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.Dd February 3, 2005
.Dt NG_EIFACE 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm ng_eiface
.Nd "generic Ethernet interface netgraph node type"
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In netgraph/ng_eiface.h
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Vt eiface
netgraph node implements the generic Ethernet interface.
When
.Vt eiface
node is created, a new interface appears which is accessible via
.Xr ifconfig 8 .
These interfaces are named
.Dq Li ngeth0 ,
.Dq Li ngeth1 ,
etc.
When a node is shut down, the corresponding interface is removed,
and the interface name becomes available for reuse by future
.Vt eiface
nodes.
New nodes always take the first unused interface.
.Sh HOOKS
An
.Vt eiface
node has a single hook named
.Va ether ,
which should be connected to the
Ethernet downstream, for example, to the
.Xr ng_vlan 4
node.
Packets transmitted via the interface flow out this hook.
Similarly, packets received on the hook go to the protocol stack as
packets received by any real Ethernet interface.
.Sh CONTROL MESSAGES
This node type supports the generic control messages, plus the following:
.Bl -tag -width foo
.It Dv NGM_EIFACE_SET Pq Ic set
Set link-level address of the interface.
Requires
.Vt "struct ether_addr"
as an argument.
This message also has an
.Tn ASCII
version, called
.Dq Li set ,
which requires as an argument an
.Tn ASCII
string consisting of 6 colon-separated hex digits.
.It Dv NGM_EIFACE_GET_IFNAME Pq Ic getifname
Return the name of the associated interface as a
.Dv NUL Ns -terminated
.Tn ASCII
string.
.It Dv NGM_EIFACE_GET_IFADDRS
Return the list of link-level addresses associated with the node.
.El
.Sh SHUTDOWN
This node shuts down upon receipt of a
.Dv NGM_SHUTDOWN
control message.
The associated interface is removed and its name becomes
available for reuse by future
.Vt eiface
nodes.
.Pp
Unlike most other node types, an
.Vt eiface
node does
.Em not
go away when all hooks have been disconnected; rather, and explicit
.Dv NGM_SHUTDOWN
control message is required.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr netgraph 4 ,
.Xr ng_ether 4 ,
.Xr ng_iface 4 ,
.Xr ng_vlan 4 ,
.Xr ifconfig 8 ,
.Xr ngctl 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Vt eiface
node type was implemented in
.Fx 4.6 .
.Sh AUTHORS
.An -nosplit
The
.Vt eiface
node type was written by
.An Vitaly V Belekhov .
This manual page was written by
.An Gleb Smirnoff .