opensolaris man page for dat_registry_add_provider

dat_registry_add_provider(3DAT) 		     Direct Access Transport Library Functions			   dat_registry_add_provider(3DAT)

NAME
       dat_registry_add_provider - declare the Provider with the Dynamic Registry

SYNOPSIS
       cc [ flag... ] file... -ldat [ library... ]
       #include <dat/udat.h>

       DAT_RETURN
	   dat_registry_add_provider (
	   IN	 const DAT_PROVIDER	     *provider,
	   IN	 const DAT_PROVIDER_INFO     *provider_info
	   )

PARAMETERS
       provider 	Self-description of a Provider.

       provider_info	Attributes of the Provider.

DESCRIPTION
       The Provider declares itself with the Dynamic Registry. Note that the caller can choose to register itself multiple times, for example once
       for each port. The choice of what to virtualize is up to the Provider. Each  registration  provides  an	Interface  Adapter  to	DAT.  Each
       Provider must have a unique name.

       The  same  IA  Name cannot be added multiple times. An attempt to register the same IA Name again results in an error with the return value
       DAT_PROVIDER_ALREADY_REGISTERED.

       The contents of provider_info must be the same as those the Consumer uses in the call to dat_ia_open(3DAT) directly, or the  ones  provided
       indirectly defined by the header files with which the Consumer compiled.

RETURN VALUES
       DAT_SUCCESS

	   The operation was successful.

       DAT_INSUFFICIENT_RESOURCES

	   The maximum number of Providers was already registered.

       DAT_INVALID_PARAMETER

	   Invalid parameter.

       DAT_PROVIDER_ALREADY_REGISTERED

	   Invalid or nonunique name.

ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Standard: uDAPL, 1.1, 1.2    |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |MT-Level		     |				   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO
       dat_ia_open(3DAT), libdat(3LIB), attributes(5)

SunOS 5.11							    16 Jul 2004 				   dat_registry_add_provider(3DAT)