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There is a single hook named .Dv one , and multiple hooks named .Dv many0 , .Dv many1 , etc. Packets received on any of the .Dv many hooks are forwarded out the .Dv one hook. Packets received on the .Dv one hook are forwarded out one or more of the .Dv many hooks; which hook(s) is determined by the node's configured transmit algorithm. Packets are not altered in any way. .Pp Each of the connected many links may be considered to be up or down. Packets are never delivered out a many hook that is down. How a link is determined to be up or down depends on the node's configured link failure detection algorithm. .Pp Before an interface or link can be plumbed into a group, its status must be marked as being .Dq up . This is normally setup during the initial boot stages by .Xr rc.conf 5 . It is also possible to change an interface's status to .Dq up by using the .Xr ifconfig 8 utility. .Sh TRANSMIT ALGORITHMS .Bl -tag -width foo .It Dv NG_ONE2MANY_XMIT_ROUNDROBIN Packets are delivered out the many hooks in sequential order. Each packet goes out on a different .Dv many hook. .It Dv NG_ONE2MANY_XMIT_ALL Packets are delivered out all the .Dv many hooks. Each packet goes out each .Dv many hook. .It Dv NG_ONE2MANY_XMIT_FAILOVER Packets are delivered out the first active .Dv many hook. .El .Pp In the future other algorithms may be added as well. .Sh LINK FAILURE DETECTION The node distinguishes between active and failed links. Data is sent only to active links. The following link failure detection algorithms are available: .Bl -tag -width foo .It Dv NG_ONE2MANY_FAIL_MANUAL The node is explicitly told which of the links are up via the .Dv NGM_ONE2MANY_SET_CONFIG control message (see below). Newly connected links are down until configured otherwise. .It Dv NG_ONE2MANY_FAIL_NOTIFY The node listens to flow control message from .Va many hooks, and considers link failed if .Dv NGM_LINK_IS_DOWN is received. If the .Dv NGM_LINK_IS_UP message is received, node considers link active. .El .Pp In the future other algorithms may be added as well. .Pp When all links are considered failed, node sends the .Dv NGM_LINK_IS_DOWN message towards the .Va one hook. When at least one link comes up, node sends the .Dv NGM_LINK_IS_UP message towards the .Va one hook. .Sh HOOKS This node type supports up to .Dv NG_ONE2MANY_MAX_LINKS hooks named .Dv many0 , .Dv many1 , etc., plus a single hook named .Dv one . .Sh CONTROL MESSAGES This node type supports the generic control messages, plus the following: .Bl -tag -width foo .It Dv NGM_ONE2MANY_SET_CONFIG Pq Ic setconfig Sets the node configuration using a .Dv "struct ng_one2many_link_config" as the control message argument: .Bd -literal /* Node configuration structure */ struct ng_one2many_config { uint32_t xmitAlg; /* how to distribute packets */ uint32_t failAlg; /* how to detect link failure */ u_char enabledLinks[NG_ONE2MANY_MAX_LINKS]; }; .Ed .Pp Currently, the valid settings for the .Dv xmitAlg field are .Dv NG_ONE2MANY_XMIT_ROUNDROBIN (default) or .Dv NG_ONE2MANY_XMIT_ALL . The valid settings for .Dv failAlg are .Dv NG_ONE2MANY_FAIL_MANUAL (default) or .Dv NG_ONE2MANY_FAIL_NOTIFY . .It Dv NGM_ONE2MANY_GET_CONFIG Pq Ic getconfig Returns the current node configuration in a .Dv "struct ng_one2many_link_config" . .It Dv NGM_ONE2MANY_GET_STATS Pq Ic getstats This command takes a 32 bit link number as an argument and returns a .Dv "struct ng_one2many_link_stats" containing statistics for the corresponding .Dv many link, which may or may not be currently connected: .Bd -literal /* Statistics structure (one for each link) */ struct ng_one2many_link_stats { uint64_t recvOctets; /* total octets rec'd on link */ uint64_t recvPackets; /* total pkts rec'd on link */ uint64_t xmitOctets; /* total octets xmit'd on link */ uint64_t xmitPackets; /* total pkts xmit'd on link */ uint64_t memoryFailures; /* times couldn't get mem or mbuf */ }; .Ed .Pp To access statistics for the .Dv one link, use the link number .Dv -1 . .It Dv NGM_ONE2MANY_CLR_STATS Pq Ic clrstats This command takes a 32 bit link number as an argument and clears the statistics for that link. .It Dv NGM_ONE2MANY_GETCLR_STATS Pq Ic getclrstats Same as .Dv NGM_ONE2MANY_GET_STATS , but also atomically clears the statistics for the link as well. .El .Sh SHUTDOWN This node shuts down upon receipt of a .Dv NGM_SHUTDOWN control message, or when all hooks have been disconnected. .Sh EXAMPLES The following commands will set up Ethernet interfaces .Dv fxp0 to deliver packets alternating over the physical interfaces corresponding to networking interfaces .Dv fxp0 through .Dv fxp3 : .Bd -literal # Plumb nodes together ngctl mkpeer fxp0: one2many upper one ngctl connect fxp0: fxp0:upper lower many0 ngctl connect fxp1: fxp0:upper lower many1 ngctl connect fxp2: fxp0:upper lower many2 ngctl connect fxp3: fxp0:upper lower many3 # Allow fxp1 through fxp3 to xmit/recv fxp0 frames ngctl msg fxp1: setpromisc 1 ngctl msg fxp2: setpromisc 1 ngctl msg fxp3: setpromisc 1 ngctl msg fxp1: setautosrc 0 ngctl msg fxp2: setautosrc 0 ngctl msg fxp3: setautosrc 0 # Configure all four links as up ngctl msg fxp0:upper \\ setconfig "{ xmitAlg=1 failAlg=1 enabledLinks=[ 1 1 1 1 ] }" # Bring up interface ifconfig fxp0 192.168.1.1 netmask 0xfffffffc .Ed .Pp With a similar setup on a peer machine (using the address 192.168.1.2), a point-to-point Ethernet connection with four times normal bandwidth is achieved. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr netgraph 4 , .Xr ng_bridge 4 , .Xr ng_ether 4 , .Xr ng_hub 4 , .Xr ifconfig 8 , .Xr ngctl 8 .Sh HISTORY The .Nm node type was implemented in .Fx 4.2 . .Sh AUTHORS .An -nosplit The .Nm one2many netgraph node (with round-robin algorithm) was written by .An Archie Cobbs Aq Mt archie@FreeBSD.org . The all algorithm was added by .An Rogier R. Mulhuijzen Aq Mt drwilco@drwilco.net . .Sh BUGS More transmit and link failure algorithms should be supported. A good candidate is Cisco's Etherchannel.