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31.Dd December 23, 2006
32.Dt NG_DEFLATE 4
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm ng_deflate
36.Nd Deflate PPP compression (RFC 1979) netgraph node type
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.In sys/types.h
39.In netgraph/ng_deflate.h
40.Sh DESCRIPTION
41The
42.Nm deflate
43node type implements the Deflate sub-protocols of the Compression Control
44Protocol (CCP).
45.Pp
46The node has two hooks,
47.Va comp
48for compression and
49.Va decomp
50for decompression.
51Only one of them can be connected at the same time, specifying node's
52operation mode.
53Typically that hooks would be connected to the
54.Xr ng_ppp 4
55node type hook of the same name.
56Corresponding
57.Xr ng_ppp 4
58node hook must be switched to
59.Dv NG_PPP_DECOMPRESS_FULL
60mode to permit sending uncompressed frames.
61.Sh HOOKS
62This node type supports the following hooks:
63.Pp
64.Bl -tag -compact -width ".Va decomp"
65.It Va comp
66Connection to
67.Xr ng_ppp 4
68.Va comp
69hook.
70Incoming frames are compressed (if possible) and sent back out the same hook.
71.It Va decomp
72Connection to
73.Xr ng_ppp 4
74.Va decomp
75hook.
76Incoming frames are decompressed (if they are compressed), and sent
77back out the same hook.
78.El
79.Pp
80Only one hook can be connected at the same time, specifying node's
81operation mode.
82.Sh CONTROL MESSAGES
83This node type supports the generic control messages, plus the following:
84.Bl -tag -width foo
85.It Dv NGM_DEFLATE_CONFIG Pq Ic config
86This command resets and configures the node for a session
87(i.e., for compression or decompression).
88This command takes a
89.Vt "struct ng_deflate_config"
90as an argument:
91.Bd -literal -offset 0n
92struct ng_deflate_config {
93	u_char	enable;			/* node enabled */
94	u_char	windowBits;		/* log2(Window size) */
95};
96.Ed
97The
98.Fa enabled
99field enables traffic flow through the node.
100The
101.Fa windowBits
102specify compression windows size as negotiated by the
103Compression Control Protocol (CCP) in PPP.
104.It Dv NGM_DEFLATE_RESETREQ Pq Ic resetreq
105This message contains no arguments, and is bi-directional.
106If an error is detected during decompression, this message is sent by the
107node to the originator of the
108.Dv NGM_DEFLATE_CONFIG
109message that initiated the session.
110The receiver should respond by sending a PPP CCP Reset-Request to the peer.
111.Pp
112This message may also be received by this node type when a CCP Reset-Request
113or Reset-Ack is received by the local PPP entity.
114The node will respond by flushing its compression state so the sides
115can resynchronize.
116.It Dv NGM_DEFLATE_GET_STATS Pq Ic getstats
117This control message obtains statistics for a given hook.
118The statistics are returned in
119.Vt "struct ng_deflate_stats" :
120.Bd -literal
121struct ng_deflate_stats {
122	uint64_t	FramesPlain;
123	uint64_t	FramesComp;
124	uint64_t	FramesUncomp;
125	uint64_t	InOctets;
126	uint64_t	OutOctets;
127	uint64_t	Errors;
128};
129.Ed
130.It Dv NGM_DEFLATE_CLR_STATS Pq Ic clrstats
131This control message clears statistics for a given hook.
132.It Dv NGM_DEFLATE_GETCLR_STATS Pq Ic getclrstats
133This control message obtains and clears statistics for a given hook.
134.El
135.Sh SHUTDOWN
136This node shuts down upon receipt of a
137.Dv NGM_SHUTDOWN
138control message, or when hook have been disconnected.
139.Sh SEE ALSO
140.Xr netgraph 4 ,
141.Xr ng_ppp 4 ,
142.Xr ngctl 8
143.Rs
144.%A J. Woods
145.%T "PPP Deflate Protocol"
146.%O RFC 1979
147.Re
148.Rs
149.%A W. Simpson
150.%T "The Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)"
151.%O RFC 1661
152.Re
153.Sh AUTHORS
154.An Alexander Motin Aq Mt mav@alkar.net
155.Sh BUGS
156Due to nature of netgraph PPP implementation there are possible race conditions
157between data packet and ResetAck CCP packet in case of packet loss.
158As result,
159packet loss can produce bigger performance degradation than supposed by protocol.
160