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NAME

       timod - STREAMS module for converting ioctl() calls into TI messages

DESCRIPTION

       The  timod  module  is a STREAMS module that converts ioctl() calls from a transport user supporting the Transport Interface (TI) into mes-
       sages that a transport protocol provider supporting TI can consume.  This allows the user to initiate TI functions as atomic operations.

       The user places and removes the timod module on a device stream by calling the STREAMS I_PUSH ioctl() and I_POP ioctl() functions.

       The timod module recognizes and processes STREAMS messages generated by I_STR ioctl() calls containing the following TI commands:  This	TI
       command	binds  an  address  to the transport protocol provider.  The STREAMS message that the module issues to the TI_BIND ioctl() call is
       equivalent to the TI message type T_BIND_REQ.  The STREAMS message that the module returns in response to the successful completion of  the
       TI_BIND	ioctl()  call  is  equivalent  to the TI message type TI_BIND_ACK.  This TI command unbinds an address from the transport protocol
       provider.  The STREAMS message that the module issues to the TI_UNBIND ioctl() call is equivalent to the TI message type T_UNBIND_REQ.  The
       STREAMS message that the module returns in response to the successful completion of the TI_UNBIND ioctl() call is equivalent to the TI mes-
       sage type TI_OK_ACK.  This TI command gets the TI protocol-specific information from the transport protocol provider.  The STREAMS  message
       that the module issues to the TI_GETINFO ioctl() call is equivalent to the TI message type T_INFO_REQ.  The STREAMS message that the module
       returns in response to the successful completion of the TI_GETINFO ioctl() call is equivalent to the TI message type TI_INFO_ACK.  This	TI
       command	gets,  sets, or negotiates TI protocol-specific options with the transport protocol provider.  The STREAMS message that the module
       issues to the TI_OPTMGMT ioctl() call is equivalent to the TI message type T_OPTMGMT_REQ.  The STREAMS message that the module  returns	in
       response to the successful completion of the TI_OPTMGMT ioctl() call is equivalent to the TI message type TI_OPTMGMT_ACK.

       The  timod  module transparently passes any STREAMS messages that are not generated by the ioctl() calls previously described to the neigh-
       boring module or driver.

   RETURN VALUES
       If the timod module returns an error for an ioctl() call, the lower 8 bits of the return value will be one of the TI error codes defined in
       the  sys/tiusr.h  header  file.	If the TI error is of the type TSYERR, then the second 8 bits of the return value will contain an error as
       defined in the sys/errno.h header file.

FILES

       Defines the error codes for TI functions.  Defines the message types for TI.  Defines the error codes for system errors.

RELATED INFORMATION

       Functions: intro(2), ioctl(2)

       Interfaces: streamio(7) delim off

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