STREAMS Programming Guide

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  Preface

  Part I Application Programming Interface

  1.  Overview of STREAMS

  2.  STREAMS Application-Level Components

  3.  STREAMS Application-Level Mechanisms

Message Handling

Modifying Messages

Message Types

Control of Stream Head Processing

Message Queueing and Priorities

Controlling Data Flow and Priorities

Accessing the Service Provider

Closing the Service Provider

Sending Data to the Service Provider

Receiving Data

Input and Output Polling

Synchronous Input and Output

Asynchronous Input and Output

signal Message

Stream as a Controlling Terminal

Job Control

Allocation and Deallocation of Streams

Hungup Streams

Hangup Signals

Accessing the Controlling Terminal

  4.  Application Access to the STREAMS Driver and Module Interfaces

  5.  STREAMS Administration

  6.  Pipes and Queues

  Part II Kernel Interface

  7.  STREAMS Framework - Kernel Level

  8.  STREAMS Kernel-Level Mechanisms

  9.  STREAMS Drivers

STREAMS Device Drivers

Basic Driver

STREAMS Driver Entry Points

STREAMS Configuration Entry Points

STREAMS Initialization Entry Points

STREAMS Table-Driven Entry Points

STREAMS Queue Processing Entry Points

STREAMS Interrupt Handlers

Driver Unloading

STREAMS Driver Code Samples

Printer Driver Example

Cloning STREAMS Drivers

Loop-Around Driver

Summarizing STREAMS Device Drivers

  10.  STREAMS Modules

  11.  Configuring STREAMS Drivers and Modules

  12.  Multithreaded STREAMS

  13.  STREAMS Multiplex Drivers

  Part III Advanced Topics

  14.  Debugging STREAMS-based Applications

  Part IV Appendixes

  A.  Message Types

  B.  Kernel Utility Interface Summary

  C.  STREAMS-Based Terminal Subsystem

  D.  STREAMS FAQ

  Glossary

  Index