ng_ip_input (4)

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(The comments found at the beginning of the groff file "man4/ng_ip_input.4freebsd".)

NAME

ng_ip_input - netgraph IP input node type

SYNOPSIS

In netgraph/ng_ip_input.h

DESCRIPTION

The ip_input node type takes all received packets and queues them into the IP in input processing subsystem.

HOOKS

An ifconfig node accepts any request to connect, regardless of the hook name, as long as the name is unique.

CONTROL MESSAGES

This node type supports only the generic control messages. Other control messages are silently discarded.

SHUTDOWN

This node shuts down upon receipt of a NGM_SHUTDOWN control message, or when all hooks have been disconnected.

SEE ALSO

netgraph(4), ngctl(8)

HISTORY

The ifconfig node type was implemented in Fx 5.0 .

AUTHORS

An Brooks Davis Aq brooks@FreeBSD.org

BUGS

The ifconfig node type should probably keep some sort of statistics.