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mpe
— MPLS
Provider Edge
pseudo-device mpe
The mpe
interface is a Multiprotocol Label
Switching (MPLS) Provider Edge pseudo-device used to enter and leave an MPLS
domain.
An mpe
interface can be created at runtime
using the ifconfig mpe
N
create
command or by setting up a
hostname.if(5)
configuration file for
netstart(8). The interface
itself can be configured with
ifconfig(8); see its manual
page for more information.
The following ioctl 2
calls are specific
to mpe
,
mpip(4) and
mpw(4) interfaces:
sysctl(2), mpip(4), mpw(4), hostname.if(5), ifconfig(8), ldpd(8), netstart(8)
The mpe
device first appeared in
OpenBSD 4.4.
The mpe
driver was written by
Pierre-Yves Ritschard
<pyr@openbsd.org>.
March 18, 2021 | OpenBSD-6.9 |