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NG_ATM(4)		 BSD Kernel Interfaces Manual		     NG_ATM(4)

NAME
     ng_atm -- netgraph	ATM node type

SYNOPSIS
     #include <sys/types.h>
     #include <net/if_atm.h>
     #include <netgraph.h>
     #include <netgraph/atm/ng_atm.h>

DESCRIPTION
     The atm netgraph node type	allows natm(4) ATM drivers to be connected to
     the netgraph(4) networking	subsystem.  When the ng_atm module is loaded a
     node is automatically created for each natm(4) ATM	interface.  The	nodes
     are named with the	same name as the interface.  Nodes are also created if
     a driver for an ATM card is loaded	after ng_atm was loaded.

     The atm nodes are persistent.  They are removed when the interface	is re-
     moved.  NGM_SHUTDOWN messages are ignored by the node.

HOOKS
     Four special hooks	with fixed names and an	unlimited number of hooks with
     user defined names	are supported.	Three of the fixed hooks are attached
     to	strategic points in the	information flow in the	natm(4)	system and
     support only reading.  The	fourth fixed hook behaves like the other user
     hooks, but	a number of management messages	are sent along the hook.  The
     other hooks can be	attached to VCIs dynamically by	means of control mes-
     sages to the atm node and can be written and read.

     The four fixed hooks are:

     input    This is a	connection to the raw input stream from	the network.
	      If this hook is connected, all incoming packets are delivered
	      out to this hook.	 Note that this	redirects ALL input.  Neither
	      natm(4) nor the user hooks will see any input if input is	con-
	      nected.  An atm_pseudohdr	(see natm(4)) is prepended to the ac-
	      tual data.

     output   This is a	connection to the raw output stream to the network de-
	      vice.  If	this hook is connected,	all outgoing packets are
	      handed over to the netgraph system and delivered to the hook in-
	      stead of being delivered to the ATM driver.  An atm_pseudohdr
	      (see natm(4)) is prepended to the	actual data.

     orphans  This hook	receives all packets that are unrecognized, i.e., do
	      not belong to either a natm(4) socket, a ng_atm VCI or natm(4)
	      IP.  Because ATM is connection oriented and packets are received
	      on a given VCI only when someone initiates this VCI, packets
	      should never be orphaned.	 There is however one exception: if
	      you use natm(4) IP with LLC/SNAP encapsulation packets with do
	      not have the IP protocol indicated in the	packet header are de-
	      livered out of this hook.	 An atm_pseudohdr (see natm(4))	is
	      prepended	to the actual data send	out to the hook.

     manage   This hook	behaves	exactly	like a normal user hook	(see below)
	      except that the node at the other	hand will receive management
	      messages.

     Hooks for dynamically initiated VCIs can have whatever name is allowed by
     netgraph(4) as long as the	name does not collide with one of the three
     predefined	names.

     To	initiate packet	sending	an receiving on	a dynamic hook one has to is-
     sue a NGM_ATM_CPCS_INIT control message.  To terminate sending and	re-
     ceiving one must send a NGM_ATM_CPCS_TERM message (see CONTROL MESSAGES).
     The data sent and received	on these hooks has no additional headers.

CONTROL	MESSAGES
     This node type supports the generic messages plus the following:

     NGM_ATM_GET_IFNAME
	   Return the name of the interface as a NUL-terminated	string.	 This
	   is normally the same	name as	that of	the node.

     NGM_ATM_GET_CONFIG
	   Returns a structure defining	the configuration of the interface:

	   struct ng_atm_config	{
		   uint32_t	   pcr;		   /* peak cell	rate */
		   uint32_t	   maxvpi;	   /* maximum vpi */
		   uint32_t	   maxvci;	   /* maximum vci */
		   uint32_t	   max_vpcs;	   /* maximum number of	VPCs */
		   uint32_t	   max_vccs;	   /* maximum number of	VCCs */
	   };

     NGM_ATM_GET_VCCS
	   Returns the table of	open VCCs from the driver.  This table con-
	   sists of a header and a variable sized array	of entries, one	for
	   each	open VCC:

	   struct atmio_vcctable {
		   uint32_t	   count;	   /* number of	vccs */
		   struct atmio_vcc vccs[0];	   /* array of VCCs */
	   };
	   struct atmio_vcc {
		   uint16_t	   flags;	   /* flags */
		   uint16_t	   vpi;		   /* VPI */
		   uint16_t	   vci;		   /* VCI */
		   uint16_t	   rmtu;	   /* Receive maximum CPCS size	*/
		   uint16_t	   tmtu;	   /* Transmit maximum CPCS size */
		   uint8_t	   aal;		   /* aal type */
		   uint8_t	   traffic;	   /* traffic type */
		   struct atmio_tparam tparam;	   /* traffic parameters */
	   };
	   struct atmio_tparam {
		   uint32_t	   pcr;	   /* 24bit: Peak Cell Rate */
		   uint32_t	   scr;	   /* 24bit: VBR Sustainable Cell Rate */
		   uint32_t	   mbs;	   /* 24bit: VBR Maximum burst size */
		   uint32_t	   mcr;	   /* 24bit: MCR */
		   uint32_t	   icr;	   /* 24bit: ABR ICR */
		   uint32_t	   tbe;	   /* 24bit: ABR TBE (1...2^24-1) */
		   uint8_t	   nrm;	   /*  3bit: ABR Nrm */
		   uint8_t	   trm;	   /*  3bit: ABR Trm */
		   uint16_t	   adtf;   /* 10bit: ABR ADTF */
		   uint8_t	   rif;	   /*  4bit: ABR RIF */
		   uint8_t	   rdf;	   /*  4bit: ABR RDF */
		   uint8_t	   cdf;	   /*  3bit: ABR CDF */
	   };

	   Note	that this is the driver's table, so all	VCCs opened via
	   natm(4) sockets and IP are also shown.  They	can, however, be dis-
	   tinguished by their flags.  The flags field contains	the following
	   flags:

		 ATM_PH_AAL5	 use AAL5 instead of AAL0
		 ATM_PH_LLCSNAP	 if AAL5 use LLC SNAP encapsulation
		 ATM_FLAG_NG	 this is a netgraph VCC
		 ATM_FLAG_HARP	 this is a HARP	VCC
		 ATM_FLAG_NORX	 transmit only VCC
		 ATM_FLAG_NOTX	 receive only VCC
		 ATMIO_FLAG_PVC	 treat channel as a PVC

	   If the ATM_FLAG_NG flag is set, then	traffic	and tparam contain
	   meaningful information.

	   The aal field contains one of the following values:

		 ATMIO_AAL_0	 AAL 0 (raw cells)
		 ATMIO_AAL_34	 AAL 3 or AAL 4
		 ATMIO_AAL_5	 AAL 5
		 ATMIO_AAL_RAW	 device	specific raw cells

	   The traffic field can have one of the following values (not all
	   drivers support all traffic types however):

		 ATMIO_TRAFFIC_UBR
		 ATMIO_TRAFFIC_CBR
		 ATMIO_TRAFFIC_ABR
		 ATMIO_TRAFFIC_VBR

     NGM_ATM_CPCS_INIT
	   Initialize a	VCC for	sending	and receiving.	The argument is	a
	   structure:

	   struct ng_atm_cpcs_init {
		   char		   name[NG_HOOKSIZ];
		   uint32_t	   flags;	   /* flags. (if_natmio.h) */
		   uint16_t	   vci;		   /* VCI to open */
		   uint16_t	   vpi;		   /* VPI to open */
		   uint16_t	   rmtu;	   /* receive maximum PDU */
		   uint16_t	   tmtu;	   /* transmit maximum PDU */
		   uint8_t	   aal;		   /* AAL type (if_natmio.h) */
		   uint8_t	   traffic;	   /* traffic type (if_natmio.h) */
		   uint32_t	   pcr;		   /* Peak cell	rate */
		   uint32_t	   scr;		   /* Sustainable cell rate */
		   uint32_t	   mbs;		   /* Maximum burst size */
		   uint32_t	   mcr;		   /* Minimum cell rate	*/
		   uint32_t	   icr;		   /* ABR: Initial cell	rate */
		   uint32_t	   tbe;		   /* ABR: Transmit buffer exposure */
		   uint8_t	   nrm;		   /* ABR: Nrm */
		   uint8_t	   trm;		   /* ABR: Trm */
		   uint16_t	   adtf;	   /* ABR: ADTF	*/
		   uint8_t	   rif;		   /* ABR: RIF */
		   uint8_t	   rdf;		   /* ABR: RDF */
		   uint8_t	   cdf;		   /* ABR: CDF */
	   };

	   The name field is the name of the hook for which sending and	re-
	   ceiving should be enabled.  This hook must already be connected.
	   The vpi and vci fields are the respective VPI and VCI values	to use
	   for the ATM cells.  They must be within the range, given by the
	   maxvpi and maxvci fields of the ng_atm_config structure.  The flags
	   field contains the flags (see above)	and the	other fields describe
	   the type of traffic.

     NGM_ATM_CPCS_TERM
	   Stop	sending	and receiving on the indicated hook.  The argument is
	   a

	   struct ng_atm_cpcs_term {
		   char		   name[NG_HOOKSIZ];
	   };

MANAGEMENT MESSAGES
     If	the manage hook	is connected, certain messages are sent	along the
     hook.  They are received by the peer node with a cookie of	NG_ATM_COOKIE.

     NGM_ATM_CARRIER_CHANGE
	   The carrier state of	the ATM	physical interface has changed.	 The
	   message has the following structure:

	   struct ng_atm_carrier_change	{
		   uint32_t	   node;
		   uint32_t	   state;
	   };

	   The node field is the node ID of the	ATM node.  This	can be used by
	   the managing	entity (for example ilmid(8)) to manage	several	inter-
	   faces at the	same time through the same node.  The state field is 1
	   if the carrier was detected,	and 0 if it was	lost.

     NGM_ATM_VCC_CHANGE
	   A permanent VCC has been added, deleted or changed.	This is	used
	   by ilmid(8) to generate the appropriate ILMI	traps.	The structure
	   of the message is:

	   struct ng_atm_vcc_change {
		   uint32_t	   node;
		   uint16_t	   vci;
		   uint8_t	   vpi;
		   uint8_t	   state;
	   };
	   Where state is 0 if the PVC was deleted, and	1 if it	was added or
	   modified.

FLOW CONTROL
     If	the hardware driver supports it, the node can emit flow	control	mes-
     sages along a user	hook.  The format of these messages is described in
     <netgraph/ng_message.h>.  The atm node may	generate NGM_HIGH_WATER_PASSED
     and NGM_LOW_WATER_PASSED messages.	 The first one indicates that the
     hardware driver has stopped output	on the channel and drops new packets,
     the second	one reports that output	was reenabled.	Currently, the struc-
     tures are not filled with information.

SHUTDOWN
     The nodes are persistent as long as the corresponding interface exists.
     Upon receipt of a NGM_SHUTDOWN messages, all hooks	are disconnected and
     the node is reinitialized.	 All VCCs opened via netgraph(4) are closed.
     When the ATM interface is unloaded, the node disappears.  If the node is
     compiled with NGATM_DEBUG there is	a sysctl net.graph.atm.allow_shutdown
     which, when set to	a non-zero value, allows the nodes to shut down.  Note
     that this is intended for development only	and may	lead to	kernel panics
     if	set.

SEE ALSO
     natm(4), netgraph(4), ng_ether(4),	ngctl(8)

AUTHORS
     Harti Brandt <harti@FreeBSD.org>

BSD				 June 24, 2003				   BSD

NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | HOOKS | CONTROL MESSAGES | MANAGEMENT MESSAGES | FLOW CONTROL | SHUTDOWN | SEE ALSO | AUTHORS

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