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commit 30c4d96a509b1d61bd780543544ce75508a071af Author: Samuel Thibault <[email protected]> Date: Sun Nov 29 13:32:54 2015 +0100 Add devnode documentation * doc/hurd.texi (devnode): Add section. --- doc/hurd.texi | 56 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 55 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/hurd.texi b/doc/hurd.texi index 23c5c8a..ccd7c91 100644 --- a/doc/hurd.texi +++ b/doc/hurd.texi @@ -314,6 +314,9 @@ File Transfer Protocol Networking +* pfinet:: TCP/IP stack. +* pflocal:: +* libpipe:: * Socket Interface:: Network communication I/O protocol. Authentication @@ -2914,11 +2917,55 @@ storeio server (FIXME xref). FIXME: finish +@node fifo @section fifo + +@node ifsock @section ifsock + +@node magic @section magic + +@node null @section null +@node devnode +@section devnode + +@dfn{devnode} is a translator that creates the device file for the device, +which provides another way for other programs to open the device. + +Clients need to get the port to the @dfn{devnode} translator by calling +@dfn{file_name_lookup}() and uses this port as a master device port to open +the device by calling @dfn{device_open}(). The device name used in +@dfn{device_open}() is specified by @option{--name} of @dfn{devnode}. + +@node Invoking devnode +@subsection Invoking devnode + +Usage: devnode [@var{option}@dots{}] + +@table @code +@item --name=@var{devicename} +@itemx -n +Define the device name used by clients in device_open(). + +@item --master-device=@var{devicefile} +@itemx -M +Get a pseudo master device port + +@end table + +Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional +for any corresponding short options. + +If @option{--name} is specified, the client must use the device name in +@dfn{device_open}. Otherwise, any device name is acceptable. + +@option{--master-device} can be useful to open the virtual interface +created by some other programs, for example by @dfn{eth-multiplexer} +(@pxref{eth-multiplexer}). + FIXME: a chapter on libtreefs and libdirmgt will probably go here @@ -4539,12 +4586,19 @@ FIXME: finish FIXME: this subsystem is in flux @c Thomas, 26-03-1998 @menu +* pfinet:: TCP/IP stack. +* pflocal:: +* libpipe:: * Socket Interface:: Network communication I/O protocol. @end menu - +@node pfinet @section pfinet + +@node pflocal @section pflocal + +@node libpipe @section libpipe @node Socket Interface -- Alioth's /usr/local/bin/git-commit-notice on /srv/git.debian.org/git/pkg-hurd/hurd.git
