ng_ether -- Ethernet netgraph node type
#include <netgraph/ng_ether.h>
The ng_ether netgraph node type allows Ethernet interfaces to interact
with the netgraph(4) networking subsystem. Once the ng_ether module is
loaded in the kernel, a node is automatically created for each Ethernet
interface in the system. Each node will attempt to name itself with the
same name as the associated interface. All ng_ether nodes are persistent
for as long as the interface itself exists.
Three hooks are supported: lower, upper, and orphans. The hook name
divert may be used as an alias for lower, and is provided for backward
compatibility. In reality the two names represent the same hook.
The lower hook is a connection to the raw Ethernet device. When connected,
all incoming packets are diverted out this hook. Writing to this
hook results in a raw Ethernet frame being transmitted by the device.
Normal outgoing packets are not affected by lower being connected.
The upper hook is a connection to the upper protocol layers. When connected,
all outgoing packets are diverted out this hook. Writing to this
hook results in a raw Ethernet frame being received by the kernel just as
if it had come in over the wire. Normal incoming packets are not
affected by upper being connected.
The orphans hook is equivalent to lower, except that only unrecognized
packets (that would otherwise be discarded) are written to the hook, and
normal incoming traffic is unaffected. At most one of orphans and lower
may be connected at any time.
In all cases, frames are raw Ethernet frames with the standard 14 byte
Ethernet header (but no checksum).
When no hooks are connected, upper and lower are in effect connected
together, so that packets flow normally upwards and downwards.
This node type supports the following hooks:
lower Connection to the lower device link layer.
upper Connection to the upper protocol layers.
orphans Like lower, but only receives unrecognized packets.
This node type supports the generic control messages, plus the following:
NGM_ETHER_GET_IFNAME
Returns the name of the associated interface as a NUL-terminated
ASCII string. Normally this is the same as the name of the node.
NGM_ETHER_GET_IFINDEX
Returns the global index of the associated interface as a 32 bit
integer.
NGM_ETHER_GET_ENADDR
Returns the device's unique six byte Ethernet address.
NGM_ETHER_SET_ENADDR
Sets the device's unique six byte Ethernet address. This control
message is equivalent to using the SIOCSIFLLADDR ioctl(2) system
call.
NGM_ETHER_SET_PROMISC
Enable or disable promiscuous mode. This message includes a single
32 bit integer flag that enables or disables promiscuous mode on the
interface.
NGM_ETHER_GET_PROMISC
Get the current value of the node's promiscuous flag. The returned
value is always either one or zero. Note that this flag reflects
the node's own promiscuous setting and does not necessarily reflect
the promiscuous state of the actual interface, which can be affected
by other means (e.g., bpf(4)).
NGM_ETHER_SET_AUTOSRC
Sets the automatic source address override flag. This message
includes a single 32 bit integer flag that causes all outgoing packets
to have their source Ethernet address field overwritten with the
device's unique Ethernet address. If this flag is set to zero, the
source address in outgoing packets is not modified. The default
setting for this flag is enabled.
NGM_ETHER_GET_AUTOSRC
Get the current value of the node's source address override flag.
The returned value is always either one or zero.
This node is persistent for as long as the interface exists. Upon
receipt of a NGM_SHUTDOWN control message, all hooks are disconnected,
promiscuous mode is disabled, and the source address override flag is
reenabled, but the node is not removed. If the interface itself is
detached (e.g., because of PCCARD removal), the node disappears as well.
This command dumps all unrecognized packets received by the fxp0 interface
to standard output decoded in hex and ASCII:
nghook -a fxp0: orphans
This command sends the contents of foo.pkt out the interface fxp0:
cat foo.pkt | nghook fxp0: orphans
These commands insert an ng_tee(4) node between the lower and upper protocol
layers, which can be used for tracing packet flow, statistics,
etc.:
ngctl mkpeer fxp0: tee lower right
ngctl connect fxp0: lower upper left
The automatic KLD module loading mechanism that works for most other netgraph
node types does not work for the ng_ether node type, because
ng_ether nodes are not created on demand; instead, they are created when
Ethernet interfaces are attached or when the KLD is first loaded. Therefore,
if the KLD is not statically compiled into the kernel, it is necessary
to load the KLD manually in order to bring the ng_ether nodes into
existence.
arp(4), netgraph(4), netintro(4), ifconfig(8), ngctl(8), nghook(8)
Julian Elischer <[email protected]>
Archie Cobbs <[email protected]>
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