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27.Dd December 24, 2006
28.Dt NG_PRED1 4
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm ng_pred1
32.Nd Predictor-1 PPP compression (RFC 1978) netgraph node type
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.In sys/types.h
35.In netgraph/ng_pred1.h
36.Sh DESCRIPTION
37The
38.Nm pred1
39node type implements the Predictor-1 sub-protocols of the Compression Control
40Protocol (CCP).
41.Pp
42The node has two hooks,
43.Va comp
44for compression and
45.Va decomp
46for decompression.
47Only one of them can be connected at the same time, specifying node's
48operation mode.
49Typically that hooks would be connected to the
50.Xr ng_ppp 4
51node type hook of the same name.
52.Sh HOOKS
53This node type supports the following hooks:
54.Pp
55.Bl -tag -compact -width ".Va decomp"
56.It Va comp
57Connection to
58.Xr ng_ppp 4
59.Va compress
60hook.
61Incoming frames are compressed and sent back out the same hook.
62.It Va decomp
63Connection to
64.Xr ng_ppp 4
65.Va decompress
66hook.
67Incoming frames are decompressed and sent back out the same hook.
68.El
69.Pp
70Only one hook can be connected at the same time,
71specifying node's operation mode.
72.Sh CONTROL MESSAGES
73This node type supports the generic control messages, plus the following:
74.Bl -tag -width foo
75.It Dv NGM_PRED1_CONFIG Pq Ic config
76This command resets and configures the node for a session
77(i.e., for compression or decompression).
78This command takes a
79.Vt "struct ng_pred1_config"
80as an argument:
81.Bd -literal -offset 0n
82struct ng_pred1_config {
83	u_char		enable;			/* node enabled */
84};
85.Ed
86The
87.Ft enable
88field enables traffic flow through the node.
89.It Dv NGM_PRED1_RESETREQ Pq Ic resetreq
90This message contains no arguments, and is bi-directional.
91If an error is detected during decompression, this message is sent by the
92node to the originator of the
93.Dv NGM_PRED1_CONFIG
94message that initiated the session.
95The receiver should respond by sending a PPP CCP Reset-Request to the peer.
96.Pp
97This message may also be received by this node type when a CCP Reset-Request
98or Reset-Ack is received by the local PPP entity.
99The node will respond by flushing its compression state so the sides
100can resynchronize.
101.It Dv NGM_PRED1_GET_STATS Pq Ic getstats
102This control message obtains statistics for a given hook.
103The statistics are returned in
104.Vt "struct ng_pred1_stats" :
105.Bd -literal
106struct ng_pred1_stats {
107	uint64_t	FramesPlain;
108	uint64_t	FramesComp;
109	uint64_t	FramesUncomp;
110	uint64_t	InOctets;
111	uint64_t	OutOctets;
112	uint64_t	Errors;
113};
114.Ed
115.It Dv NGM_PRED1_CLR_STATS Pq Ic clrstats
116This control message clears statistics for a given hook.
117.It Dv NGM_PRED1_GETCLR_STATS Pq Ic getclrstats
118This control message obtains and clears statistics for a given hook.
119.El
120.Sh SHUTDOWN
121This node shuts down upon receipt of a
122.Dv NGM_SHUTDOWN
123control message, or when hook have been disconnected.
124.Sh SEE ALSO
125.Xr netgraph 4 ,
126.Xr ng_ppp 4 ,
127.Xr ngctl 8
128.Rs
129.%A D. Rand
130.%T "PPP Predictor Compression Protocol"
131.%O RFC 1978
132.Re
133.Rs
134.%A W. Simpson
135.%T "The Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)"
136.%O RFC 1661
137.Re
138.Sh AUTHORS
139.An Alexander Motin Aq Mt mav@alkar.net
140.Sh BUGS
141Due to nature of netgraph PPP implementation there are possible race conditions
142between data packet and ResetAck CCP packet in case of packet loss.
143As result,
144packet loss can produce bigger performance degradation than supposed by protocol.
145