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Page 2 - Legal Notices

2 Legal Notices The information in this document is subject to change without notice. Hewlett-Packard makes no warranty of any kind with regard to thismanual, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties ofmerchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Hewlett-Packardshall not be hel...

Page 5 - Contents

Contents 5 1. LLA to DLPI Migration Device Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 ioctl Requests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 Transmitting Data . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

Page 7 - Printing History

7 Printing History The manual printing date and part number indicate its current edition.The printing date will change when a new edition is printed. Minorchanges may be made at reprint without changing the printing date. themanual part number will change when extensive changes are made. Manual upda...

Page 9 - Preface

9 Preface Link Level Access for the HP 9000 (LLA/9000) is a Hewlett-Packard datacommunications and data management product supported on earlierHP-UX releases. The Data Link Provider Interface (DLPI) is an industrystandard which defines a STREAMS-based interface to the Logical LinkControl (LLC) 802.3...

Page 11 - LLA to DLPI Migration

Page 13 - Device Files

Chapter 1 13 LLA to DLPI Migration Device Files Device Files Device files are used to identify the LAN driver, Ethernet/IEEE 802.3interface card, and protocol to be used. Each LAN driver/interface cardand protocol combination (Ethernet or IEEE 802.3) is associated with adevice file. A network device...

Page 14 - ioctl Requests

14 Chapter 1 LLA to DLPI Migration ioctl Requests ioctl Requests All general control requests (i.e. protocol logging, destination addresses,multicast addresses, etc.) for LLA are issued via the ioctl system call. The HP-UX ioctl call is used to construct, inspect, and control the network environment...

Page 16 - Transmitting Data

16 Chapter 1 LLA to DLPI Migration Transmitting Data Transmitting Data LLA requires the user to log a destination address (LOG_DEST_ADDR)and a destination service access point (LOG_DSAP) prior to sending anydata. DLPI requires the user to specify the destination address anddestination service access...

Page 17 - Receiving Data

Chapter 1 17 LLA to DLPI Migration Receiving Data Receiving Data LLA does not automatically return LLC header information whenpackets are read by the user. The user is required to issue a separatecontrol request (FRAME_HEADER) to get the LLC header informationfor the last packet received. DLPI retur...

Page 21 - DLPI Example Program

Chapter 2 21 LLA and DLPI Example Programs DLPI Example Program DLPI Example Program /********************************************************************* (C) COPYRIGHT HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 1992. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. NO PART OF THIS PROGRAM MAY BE PHOTOCOPIED, REPRODUCED, OR TRANSLATED TO ANOTHE...

Page 32 - LLA Example Program

32 Chapter 2 LLA and DLPI Example Programs LLA Example Program LLA Example Program /*************************************************************************** (C) COPYRIGHT HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 1992. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. NO PART OF THIS PROGRAM MAY BE PHOTOCOPIED, REPRODUCED, OR TRANSLATED TO AN...

Page 41 - Index

Index 41 D DLPI example program , 20 E example programs , 20 L LLA example program , 20 LLA ioctls vs DLPI primitives , 14 LLA migration , 12 M migrating to DLPI , 12