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authorManuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@linuxfromscratch.org>2004-12-21 19:38:32 +0000
committerManuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@linuxfromscratch.org>2004-12-21 19:38:32 +0000
commit3f0c882398e626cd92503b1bd964a32e89f818dc (patch)
tree73e2935fe138615f4ec2d430fb7fbf6ae8fa9a80 /chapter06/iproute2.xml
parentaaa3260c039e40d68545922b64199b039da6af7b (diff)
Removed the text in chapter 06.
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@4446 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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diff --git a/chapter06/iproute2.xml b/chapter06/iproute2.xml
index 0401b4701..4f99d8196 100644
--- a/chapter06/iproute2.xml
+++ b/chapter06/iproute2.xml
@@ -4,16 +4,15 @@
%general-entities;
]>
<sect1 id="ch-system-iproute2" xreflabel="IProute2" role="wrap">
- <title>Iproute2-&iproute2-version;</title>
+<title>Iproute2-&iproute2-version;</title>
<?dbhtml filename="iproute2.html"?>
+
<indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2">
<primary sortas="a-iproute2">iproute2</primary>
</indexterm>
<sect2 role="package">
<title/>
- <para>The iproute2 package contains programs for basic and advanced
- IPV4-based networking.
- </para>
+
<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
<segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
@@ -22,23 +21,13 @@
<seg>.6 MB</seg>
</seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>
- <segmentedlist>
- <segtitle>iproute2 installation depends on</segtitle>
- <seglistitem>
- <seg>sed, GCC, Glibc, Make, Linux-Headers</seg>
- </seglistitem>
- </segmentedlist>
+
</sect2>
+
<sect2 role="installation">
<title>Installation of iproute2</title>
- <para>The <command>arpd</command> binary included in this package is
- dependent on Berkeley DB. As <command>arpd</command> is not a very
- common requirement on a base Linux system we remove the dependency on
- Berkeley DB by applying the patch using the command below. If you
- need the <command>arpd</command> binary, then instructions for
- compiling Berkeley DB can be found in the <ulink
- url="http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/cvs/content/databases.html#db">BLFS book</ulink>.
- </para>
+
+ <para>Apply a patch</para>
<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../iproute2-&iproute2-patch-version;-remove_db-1.patch</userinput></screen>
@@ -49,212 +38,23 @@
<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../iproute2-&iproute2-patch-version;-find_update-1.patch</userinput></screen>
<para>Prepare iproute2 for compilation:</para>
- <screen> <userinput>./configure </userinput></screen>
+
+ <screen><userinput>./configure </userinput></screen>
<para>Compile the package:</para>
<screen><userinput>make SBINDIR=/sbin</userinput></screen>
- <variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><parameter>SBINDIR=/sbin</parameter></term>
- <listitem><para>This makes sure that the iproute2 binaries will install into
- <filename class="directory">/sbin</filename>. This is the correct
- location according to the FHS, as some of the iproute2 binaries are used
- in our bootscripts.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
-
<para>Now install it:</para>
<screen><userinput>make install SBINDIR=/sbin</userinput></screen>
+
</sect2>
<sect2 id="contents-iproute2" role="content">
- <title>Contents of iproute2</title>
- <segmentedlist>
- <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
- <seglistitem>
- <seg>ifstat, ip, nstat, routef, routel, rtmon, rtstat, ss, and tc.</seg>
- </seglistitem>
- </segmentedlist>
-
- <variablelist>
- <title>Short descriptions</title>
-
- <varlistentry id="ifstat">
- <term>
- <command>ifstat</command>
- </term>
- <listitem>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 ifstat">
- <primary sortas="b-ifstat">ifstat</primary>
- </indexterm>
- <para>shows the interfaces statistics. Shows the amount of transmitted
- and received packages by interface</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry id="ip">
- <term>
- <command>ip</command>
- </term>
- <listitem>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 ip">
- <primary sortas="b-ip">ip</primary>
- </indexterm>
-
- <para>is the main executable. Has several different functions.</para>
-
- <para><command>ip link <replaceable>[device]</replaceable></command>
- allows you to look at the state of devices and to change it.
- </para>
-
- <para><command>ip addr</command> allows you to look at addresses and
- their properties, add new addresses and to delete old ones.
- </para>
-
- <para><command>ip neighbor</command> allows you to look at neighbour
- bindings and their properties, add new neighbour entries and to
- delete old ones.
- </para>
-
- <para><command>ip rule</command> allows you to look at the routing
- policies and change them.
- </para>
-
- <para><command>ip route</command> allows you to look at the routing
- table and change routing table rules.
- </para>
-
- <para><command>ip tunnel</command> allows you to look at the ip
- tunnels and their properties, and change them.
- </para>
-
- <para><command>ip maddr</command> allows you to look at the multicast
- addresses and their properties, and change them.
- </para>
-
- <para><command>ip mroute</command> allows you to set, change, or
- delete the mutlicast routing.
- </para>
-
- <para><command>ip monitor</command> allows you to monitor the state of
- devices, addresses and routes continuously.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry id="nstat">
- <term>
- <command>nstat</command>
- </term>
- <listitem>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 nstat">
- <primary sortas="b-nstat">nstat</primary>
- </indexterm>
- <para>Shows network statistics</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry id="routef">
- <term>
- <command>routef</command>
- </term>
- <listitem>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 routef">
- <primary sortas="b-routef">routef</primary>
- </indexterm>
- <para>A component of ip route. This is for flushing the routing
- tables.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry id="routel">
- <term>
- <command>routel</command>
- </term>
- <listitem>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 routel">
- <primary sortas="b-routel">routel</primary>
- </indexterm>
- <para>A component of ip route. This is for listing the routing
- tables.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry id="rtmon">
- <term>
- <command>rtmon</command>
- </term>
- <listitem>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 rtmon">
- <primary sortas="b-rtmon">rtmon</primary>
- </indexterm>
- <para>Route Monitoring Utility.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry id="rtstat">
- <term>
- <command>rtstat</command>
- </term>
- <listitem>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 rtstat">
- <primary sortas="b-rtstat">rtstat</primary>
- </indexterm>
- <para>Route Status Utility</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry id="ss">
- <term>
- <command>ss</command>
- </term>
- <listitem>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 ss">
- <primary sortas="b-ss">ss</primary>
- </indexterm>
- <para>Similar to the netstat command. Shows active connections.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry id="tc">
- <term>
- <command>tc</command>
- </term>
- <listitem>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 ss">
- <primary sortas="b-tc">tc</primary>
- </indexterm>
- <para>Traffic Controlling Executable. This is for QOS/COS
- implementations.
- </para>
-
- <para><command>tc qdisc</command> allows you to setup the queueing
- discipline.
- </para>
-
- <para><command>tc class</command> allows you to setup classes based on
- the queuing discipline scheduling.
- </para>
-
- <para><command>tc estimator</command> allows you to estimate the
- network flow into a network.
- </para>
-
- <para><command>tc filter</command> allows you to setup the QOS/COS
- packet filtering.
- </para>
-
- <para><command>tc policy</command> allows you to setup the QOS/COS
- policies.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
+ <title>Contents of iproute2</title>
+
+ <para>See testing</para>
+
</sect2>
</sect1>