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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 14:02:27 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 14:02:27 -0400 |
| commit | 6d8bdc65446a704d0750217efd05532fc641ea7d (patch) | |
| tree | 8ae6d698b3c9801750a8b117b3842fb369872a3a /static/openbsd/man4/lo.4 | |
| parent | 2f467bd7ff8f8db0dafa40426166491d7f57f368 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/static/openbsd/man4/lo.4 b/static/openbsd/man4/lo.4 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f86c55e3 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/openbsd/man4/lo.4 @@ -0,0 +1,85 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: lo.4,v 1.29 2018/04/29 11:49:38 schwarze Exp $ +.\" $NetBSD: lo.4,v 1.3 1994/11/30 16:22:23 jtc Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)lo.4 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93 +.\" +.Dd $Mdocdate: April 29 2018 $ +.Dt LO 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm lo +.Nd software loopback network interface +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Cd "pseudo-device loop" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm loop +interface is a software loopback mechanism which may be +used for performance analysis, software testing, and/or local +communication. +.Pp +A +.Nm loop +interface can be created at runtime using the +.Ic ifconfig lo Ns Ar N Ic create +command or by setting up a +.Xr hostname.if 5 +configuration file for +.Xr netstart 8 . +The +.Nm lo0 +interface will always exist and cannot be destroyed using +.Xr ifconfig 8 . +.Pp +As with other network interfaces, the loopback interface must have +network addresses assigned for each address family with which it is to be used. +These addresses +may be set or changed with the +.Dv SIOCSIFADDR +.Xr ioctl 2 . +.Sh DIAGNOSTICS +.Bl -diag +.It lo0: can't handle afX. +The interface was handed +a message with addresses formatted in an unsuitable address +family; the packet was dropped. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr inet 4 , +.Xr inet6 4 , +.Xr netintro 4 , +.Xr hostname.if 5 , +.Xr ifconfig 8 , +.Xr netstart 8 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +device appeared in +.Bx 4.2 . |
