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17.Dd $Mdocdate: May 14 2021 $
18.Dt MPE 4
19.Os
20.Sh NAME
21.Nm mpe
22.Nd MPLS Provider Edge
23.Sh SYNOPSIS
24.Cd "pseudo-device mpe"
25.Sh DESCRIPTION
26The
27.Nm
28interface is a Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Provider Edge
29pseudo-device used to enter and leave an MPLS domain.
30.Pp
31An
32.Nm
33interface can be created at runtime using the
34.Ic ifconfig mpe Ns Ar N Ic create
35command or by setting up a
36.Xr hostname.if 5
37configuration file for
38.Xr netstart 8 .
39The interface itself can be configured with
40.Xr ifconfig 8 ;
41see its manual page for more information.
42.Sh IOCTLS
43The following
44.Xr ioctl 2
45calls are specific to
46.Nm ,
47.Xr mpip 4
48and
49.Xr mpw 4
50interfaces:
51.Bl -tag -width "SIOCSETLABEL" -offset 3n
52.It SIOCSETLABEL
53Encapsulate packets entering this interface in MPLS using
54the specified label.
55.It SIOCGETLABEL
56Report the label that packets entering this interface will be
57tagged with.
58.It SIOCDELLABEL
59Unset the MPLS label.
60.El
61.\"
62.Sh SEE ALSO
63.Xr sysctl 2 ,
64.Xr mpip 4 ,
65.Xr mpw 4 ,
66.Xr hostname.if 5 ,
67.Xr ifconfig 8 ,
68.Xr ldpd 8 ,
69.Xr netstart 8
70.\"
71.Sh HISTORY
72The
73.Nm
74device first appeared in
75.Ox 4.4 .
76.\"
77.Sh AUTHORS
78The
79.Nm
80driver was written by
81.An Pierre-Yves Ritschard Aq Mt pyr@openbsd.org .
82