replace reference to getkerninfo(2) with reference to sysctl(3),

resync structures and definitions with <net/route.h>; PR 2007
also add SEE ALSO section, and misc. cleanup
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mikel 1997-01-16 06:50:16 +00:00
parent 499dd92e9d
commit b6b71e4383
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.\" $NetBSD: route.4,v 1.3 1994/11/30 16:22:31 jtc Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: route.4,v 1.4 1997/01/16 06:50:16 mikel Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ to a specific address family by specifying which one is desired.
There can be more than one routing socket open per system.
.Pp
Messages are formed by a header followed by a small
number of sockadders (now variable length particularly
number of sockaddrs (now variable length particularly
in the
.Tn ISO
case), interpreted by position, and delimited
@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ to most significant bit within the vector.
.Pp
Any messages sent to the kernel are returned, and copies are sent
to all interested listeners. The kernel will provide the process
id. for the sender, and the sender may use an additional sequence
ID for the sender, and the sender may use an additional sequence
field to distinguish between outstanding messages. However,
message replies may be lost when kernel buffers are exhausted.
.Pp
@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ or
.Dv ENOBUFS
if insufficient resources were available
to install a new route.
In the current implementation, all routing process run locally,
In the current implementation, all routing processes run locally,
and the values for
.Ar rtm_errno
are available through the normal
@ -181,9 +181,8 @@ entry to a specific destination by using a
message,
or by reading the
.Pa /dev/kmem
device, or by issuing a
.Xr getkerninfo 2
system call.
device, or by calling
.Xr sysctl 3 .
.Pp
Messages include:
.Bd -literal
@ -191,10 +190,13 @@ Messages include:
#define RTM_DELETE 0x2 /* Delete Route */
#define RTM_CHANGE 0x3 /* Change Metrics, Flags, or Gateway */
#define RTM_GET 0x4 /* Report Information */
#define RTM_LOOSING 0x5 /* Kernel Suspects Partitioning */
#define RTM_LOSING 0x5 /* Kernel Suspects Partitioning */
#define RTM_REDIRECT 0x6 /* Told to use different route */
#define RTM_MISS 0x7 /* Lookup failed on this address */
#define RTM_RESOLVE 0xb /* request to resolve dst to LL addr */
#define RTM_NEWADDR 0xc /* address being added to iface */
#define RTM_DELADDR 0xd /* address being removed from iface */
#define RTM_IFINFO 0xe /* iface going up/down etc. */
.Ed
.Pp
A message header consists of:
@ -204,11 +206,11 @@ struct rt_msghdr {
u_char rtm_version; /* future binary compatibility */
u_char rtm_type; /* message type */
u_short rmt_index; /* index for associated ifp */
pid_t rmt_pid; /* identify sender */
int rtm_flags; /* flags, incl kern & message, e.g. DONE */
int rtm_addrs; /* bitmask identifying sockaddrs in msg */
pid_t rmt_pid; /* identify sender */
int rtm_seq; /* for sender to identify action */
int rtm_errno; /* why failed */
int rtm_flags; /* flags, incl kern & message, e.g. DONE */
int rtm_use; /* from rtentry */
u_long rtm_inits; /* which values we are initializing */
struct rt_metrics rtm_rmx; /* metrics themselves */
@ -227,6 +229,7 @@ struct rt_metrics {
u_long rmx_ssthresh; /* outbound gateway buffer limit */
u_long rmx_rtt; /* estimated round trip time */
u_long rmx_rttvar; /* estimated rtt variance */
u_long rmx_pksent; /* packets sent using this route */
};
.Ed
.Pp
@ -245,19 +248,20 @@ Flags include the values:
#define RTF_LLINFO 0x400 /* generated by ARP or ESIS */
#define RTF_STATIC 0x800 /* manually added */
#define RTF_BLACKHOLE 0x1000 /* just discard pkts (during updates) */
#define RTF_PROTO2 0x4000 /* protocol specific routing flag #1 */
#define RTF_PROTO1 0x8000 /* protocol specific routing flag #2 */
#define RTF_PROTO2 0x4000 /* protocol specific routing flag */
#define RTF_PROTO1 0x8000 /* protocol specific routing flag */
.Ed
.Pp
Specifiers for metric values in rmx_locks and rtm_inits are:
.Bd -literal
#define RTV_SSTHRESH 0x1 /* init or lock _ssthresh */
#define RTV_RPIPE 0x2 /* init or lock _recvpipe */
#define RTV_SPIPE 0x4 /* init or lock _sendpipe */
#define RTV_HOPCOUNT 0x8 /* init or lock _hopcount */
#define RTV_RTT 0x10 /* init or lock _rtt */
#define RTV_RTTVAR 0x20 /* init or lock _rttvar */
#define RTV_MTU 0x40 /* init or lock _mtu */
#define RTV_MTU 0x1 /* init or lock _mtu */
#define RTV_HOPCOUNT 0x2 /* init or lock _hopcount */
#define RTV_EXPIRE 0x4 /* init or lock _expire */
#define RTV_RPIPE 0x8 /* init or lock _recvpipe */
#define RTV_SPIPE 0x10 /* init or lock _sendpipe */
#define RTV_SSTHRESH 0x20 /* init or lock _ssthresh */
#define RTV_RTT 0x40 /* init or lock _rtt */
#define RTV_RTTVAR 0x80 /* init or lock _rttvar */
.Ed
.Pp
Specifiers for which addresses are present in the messages are:
@ -269,4 +273,8 @@ Specifiers for which addresses are present in the messages are:
#define RTA_IFP 0x10 /* interface name sockaddr present */
#define RTA_IFA 0x20 /* interface addr sockaddr present */
#define RTA_AUTHOR 0x40 /* sockaddr for author of redirect */
#define RTA_BRD 0x80 /* for NEWADDR, broadcast or p-p dest addr */
.Ed
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr socket 2 ,
.Xr sysctl 3