timod(7)							      timod(7)

NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     timod - Transport Interface cooperating STREAMS module

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     timod is a	STREAMS	module for use with the	Transport Interface (TI)
     functions of the Network Services library.	 The timod module converts a
     set of ioctl(2) calls into	STREAMS	messages that may be consumed by a
     transport protocol	provider which supports	the Transport Interface.  This
     allows a user to initiate certain TI functions as atomic operations.

     The timod module must be pushed onto only a stream	terminated by a
     transport protocol	provider which supports	the TI.

     All STREAMS messages, with	the exception of the message types generated
     from the ioctl commands described below, will be transparently passed to
     the neighboring STREAMS module or driver.	The messages generated from
     the following ioctl commands are recognized and processed by the timod
     module.  The format of the	ioctl call is:

	  #include <sys/stropts.h>
		    -
		    -
	  struct strioctl strioctl;
		    -
		    -
	  strioctl.ic_cmd = cmd<b>;
	  strioctl.ic_timeout =	INFTIM;
	  strioctl.ic_len = size<b>;
	  strioctl.ic_dp = (char *)buf
	  ioctl(fildes,	I_STR, &strioctl);

     Where, on issuance, size is the size of the appropriate TI	message	to be
     sent to the transport provider and	on return size is the size of the
     appropriate TI message from the transport provider	in response to the
     issued TI message.	 buf is	a pointer to a buffer large enough to hold the
     contents of the appropriate TI messages.  The TI message types are
     defined in	<sys/tihdr.h>.	The possible values for	the cmd	field are:

     TI_BIND	    Bind an address to the underlying transport	protocol
		    provider.  The message issued to the TI_BIND ioctl is
		    equivalent to the TI message type T_BIND_REQ and the
		    message returned by	the successful completion of the ioctl
		    is equivalent to the TI message type T_BIND_ACK.

     TI_UNBIND	    Unbind an address from the underlying transport protocol
		    provider.  The message issued to the TI_UNBIND ioctl is
		    equivalent to the TI message type T_UNBIND_REQ and the
		    message returned by	the successful completion of the ioctl
		    is equivalent to the TI message type T_OK_ACK.






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     TI_GETINFO	    Get	the TI protocol	specific information from the
		    transport protocol provider.  The message issued to	the
		    TI_GETINFO ioctl is	equivalent to the TI message type
		    T_INFO_REQ and the message
		    returned by	the successful completion of the ioctl is
		    equivalent to the TI message type T_INFO_ACK.

     TI_OPTMGMT	    Get, set or	negotiate protocol specific options with the
		    transport protocol provider.  The message issued to	the
		    TI_OPTMGMT ioctl is	equivalent to the TI message type
		    T_OPTMGMT_REQ and the message returned by the successful
		    completion of the ioctl is equivalent to the TI message
		    type T_OPTMGMT_ACK.

FILES    [Toc]    [Back]

     <sys/timod.h>
     <sys/tiuser.h>
     <sys/tihdr.h>
     <sys/errno.h>

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     tirdwr(7)

DIAGNOSTICS    [Toc]    [Back]

     If	the ioctl system call returns with a value greater than	0, the lower 8
     bits of the return	value will be one of the TI error codes	as defined in
     <sys/tiuser.h>.  If the TI	error is of type TSYSERR, then the next	8 bits
     of	the return value will contain an error as defined in <sys/errno.h>
     [see intro(2)].


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