR_IPV6
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IPv6
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.It Dv NETISR_NATM
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ATM
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.It Dv NETISR_EPAIR
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.Xr netstat 1 ,
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.Xr epair 4
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.El
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.Sh AUTHORS
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This manual page and the
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.Nm
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implementation were written by
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.An Robert N. M. Watson .
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