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+Documentation for /proc/sys/net/*       kernel version 2.4.0-test11-pre4
+        (c) 1999                Terrehon Bowden <terrehon@pacbell.net>
+                                Bodo Bauer <bb@ricochet.net>
+        (c) 2000                Jorge Nerin <comandante@zaralinux.com>
+        (c) 2009                Shen Feng <shen@cn.fujitsu.com>
+
+For general info and legal blurb, please look in README.
+
+==============================================================
+
+This file contains the documentation for the sysctl files in
+/proc/sys/net and is valid for Linux kernel version 2.4.0-test11-pre4.
+
+The interface  to  the  networking  parts  of  the  kernel  is  located  in
+/proc/sys/net. The following table shows all possible subdirectories.You may
+see only some of them, depending on your kernel's configuration.
+
+
+Table : Subdirectories in /proc/sys/net
+..............................................................................
+ Directory Content             Directory  Content
+ core      General parameter   appletalk  Appletalk protocol
+ unix      Unix domain sockets netrom     NET/ROM
+ 802       E802 protocol       ax25       AX25
+ ethernet  Ethernet protocol   rose       X.25 PLP layer
+ ipv4      IP version 4        x25        X.25 protocol
+ ipx       IPX                 token-ring IBM token ring
+ bridge    Bridging            decnet     DEC net
+ ipv6      IP version 6
+..............................................................................
+
+1. /proc/sys/net/core - Network core options
+-------------------------------------------------------
+
+rmem_default
+------------
+
+The default setting of the socket receive buffer in bytes.
+
+rmem_max
+--------
+
+The maximum receive socket buffer size in bytes.
+
+wmem_default
+------------
+
+The default setting (in bytes) of the socket send buffer.
+
+wmem_max
+--------
+
+The maximum send socket buffer size in bytes.
+
+message_burst and message_cost
+------------------------------
+
+These parameters  are used to limit the warning messages written to the kernel
+log from  the  networking  code.  They  enforce  a  rate  limit  to  make  a
+denial-of-service attack  impossible. A higher message_cost factor, results in
+fewer messages that will be written. Message_burst controls when messages will
+be dropped.  The  default  settings  limit  warning messages to one every five
+seconds.
+
+warnings
+--------
+
+This controls console messages from the networking stack that can occur because
+of problems on the network like duplicate address or bad checksums. Normally,
+this should be enabled, but if the problem persists the messages can be
+disabled.
+
+netdev_budget
+-------------
+
+Maximum number of packets taken from all interfaces in one polling cycle (NAPI
+poll). In one polling cycle interfaces which are registered to polling are
+probed in a round-robin manner. The limit of packets in one such probe can be
+set per-device via sysfs class/net/<device>/weight .
+
+netdev_max_backlog
+------------------
+
+Maximum number  of  packets,  queued  on  the  INPUT  side, when the interface
+receives packets faster than kernel can process them.
+
+optmem_max
+----------
+
+Maximum ancillary buffer size allowed per socket. Ancillary data is a sequence
+of struct cmsghdr structures with appended data.
+
+2. /proc/sys/net/unix - Parameters for Unix domain sockets
+-------------------------------------------------------
+
+There are  only  two  files  in this subdirectory. They control the delays for
+deleting and destroying socket descriptors.
+
+
+3. /proc/sys/net/ipv4 - IPV4 settings
+-------------------------------------------------------
+Please see: Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt and ipvs-sysctl.txt for
+descriptions of these entries.
+
+
+4. Appletalk
+-------------------------------------------------------
+
+The /proc/sys/net/appletalk  directory  holds the Appletalk configuration data
+when Appletalk is loaded. The configurable parameters are:
+
+aarp-expiry-time
+----------------
+
+The amount  of  time  we keep an ARP entry before expiring it. Used to age out
+old hosts.
+
+aarp-resolve-time
+-----------------
+
+The amount of time we will spend trying to resolve an Appletalk address.
+
+aarp-retransmit-limit
+---------------------
+
+The number of times we will retransmit a query before giving up.
+
+aarp-tick-time
+--------------
+
+Controls the rate at which expires are checked.
+
+The directory  /proc/net/appletalk  holds the list of active Appletalk sockets
+on a machine.
+
+The fields  indicate  the DDP type, the local address (in network:node format)
+the remote  address,  the  size of the transmit pending queue, the size of the
+received queue  (bytes waiting for applications to read) the state and the uid
+owning the socket.
+
+/proc/net/atalk_iface lists  all  the  interfaces  configured for appletalk.It
+shows the  name  of the interface, its Appletalk address, the network range on
+that address  (or  network number for phase 1 networks), and the status of the
+interface.
+
+/proc/net/atalk_route lists  each  known  network  route.  It lists the target
+(network) that the route leads to, the router (may be directly connected), the
+route flags, and the device the route is using.
+
+
+5. IPX
+-------------------------------------------------------
+
+The IPX protocol has no tunable values in proc/sys/net.
+
+The IPX  protocol  does,  however,  provide  proc/net/ipx. This lists each IPX
+socket giving  the  local  and  remote  addresses  in  Novell  format (that is
+network:node:port). In  accordance  with  the  strange  Novell  tradition,
+everything but the port is in hex. Not_Connected is displayed for sockets that
+are not  tied to a specific remote address. The Tx and Rx queue sizes indicate
+the number  of  bytes  pending  for  transmission  and  reception.  The  state
+indicates the  state  the  socket  is  in and the uid is the owning uid of the
+socket.
+
+The /proc/net/ipx_interface  file lists all IPX interfaces. For each interface
+it gives  the network number, the node number, and indicates if the network is
+the primary  network.  It  also  indicates  which  device  it  is bound to (or
+Internal for  internal  networks)  and  the  Frame  Type if appropriate. Linux
+supports 802.3,  802.2,  802.2  SNAP  and DIX (Blue Book) ethernet framing for
+IPX.
+
+The /proc/net/ipx_route  table  holds  a list of IPX routes. For each route it
+gives the  destination  network, the router node (or Directly) and the network
+address of the router (or Connected) for internal networks.