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

  4.  Application Access to the STREAMS Driver and Module Interfaces

System Calls Used

Module and Driver ioctl Calls

General ioctl Processing

I_STR ioctl Processing

Transparent ioctl Processing

I_LIST ioctl

Other ioctl Commands

Message Direction

Flush Handling

  5.  STREAMS Administration

  6.  Pipes and Queues

  Part II Kernel Interface

  7.  STREAMS Framework - Kernel Level

  8.  STREAMS Kernel-Level Mechanisms

  9.  STREAMS Drivers

  10.  STREAMS Modules

Module Overview

STREAMS Module Configuration

Module Procedures

Filter Module Example

Data Flow Control

Design Guidelines

htonl(3N)and ntohl(3N)

  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