Sortix volatile manual
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| LO(4) | Device Drivers Manual | LO(4) |
NAME
lo — loopback
network interface
SYNOPSIS
/dev/loX |
DESCRIPTION
lo is a loopback network interface that
receives what is sent on it, used for communication within the local host.
lo is implemented in software and the packets sent
on it are not transmitted on the network.
The kernel(7)
creates the lo0 network interface on boot and configures
it with the inet(4) address
127.0.0.1 in the subnet
127.0.0.0/8. Packets with source or destination
outside this subnet are dropped.
SEE ALSO
CAVEATS
The default inet(4) configuration of the lo0 network interface must not be changed or local loopback communication may fail.
| May 27, 2017 | Sortix 1.1.0-dev |