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29.Dd December 24, 2006
30.Dt NG_PRED1 4
31.Os
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm ng_pred1
34.Nd Predictor-1 PPP compression (RFC 1978) netgraph node type
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.In sys/types.h
37.In netgraph/ng_pred1.h
38.Sh DESCRIPTION
39The
40.Nm pred1
41node type implements the Predictor-1 sub-protocols of the Compression Control
42Protocol (CCP).
43.Pp
44The node has two hooks,
45.Va comp
46for compression and
47.Va decomp
48for decompression.
49Only one of them can be connected at the same time, specifying node's
50operation mode.
51Typically that hooks would be connected to the
52.Xr ng_ppp 4
53node type hook of the same name.
54.Sh HOOKS
55This node type supports the following hooks:
56.Pp
57.Bl -tag -compact -width ".Va decomp"
58.It Va comp
59Connection to
60.Xr ng_ppp 4
61.Va compress
62hook.
63Incoming frames are compressed and sent back out the same hook.
64.It Va decomp
65Connection to
66.Xr ng_ppp 4
67.Va decompress
68hook.
69Incoming frames are decompressed and sent back out the same hook.
70.El
71.Pp
72Only one hook can be connected at the same time,
73specifying node's operation mode.
74.Sh CONTROL MESSAGES
75This node type supports the generic control messages, plus the following:
76.Bl -tag -width foo
77.It Dv NGM_PRED1_CONFIG Pq Ic config
78This command resets and configures the node for a session
79(i.e., for compression or decompression).
80This command takes a
81.Vt "struct ng_pred1_config"
82as an argument:
83.Bd -literal -offset 0n
84struct ng_pred1_config {
85	u_char		enable;			/* node enabled */
86};
87.Ed
88The
89.Ft enable
90field enables traffic flow through the node.
91.It Dv NGM_PRED1_RESETREQ Pq Ic resetreq
92This message contains no arguments, and is bi-directional.
93If an error is detected during decompression, this message is sent by the
94node to the originator of the
95.Dv NGM_PRED1_CONFIG
96message that initiated the session.
97The receiver should respond by sending a PPP CCP Reset-Request to the peer.
98.Pp
99This message may also be received by this node type when a CCP Reset-Request
100or Reset-Ack is received by the local PPP entity.
101The node will respond by flushing its compression state so the sides
102can resynchronize.
103.It Dv NGM_PRED1_GET_STATS Pq Ic getstats
104This control message obtains statistics for a given hook.
105The statistics are returned in
106.Vt "struct ng_pred1_stats" :
107.Bd -literal
108struct ng_pred1_stats {
109	uint64_t	FramesPlain;
110	uint64_t	FramesComp;
111	uint64_t	FramesUncomp;
112	uint64_t	InOctets;
113	uint64_t	OutOctets;
114	uint64_t	Errors;
115};
116.Ed
117.It Dv NGM_PRED1_CLR_STATS Pq Ic clrstats
118This control message clears statistics for a given hook.
119.It Dv NGM_PRED1_GETCLR_STATS Pq Ic getclrstats
120This control message obtains and clears statistics for a given hook.
121.El
122.Sh SHUTDOWN
123This node shuts down upon receipt of a
124.Dv NGM_SHUTDOWN
125control message, or when hook have been disconnected.
126.Sh SEE ALSO
127.Xr netgraph 4 ,
128.Xr ng_ppp 4 ,
129.Xr ngctl 8
130.Rs
131.%A D. Rand
132.%T "PPP Predictor Compression Protocol"
133.%O RFC 1978
134.Re
135.Rs
136.%A W. Simpson
137.%T "The Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)"
138.%O RFC 1661
139.Re
140.Sh AUTHORS
141.An Alexander Motin Aq Mt mav@alkar.net
142.Sh BUGS
143Due to nature of netgraph PPP implementation there are possible race conditions
144between data packet and ResetAck CCP packet in case of packet loss. As result,
145packet loss can produce bigger performance degradation than supposed by protocol.
146