1*a71a9546SAutomerger Merge WorkerThis target can be used to identify when interfaces have been idle for a 2*a71a9546SAutomerger Merge Workercertain period of time. Timers are identified by labels and are created when 3*a71a9546SAutomerger Merge Workera rule is set with a new label. The rules also take a timeout value (in 4*a71a9546SAutomerger Merge Workerseconds) as an option. If more than one rule uses the same timer label, the 5*a71a9546SAutomerger Merge Workertimer will be restarted whenever any of the rules get a hit. One entry for 6*a71a9546SAutomerger Merge Workereach timer is created in sysfs. This attribute contains the timer remaining 7*a71a9546SAutomerger Merge Workerfor the timer to expire. The attributes are located under the xt_idletimer 8*a71a9546SAutomerger Merge Workerclass: 9*a71a9546SAutomerger Merge Worker.PP 10*a71a9546SAutomerger Merge Worker/sys/class/xt_idletimer/timers/<label> 11*a71a9546SAutomerger Merge Worker.PP 12*a71a9546SAutomerger Merge WorkerWhen the timer expires, the target module sends a sysfs notification to the 13*a71a9546SAutomerger Merge Workeruserspace, which can then decide what to do (eg. disconnect to save power). 14*a71a9546SAutomerger Merge Worker.TP 15*a71a9546SAutomerger Merge Worker\fB\-\-timeout\fP \fIamount\fP 16*a71a9546SAutomerger Merge WorkerThis is the time in seconds that will trigger the notification. 17*a71a9546SAutomerger Merge Worker.TP 18*a71a9546SAutomerger Merge Worker\fB\-\-label\fP \fIstring\fP 19*a71a9546SAutomerger Merge WorkerThis is a unique identifier for the timer. The maximum length for the 20*a71a9546SAutomerger Merge Workerlabel string is 27 characters. 21*a71a9546SAutomerger Merge Worker.TP 22*a71a9546SAutomerger Merge Worker\fB\-\---send_nl_msg\fP 23*a71a9546SAutomerger Merge WorkerSend netlink messages in addition to sysfs notifications and show remaining 24*a71a9546SAutomerger Merge Workertime. 25