Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 18:16:03 +0000 (UTC) From: Brian Somers <brian@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-7@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r196793 - stable/7/usr.sbin/ppp Message-ID: <200909031816.n83IG3jB041106@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: brian Date: Thu Sep 3 18:16:03 2009 New Revision: 196793 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/196793 Log: MFC r196530: Document that ppp handles pipe(2) descriptors specially in -direct mode. Modified: stable/7/usr.sbin/ppp/ (props changed) stable/7/usr.sbin/ppp/ppp.8.m4 Modified: stable/7/usr.sbin/ppp/ppp.8.m4 ============================================================================== --- stable/7/usr.sbin/ppp/ppp.8.m4 Thu Sep 3 17:37:23 2009 (r196792) +++ stable/7/usr.sbin/ppp/ppp.8.m4 Thu Sep 3 18:16:03 2009 (r196793) @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ changecom(,)dnl .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd May 24, 2007 +.Dd August 25, 2009 .Dt PPP 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -171,6 +171,17 @@ If callback is configured, will use the .Dq set device information when dialing back. +.Pp +When run in +.Fl direct +mode, +.Nm +will behave slightly differently if descriptor 0 was created by +.Xr pipe 2 . +As pipes are not bi-directional, ppp will redirect all writes to descriptor +1 (standard output), leaving only reads acting on descriptor 0. +No special action is taken if descriptor 0 was created by +.Xr socketpair 2 . .It Fl dedicated This option is designed for machines connected with a dedicated wire. @@ -6070,6 +6081,8 @@ This socket is used to pass links betwee .Xr tcpdump 1 , .Xr telnet 1 , .Xr kldload 2 , +.Xr pipe 2 , +.Xr socketpair 2 , ifdef({LOCALNAT},{},{.Xr libalias 3 , })dnl ifdef({LOCALRAD},{},{.Xr libradius 3 ,
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