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diff --git a/man7/address_families.7 b/man7/address_families.7 deleted file mode 100644 index 14464be..0000000 --- a/man7/address_families.7 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,392 +0,0 @@ -.\" Copyright (c) 2018 by Eugene Syromyatnikov <evgsyr@gmail.com>, -.\" and Copyright (c) 2018 Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> -.\" -.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft -.\" -.TH address_families 7 2024-01-28 "Linux man-pages 6.7" -.SH NAME -address_families \- socket address families (domains) -.SH SYNOPSIS -.nf -.BR "#include <sys/types.h>" " /* See NOTES */" -.B #include <sys/socket.h> -.P -.BI "int socket(int " domain ", int " type ", int " protocol ); -.fi -.SH DESCRIPTION -The -.I domain -argument of the -.BR socket (2) -specifies a communication domain; this selects the protocol -family which will be used for communication. -These families are defined in -.IR <sys/socket.h> . -The formats currently understood by the Linux kernel include: -.TP -.B AF_UNIX -.TQ -.B AF_LOCAL -Local communication. -For further information, see -.BR unix (7). -.TP -.B AF_INET -IPv4 Internet protocols. -For further information, see -.BR ip (7). -.TP -.B AF_AX25 -Amateur radio AX.25 protocol. -For further information, see -.BR ax25 (4). -.\" Part of ax25-tools -.TP -.B AF_IPX -IPX \- Novell protocols. -.TP -.B AF_APPLETALK -AppleTalk -For further information, see -.BR ddp (7). -.TP -.B AF_NETROM -AX.25 packet layer protocol. -For further information, see -.BR netrom (4), -.\" Part of ax25-tools package -.UR https://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/AX25-HOWTO/x61.html -.I The Packet Radio Protocols and Linux -.UE -and the -.IR AX.25 ", " NET/ROM ", and " "ROSE network programming" -chapters of the -.UR https://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/AX25-HOWTO/x2107.html -.I Linux Amateur Radio AX.25 HOWTO -.UE . -.TP -.B AF_BRIDGE -Can't be used for creating sockets; -mostly used for bridge links in -.BR rtnetlink (7) -protocol commands. -.TP -.B AF_ATMPVC -Access to raw ATM Permanent Virtual Circuits (PVCs). -For further information, see the -.UR https://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/text/ATM-Linux-HOWTO -.I ATM on Linux HOWTO -.UE . -.TP -.B AF_X25 -ITU-T X.25 / ISO/IEC\~8208 protocol. -For further information, see -.BR x25 (7). -.TP -.B AF_INET6 -IPv6 Internet protocols. -For further information, see -.BR ipv6 (7). -.TP -.B AF_ROSE -RATS (Radio Amateur Telecommunications Society). -Open Systems environment (ROSE) AX.25 packet layer protocol. -For further information, see the resources listed for -.BR AF_NETROM . -.TP -.B AF_DECnet -DECet protocol sockets. -See -.I Documentation/networking/decnet.txt -in the Linux kernel source tree for details. -.TP -.B AF_NETBEUI -Reserved for "802.2LLC project"; never used. -.TP -.B AF_SECURITY -This was a short-lived (between Linux 2.1.30 and 2.1.99pre2) protocol family -for firewall upcalls. -.TP -.B AF_KEY -Key management protocol, originally developed for usage with IPsec -(since Linux 2.1.38). -This has no relation to -.BR keyctl (2) -and the in-kernel key storage facility. -See -.UR https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2367 -RFC 2367 -.I PF_KEY Key Management API, Version 2 -.UE -for details. -.TP -.B AF_NETLINK -Kernel user interface device. -For further information, see -.BR netlink (7). -.TP -.B AF_PACKET -Low-level packet interface. -For further information, see -.BR packet (7). -.\" .TP -.\" .B AF_ASH -.\" Asynchronous Serial Host protocol (?) -.\" Notes from Eugene Syromyatnikov: -.\" I haven't found any concrete information about this one; -.\" it never was implemented in Linux, at least, judging by historical -.\" repos. There is also this file (and its variations): -.\" https://github.com/ecki/net-tools/blob/master/lib/ash.c -.\" ( https://github.com/ecki/net-tools/commits/master/lib/ash.c ) -.\" it mentions "NET-2 distribution" (BSD Net/2?), but, again, I failed -.\" to find any mentions of "ash" protocol there. -.\" (for the reference: -.\" ftp://pdp11.org.ru/pub/unix-archive/Distributions/UCB/Net2/net2.tar.gz ) -.\" Another source that mentions it is -.\" https://www.silabs.com/documents/public/user-guides/ug101-uart-gateway-protocol-reference.pdf -.\" https://www.silabs.com/documents/public/user-guides/ug115-ashv3-protocol-reference.pdf -.\" but I doubt that it's related, as former files use 64-byte addresses and -.\" "Hamming-encode of hops", and that's barely combines with a protocol -.\" that is mainly used over serial connection. -.TP -.B AF_ECONET -.\" commit: 349f29d841dbae854bd7367be7c250401f974f47 -Acorn Econet protocol (removed in Linux 3.5). -See the -.UR http://www.8bs.com/othrdnld/manuals/econet.shtml -Econet documentation -.UE -for details. -.TP -.B AF_ATMSVC -Access to ATM Switched Virtual Circuits (SVCs) -See the -.UR https://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/text/ATM-Linux-HOWTO -.I ATM on Linux HOWTO -.UE -for details. -.TP -.B AF_RDS -.\" commit: 639b321b4d8f4e412bfbb2a4a19bfebc1e68ace4 -Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) protocol (since Linux 2.6.30). -RDS over RDMA has no relation to -.B AF_SMC -or -.BR AF_XDP . -For further information, see -.\" rds-tools: https://github.com/oracle/rds-tools/blob/master/rds.7 -.\" rds-tools: https://github.com/oracle/rds-tools/blob/master/rds-rdma.7 -.BR rds (7), -.BR rds\-rdma (7), -and -.I Documentation/networking/rds.txt -in the Linux kernel source tree. -.TP -.B AF_IRDA -.\" commits: 1ca163afb6fd569b, d64c2a76123f0300 -Socket interface over IrDA -(moved to staging in Linux 4.14, removed in Linux 4.17). -.\" irda-utils: https://sourceforge.net/p/irda/code/HEAD/tree/tags/IRDAUTILS_0_9_18/irda-utils/man/irda.7.gz?format=raw -For further information, see -.BR irda (7). -.TP -.B AF_PPPOX -Generic PPP transport layer, for setting up L2 tunnels -(L2TP and PPPoE). -See -.I Documentation/networking/l2tp.txt -in the Linux kernel source tree for details. -.TP -.B AF_WANPIPE -.\" commits: ce0ecd594d78710422599918a608e96dd1ee6024 -Legacy protocol for wide area network (WAN) connectivity -that was used by Sangoma WAN cards (called "WANPIPE"); -removed in Linux 2.6.21. -.TP -.B AF_LLC -.\" linux-history commit: 34beb106cde7da233d4df35dd3d6cf4fee937caa -Logical link control (IEEE 802.2 LLC) protocol, upper part -of data link layer of ISO/OSI networking protocol stack -(since Linux 2.4); -has no relation to -.BR AF_PACKET . -See chapter -.I 13.5.3. Logical Link Control -in -.I Understanding Linux Kernel Internals -(O'Reilly Media, 2006) -and -.I IEEE Standards for Local Area Networks: Logical Link Control -(The Institute of Electronics and Electronics Engineers, Inc., -New York, New York, 1985) -for details. -See also -.UR https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/networking/llc -some historical notes -.UE -regarding its development. -.TP -.B AF_IB -.\" commits: 8d36eb01da5d371f..ce117ffac2e93334 -InfiniBand native addressing (since Linux 3.11). -.TP -.B AF_MPLS -.\" commits: 0189197f441602acdca3f97750d392a895b778fd -Multiprotocol Label Switching (since Linux 4.1); -mostly used for configuring MPLS routing via -.BR netlink (7), -as it doesn't expose ability to create sockets to user space. -.TP -.B AF_CAN -.\" commits: 8dbde28d9711475a..5423dd67bd0108a1 -Controller Area Network automotive bus protocol (since Linux 2.6.25). -See -.I Documentation/networking/can.rst -in the Linux kernel source tree for details. -.TP -.B AF_TIPC -.\" commits: b97bf3fd8f6a16966d4f18983b2c40993ff937d4 -TIPC, "cluster domain sockets" protocol (since Linux 2.6.16). -See -.UR http://tipc.io/programming.html -.I TIPC Programmer's Guide -.UE -and the -.UR http://tipc.io/protocol.html -protocol description -.UE -for details. -.TP -.B AF_BLUETOOTH -.\" commits: 8d36eb01da5d371f..ce117ffac2e93334 -Bluetooth low-level socket protocol (since Linux 3.11). -See -.UR https://git.kernel.org\:/pub/scm\:/bluetooth/bluez.git\:/tree/doc/mgmt-api.txt -.I Bluetooth Management API overview -.UE -and -.UR https://people.csail.mit.edu/albert/bluez-intro/ -.I An Introduction to Bluetooth Programming -by Albert Huang -.UE -for details. -.TP -.B AF_IUCV -.\" commit: eac3731bd04c7131478722a3c148b78774553116 -IUCV (inter-user communication vehicle) z/VM protocol -for hypervisor-guest interaction (since Linux 2.6.21); -has no relation to -.B AF_VSOCK -and/or -.B AF_SMC -See -.UR https://www.ibm.com\:/support\:/knowledgecenter\:/en/SSB27U_6.4.0\:/com.ibm.zvm.v640.hcpb4\:/iucv.htm -.I IUCV protocol overview -.UE -for details. -.TP -.B AF_RXRPC -.\" commit: 17926a79320afa9b95df6b977b40cca6d8713cea -.\" http://people.redhat.com/~dhowells/rxrpc/ -.\" https://www.infradead.org/~dhowells/kafs/af_rxrpc_client.html -.\" http://workshop.openafs.org/afsbpw09/talks/thu_2/kafs.pdf -.\" http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~remzi/OSTEP/dist-afs.pdf -.\" http://web.mit.edu/kolya/afs/rx/rx-spec -Rx, Andrew File System remote procedure call protocol -(since Linux 2.6.22). -See -.I Documentation/networking/rxrpc.txt -in the Linux kernel source tree for details. -.TP -.B AF_ISDN -.\" commit: 1b2b03f8e514e4f68e293846ba511a948b80243c -New "modular ISDN" driver interface protocol (since Linux 2.6.27). -See the -.UR http://www.misdn.eu/wiki/Main_Page/ -mISDN wiki -.UE -for details. -.TP -.B AF_PHONET -.\" commit: 4b07b3f69a8471cdc142c51461a331226fef248a -Nokia cellular modem IPC/RPC interface (since Linux 2.6.31). -See -.I Documentation/networking/phonet.txt -in the Linux kernel source tree for details. -.TP -.B AF_IEEE802154 -.\" commit: 9ec7671603573ede31207eb5b0b3e1aa211b2854 -IEEE 802.15.4 WPAN (wireless personal area network) raw packet protocol -(since Linux 2.6.31). -See -.I Documentation/networking/ieee802154.txt -in the Linux kernel source tree for details. -.TP -.B AF_CAIF -.\" commit: 529d6dad5bc69de14cdd24831e2a14264e93daa4 -.\" https://lwn.net/Articles/371017/ -.\" http://read.pudn.com/downloads157/doc/comm/698729/Misc/caif/Com%20CPU%20to%20Appl%20CPU%20Interface%20DESCRIPTION_LZN901%202002_revR1C.pdf -.\" http://read.pudn.com/downloads157/doc/comm/698729/Misc/caif/Com%20CPU%20to%20Appl%20CPU%20Interface%20PROTOCOL%20SPECIFICATION_LZN901%201708_revR1A.pdf -Ericsson's Communication CPU to Application CPU interface (CAIF) protocol -(since Linux 2.6.36). -See -.I Documentation/networking/caif/Linux\-CAIF.txt -in the Linux kernel source tree for details. -.TP -.B AF_ALG -Interface to kernel crypto API (since Linux 2.6.38). -See -.I Documentation/crypto/userspace\-if.rst -in the Linux kernel source tree for details. -.TP -.B AF_VSOCK -.\" commit: d021c344051af91f42c5ba9fdedc176740cbd238 -VMWare VSockets protocol for hypervisor-guest interaction (since Linux 3.9); -has no relation to -.B AF_IUCV -and -.BR AF_SMC . -For further information, see -.BR vsock (7). -.TP -.B AF_KCM -.\" commit: 03c8efc1ffeb6b82a22c1af8dd908af349563314 -KCM (kernel connection multiplexer) interface (since Linux 4.6). -See -.I Documentation/networking/kcm.txt -in the Linux kernel source tree for details. -.TP -.B AF_QIPCRTR -.\" commit: bdabad3e363d825ddf9679dd431cca0b2c30f881 -Qualcomm IPC router interface protocol (since Linux 4.7). -.TP -.B AF_SMC -.\" commit: f3a3e248f3f7cd9a4bed334022704d7e7fc781bf -SMC-R (shared memory communications over RDMA) protocol (since Linux 4.11), -and SMC-D (shared memory communications, direct memory access) protocol -for intra-node z/VM quest interaction (since Linux 4.19); -has no relation to -.BR AF_RDS ", " AF_IUCV -or -.BR AF_VSOCK . -See -.UR https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7609 -RFC 7609 -.I IBM's Shared Memory Communications over RDMA (SMC-R) Protocol -.UE -for details regarding SMC-R. -See -.UR https://www-01.ibm.com\:/software/network\:/commserver\:/SMC-D/index.html -.I SMC-D Reference Information -.UE -for details regarding SMC-D. -.TP -.B AF_XDP -.\" commit: c0c77d8fb787cfe0c3fca689c2a30d1dad4eaba7 -XDP (express data path) interface (since Linux 4.18). -See -.I Documentation/networking/af_xdp.rst -in the Linux kernel source tree for details. -.SH SEE ALSO -.BR socket (2), -.BR socket (7) |