STREAMS INET Driver

INET

Section: OpenSS7 INET Networking Devices (4)
Updated: 2008-10-31
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INET - OpenSS7 INET Devices

The INET related collection of drivers and modules provide INET capabilities in a number of related forms, including TCP, UDP and IP variants.

INET provides the following STREAMS pseudo-device drivers:

sctp(4): is a STREAMS SCTP driver providing a TPI[1] interface that uses the XOS (XTI over Sockets) approach. This device is only provided if the system is equipped with the OpenSS7 Linux Native Sockets version of SCTP. The OpenSS7 STREAMS SCTP is a direct STREAMS implementation that is available in the strsctp package.
tcp(4): is a STREAMS TCP driver providing a TPI[1] interface that uses the XOS (XTI over Sockets) approach.
udp(4): is a STREAMS UDP driver providing a TPI[1] interface that uses the XOS (XTI over Sockets) approach.
rawip(4): is a STREAMS RAWIP driver providing a TPI[1] interface that uses the XOS (XTI over Sockets) approach.
ticlts(4): is a STREAMS connectionless-mode UNIX domain driver providing a TPI[1] interface that uses the XOS (XTI over Sockets) approach.
ticots(4): is a STREAMS connection-oriented UNIX domain driver providing a TPI[1] interface that uses the XOS (XTI over Sockets) approach.
ticots_ord(4): is a STREAMS connection-oriented orderly release UNIX domain driver providing a TPI[1] interface that uses the XOS (XTI over Sockets) approach.

Additional devices that are provided are symbolic links to one of the foregoing devices.

Most of the devices and modules listed here did not appear until strss7-0.8.4.

[1]: TPI Revision 2.0.0, Open Group CAE Specification: Transport Provider Interface (TPI) Specification, Revision 2.0.0, Draft 2, 1999, (Berkshire, UK), OpenGroup, Open Group Publication. <http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/>