| ifnet.9 (210525) | ifnet.9 (223735) |
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| 1.\" -*- Nroff -*- 2.\" Copyright 1996, 1997 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 3.\" 4.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and 5.\" its documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby 6.\" granted, provided that both the above copyright notice and this 7.\" permission notice appear in all copies, that both the above 8.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all --- 12 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 21.\" SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT 22.\" LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF 23.\" USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND 24.\" ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, 25.\" OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT 26.\" OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 27.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 28.\" | 1.\" -*- Nroff -*- 2.\" Copyright 1996, 1997 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 3.\" 4.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and 5.\" its documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby 6.\" granted, provided that both the above copyright notice and this 7.\" permission notice appear in all copies, that both the above 8.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all --- 12 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 21.\" SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT 22.\" LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF 23.\" USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND 24.\" ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, 25.\" OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT 26.\" OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 27.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 28.\" |
| 29.\" $FreeBSD: head/share/man/man9/ifnet.9 210525 2010-07-27 08:45:29Z simon $ | 29.\" $FreeBSD: head/share/man/man9/ifnet.9 223735 2011-07-03 12:22:02Z bz $ |
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| 31.Dd December 1, 2009 | 31.Dd July 3, 2011 |
| 32.Dt IFNET 9 33.Os 34.Sh NAME 35.Nm ifnet , 36.Nm ifaddr , 37.Nm ifqueue , 38.Nm if_data 39.Nd kernel interfaces for manipulating network interfaces --- 1124 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 1164Set the interface name. 1165.Dv RTM_IFANNOUNCE 1166departure and arrival messages are sent so that 1167routing code that relies on the interface name will update its interface 1168list. 1169Caller must have appropriate privilege. 1170(No call-down to driver.) 1171.It Dv SIOCGIFCAP | 32.Dt IFNET 9 33.Os 34.Sh NAME 35.Nm ifnet , 36.Nm ifaddr , 37.Nm ifqueue , 38.Nm if_data 39.Nd kernel interfaces for manipulating network interfaces --- 1124 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 1164Set the interface name. 1165.Dv RTM_IFANNOUNCE 1166departure and arrival messages are sent so that 1167routing code that relies on the interface name will update its interface 1168list. 1169Caller must have appropriate privilege. 1170(No call-down to driver.) 1171.It Dv SIOCGIFCAP |
| 1172.It Dv SIOCGIFFIB |
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| 1172.It Dv SIOCGIFFLAGS 1173.It Dv SIOCGIFMETRIC 1174.It Dv SIOCGIFMTU 1175.It Dv SIOCGIFPHYS | 1173.It Dv SIOCGIFFLAGS 1174.It Dv SIOCGIFMETRIC 1175.It Dv SIOCGIFMTU 1176.It Dv SIOCGIFPHYS |
| 1176Get interface capabilities, flags, metric, MTU, medium selection. | 1177Get interface capabilities, FIB, flags, metric, MTU, medium selection. |
| 1177(No call-down to driver.) 1178.Pp 1179.It Dv SIOCSIFCAP 1180Enable or disable interface capabilities. 1181Caller must have appropriate privilege. 1182Before a call to the driver-specific 1183.Fn if_ioctl 1184routine, the requested mask for enabled capabilities is checked 1185against the mask of capabilities supported by the interface, 1186.Va if_capabilities . 1187Requesting to enable an unsupported capability is invalid. 1188The rest is supposed to be done by the driver, 1189which includes updating 1190.Va if_capenable 1191and 1192.Va if_data.ifi_hwassist 1193appropriately. 1194.Pp | 1178(No call-down to driver.) 1179.Pp 1180.It Dv SIOCSIFCAP 1181Enable or disable interface capabilities. 1182Caller must have appropriate privilege. 1183Before a call to the driver-specific 1184.Fn if_ioctl 1185routine, the requested mask for enabled capabilities is checked 1186against the mask of capabilities supported by the interface, 1187.Va if_capabilities . 1188Requesting to enable an unsupported capability is invalid. 1189The rest is supposed to be done by the driver, 1190which includes updating 1191.Va if_capenable 1192and 1193.Va if_data.ifi_hwassist 1194appropriately. 1195.Pp |
| 1196.It Dv SIOCSIFFIB 1197Sets interface FIB. 1198Caller must have appropriate privilege. 1199FIB values start at 0 and values greater or equals than 1200.Va net.fibs 1201are considered invalid. |
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| 1195.It Dv SIOCSIFFLAGS 1196Change interface flags. 1197Caller must have appropriate privilege. 1198If a change to the 1199.Dv IFF_UP 1200flag is requested, 1201.Fn if_up 1202or --- 198 unchanged lines hidden --- | 1202.It Dv SIOCSIFFLAGS 1203Change interface flags. 1204Caller must have appropriate privilege. 1205If a change to the 1206.Dv IFF_UP 1207flag is requested, 1208.Fn if_up 1209or --- 198 unchanged lines hidden --- |