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29.Dd May 16, 2006
30.Dt NG_ETF 4
31.Os
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm ng_etf
34.Nd Ethertype filtering netgraph node type
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.In netgraph.h
37.In netgraph/ng_etf.h
38.Sh DESCRIPTION
39The
40.Nm etf
41node type multiplexes and filters data between hooks on the basis
42of the ethertype found in an Ethernet header, presumed to be in the
43first 14 bytes of the data.
44Incoming Ethernet frames are accepted on the
45.Em downstream
46hook and if the ethertype matches a value which the node has been configured
47to filter, the packet is forwarded out the hook which was identified
48at the time that value was configured.
49If it does not match a configured
50value, it is passed to the
51.Em nomatch
52hook.
53If the
54.Em nomatch
55hook is not connected, the packet is dropped.
56.Pp
57Packets travelling in the other direction (towards the
58.Em downstream
59hook) are also examined and filtered.
60If a packet has an ethertype that matches one of the values configured
61into the node, it must have arrived in on the hook for which that value
62was configured, otherwise it will be discarded.
63Ethertypes of values other
64than those configured by the control messages must have arrived via the
65.Em nomatch
66hook.
67.Sh HOOKS
68This node type supports the following hooks:
69.Bl -tag -width ".Em downstream"
70.It Em downstream
71Typically this hook would be connected to a
72.Xr ng_ether 4
73node, using the
74.Em lower
75hook.
76.It Em nomatch
77Typically this hook would also be connected to an
78.Xr ng_ether 4
79type node using the
80.Em upper
81hook.
82.It Aq Em "any legal name"
83Any other hook name will be accepted and can be used as the match target
84of an ethertype.
85Typically this hook would be attached to
86a protocol handling node that requires and generates packets
87with a particular set of ethertypes.
88.El
89.Sh CONTROL MESSAGES
90This node type supports the generic control messages, plus the following:
91.Bl -tag -width 4n
92.It Dv NGM_ETF_GET_STATUS
93This command returns a
94.Vt "struct ng_etfstat"
95containing node statistics for packet counts.
96.It Dv NGM_ETF_SET_FILTER
97Sets the a new ethertype filter into the node and specifies the hook to and
98from which packets of that type should use.
99The hook and ethertype
100are specified in a structure of type
101.Vt "struct ng_etffilter" :
102.Bd -literal -offset 4n
103struct ng_etffilter {
104        char       matchhook[NG_HOOKSIZ];     /* hook name */
105        u_int16_t  ethertype;	              /* catch these */
106};
107.Ed
108.El
109.Sh EXAMPLES
110Using
111.Xr ngctl 8
112it is possible to set a filter in place from the command line
113as follows:
114.Bd -literal -offset 4n
115#!/bin/sh
116ETHER_IF=fxp0
117MATCH1=0x834
118MATCH2=0x835
119cat <<DONE >/tmp/xwert
120# Make a new ethertype filter and attach to the Ethernet lower hook.
121# first remove left over bits from last time.
122shutdown ${ETHER_IF}:lower
123mkpeer ${ETHER_IF}: etf lower downstream
124# Give it a name to easily refer to it.
125name ${ETHER_IF}:lower etf
126# Connect the nomatch hook to the upper part of the same interface.
127# All unmatched packets will act as if the filter is not present.
128connect ${ETHER_IF}: etf: upper nomatch
129DONE
130ngctl -f /tmp/xwert
131
132# something to set a hook to catch packets and show them.
133echo "Unrecognised packets:"
134nghook -a etf: newproto &
135# Filter two random ethertypes to that hook.
136ngctl 'msg etf: setfilter { matchhook="newproto" ethertype=${MATCH1} }
137ngctl 'msg etf: setfilter { matchhook="newproto" ethertype=${MATCH2} }
138DONE
139.Ed
140.Sh SHUTDOWN
141This node shuts down upon receipt of a
142.Dv NGM_SHUTDOWN
143control message, or when all hooks have been disconnected.
144.Sh SEE ALSO
145.Xr netgraph 4 ,
146.Xr ng_ether 4 ,
147.Xr ngctl 8 ,
148.Xr nghook 8
149.Sh HISTORY
150The
151.Nm
152node type was implemented in
153.Fx 5.0 .
154.Sh AUTHORS
155.An Julian Elischer Aq julian@FreeBSD.org
156