Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 07:52:10 +0000 (UTC) From: Brian Somers <brian@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r196530 - head/usr.sbin/ppp Message-ID: <200908250752.n7P7qA2r019955@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: brian Date: Tue Aug 25 07:52:09 2009 New Revision: 196530 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/196530 Log: Document that ppp handles pipe(2) descriptors specially in -direct mode. MFC after: 3 days Modified: head/usr.sbin/ppp/ppp.8.m4 Modified: head/usr.sbin/ppp/ppp.8.m4 ============================================================================== --- head/usr.sbin/ppp/ppp.8.m4 Tue Aug 25 06:25:59 2009 (r196529) +++ head/usr.sbin/ppp/ppp.8.m4 Tue Aug 25 07:52:09 2009 (r196530) @@ -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. @@ -6055,6 +6066,8 @@ 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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