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diff --git a/docs/network-scripts.txt b/docs/network-scripts.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 024161bde..000000000 --- a/docs/network-scripts.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,52 +0,0 @@ - Structure of the network scripts in buildroot-ng - - -1) Usage - -To be able to access the network functions, you need to include -the necessary shell scripts by running: - -. /etc/functions.sh # common functions -include /lib/network # include /lib/network/*.sh -scan_interfaces # read and parse the network config - -Some protocols, such as PPP might change the configured interface names -at run time (e.g. eth0 => ppp0 for PPPoE). That's why you have to run -scan_interfaces instead of reading the values from the config directly. -After running scan_interfaces, the 'ifname' option will always contain -the effective interface name (which is used for IP traffic) and if the -physical device name differs from it, it will be stored in the 'device' -option. -That means that running 'config_get lan ifname' after scan_interfaces -might not return the same result as running it before. - -After running scan_interfaces, the following functions are available: - -- find_config <interface> looks for a network configuration that includes - the specified network interface. - -- setup_interface <interface> [<config>] [<protocol>] will set up the - specified interface, optionally overriding the network configuration - name or the protocol that it uses. - - - -2) Writing protocol handlers - -You can add custom protocol handlers by adding shell scripts to -/lib/network. They provide the following two shell functions: - -scan_<protocolname>() { - local config="$1" - # change the interface names if necessary -} - -setup_interface_<protocolname>() { - local interface="$1" - local config="$2" - # set up the interface -} - -scan_<protocolname> is optional and only necessary if your protocol -uses a custom device, e.g. a tunnel or a PPP device. - |