Contents

• Contents
• Introduction
  • Acknowledgements
  • Our Address
  • Copyright Notice
• Uniform Protocol Interface
  • Type Definitions
    • XObj
    • Enable Objects
    • Return Values
    • Function Types
  • Protocol-Protocol Operations
    • xOpen
    • xOpenEnable
    • xOpenDisable
    • xOpenDisableAll
    • xOpenDone
    • xPush
    • xCall
    • xPop
    • xCallPop
    • xCloseDone
    • xClose
    • xControl
    • xDemux
    • xCallDemux
    • xDuplicate
    • xShutDown
  • Graph Manipulation Operations
    • xCreateSessn
    • xCreateProtl
    • xDestroy
    • xGetProtlByName
    • xSetDown
    • xGetDown
    • xSetUp
    • xGetUp
    • xHlpType
  • Utility Operations
    • xIsProtocol
    • xIsSession
    • xIsXObj
    • xIsValidXObj
    • xPrintXObj
  • Usage Rules
    • Initializing a Protocol
    • hlpRcv and hlpType
    • Protocol Realms
      • Asynchronous Protocols
      • Synchronous Protocols
      • Control Protocols
    • Anchor Protocols
    • Virtual Protocols
  • Default Operations
    • defaultOpenEnable
    • defaultOpenDisable
    • defaultOpenDisableAll
    • defaultVirtualOpenEnable
    • defaultVirtualOpenDisable
    • Usage
• Participant Library
  • Type Definitions
  • Participant List Operations
    • partInit
    • partPush
    • partPop
    • partStackTopByteLen
    • partLen
    • partExternalize
    • partInternalize
    • partExtLen
    • GETPARTICIPANTS
  • Relative Protocol Numbers
  • Usage Rules
• Message Library
  • Type Definitions
  • Constructor/Destructor Operations
    • msgConstructEmpty
    • msgConstructBuffer
    • msgConstructAllocate
    • msgConstructCopy
    • msgAssign
    • msgConstructInplace
    • msgConstructAppend
    • msgDestroy
  • Manipulation Operations
    • msgLen
    • msgTruncate
    • msgChopOff
    • msgJoin
    • msgPush
    • msgPop
    • msgPopDiscard
    • msgAppend
    • msgSetAttr
    • msgGetAttr
    • msgForEach
  • Usage Rules
• Event Library
  • Type Definitions
  • Operations
    • evSchedule
    • evDetach
    • evCancel
    • evIsCancelled
    • evDump
  • Usage Rules
    • Repeating Events
    • Cancellable Events
    • Event Granularity
• Map Library
  • Type Definitions
  • Operations
    • mapCreate
    • mapResolve
    • mapVarResolve
    • mapBind
    • mapVarBind
    • mapRemoveBinding
    • mapUnbind
    • mapClose
    • mapForEach
  • Usage Rules
    • External Keys
    • Active and Passive Maps
• Thread Library
  • Type Definitions
  • Synchronization Operations
    • semInit
    • semWait
    • semSignal
  • Delay
  • Locking Operations
    • rwLockInit
    • rwLockDestroy
    • readerLock
    • readerUnlock
    • writerLock
    • writerUnlock
  • Usage Rules
    • Scheduling and Preemption
    • Blocking
    • External Threads
    • Thread Turnaround
    • Multiprocessor Support
• Trace Library
  • Type Definitions
  • Operations
    • xTrace
    • xTraceP
    • xIfTrace, xIfTraceP
    • xAssert
    • xError
  • Usage Rules
• Utility Routines
  • Storage: xMalloc and xFree
  • Time
    • xGetTime
    • xAddTime
    • xSubTime
  • Byte Order: ntohs, ntohl, htons, and htonl
  • Checksum
    • inCkSum
    • ocsum
  • Strings to Hosts
    • ipHostStr
    • str2ipHost
    • ethHostStr
    • str2ethHost
  • Host Name Service
    • xk_gethostbyname
  • ROM file parsing utilities
• Control Operations
  • Standard Control Operations
    • Protocol and Session Operations
    • Session Operations
  • Protocol-Specific Control Operations
  • Forwarding Control Operations
• Reference Counting XObjs
  • References
  • Reference counts
    • Counting External References
    • Counting xPops
  • Internal vs. External Reference Counts
  • Session Caching Strategies
  • Modifying v3.1 protocols
• Configuring a Kernel
  • Specifying a Protocol Graph
  • Build Procedure
    • Scout (Alpha Standalone)
  • Debug versus Optimized Mode
  • Useful Make Targets
  • Modifying Code in System Areas
• Running a Kernel
  • Protocol Tables
    • ROM options
  • ROM files
    • ROM File Generators
    • CAVEATS
  • Unix user-space (SunOS/Irix)
    • Simulated Drivers
    • Running
    • SunOS caveats
    • Irix caveats
  • Mach 3
    • ROM options
  • Mach 3 x-kernel in the Mach kernel
  • Scout (Alpha standalone)
    • Booting
      • Specifying x-kernel Command Line Options
    • Using GDB
      • Interrupting with GDB
      • Attaching GDB to a Running Kernel
  • Running Test Suites
  • Troubleshooting
• Releasing a Protocol
• System Installation
  • Unpacking the tar file
  • About Compilers
  • Site-specific Configuration
  • Building the Utility programs
  • Building and testing the system
• Installing MachNetIPC - A Network Extension of Mach3 IPC
  • Building MachNetIPC
  • Running MachNetIPC
  • Using MachNetIPC
  • Protocol Tables
  • Large Messages
  • Access Control and Privacy
  • Reporting Problems
• Installing within a Mach3 Kernel
• Protocol Specifications
  • ARP
  • BID
  • BIDCTL
  • BIND
  • BLAST
  • CHAN
  • CONFOUNDER
  • CRC-32
  • CRYPT and TCRYPT
  • DHKX
  • DSS
  • ETH
  • FDDI
  • ICMP
  • IP
  • IPSEC
  • JOIN
  • KM
  • MachNetIPC
  • MD5
  • NNS
  • RAT
  • RIP
  • RRX
  • RSA
  • SELECT
  • SHA
  • SIMSIMETH
  • SRX
  • SSR
  • SSR Test
  • SUNRPC
  • PMAP
  • TCP
  • TCRYPT
  • TEST
  • TWO4ONE
  • UDP
  • VCACHE
  • VCHAN
  • VCONF
  • VDISORDER
  • VDROP
  • VMUX
  • VNET
  • VSECSEL
  • VSIZE
  • VTAP
  • XKSOCKET
• Device Drivers
  • Multi-platform
  • SIMETH
  • Mach 3
  • ETHDRV
  • NS8390
  • XKLANCE
  • Irix
  • IRIXETH
  • IRIXFDDI
  • SIMFDDI
  • Scout (Alpha standalone)
  • LANCE
• Application Programmer Interfaces
  • Mach 3
    • Sockets
    • MachNetIPC
    • Building
• Index
• About this document ...