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Date:      Wed, 13 Mar 2002 12:14:55 -0800 (PST)
From:      Archie Cobbs <archie@dellroad.org>
To:        ome ome <olivmet@yahoo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: MPD and Mysterious socket node
Message-ID:  <200203132014.g2DKEtc73383@arch20m.dellroad.org>
In-Reply-To: <20020313195921.70952.qmail@web20105.mail.yahoo.com> "from ome ome at Mar 13, 2002 11:59:21 am"

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ome ome writes:
> What is the aim of the socket node in MPD which appear
> when i establish a pppoe session and the link becomes UP?
> It is the one which is created at the same time of the
> pppoe node and which disapear when the link is down.

The pppoe device layer in mpd needs to talk to the ng_pppoe node.
The only way for a user process to talk to other netgraph nodes
is by using an ng_socket(4) node.

-Archie

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Archie Cobbs     *     Packet Design     *     http://www.packetdesign.com

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