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Preface

Part I Application Programming Interface

1.  Overview of STREAMS

2.  STREAMS Application-Level Components

3.  STREAMS Application-Level Mechanisms

4.  Application Access to the STREAMS Driver and Module Interfaces

5.  STREAMS Administration

6.  Pipes and Queues

Part II Kernel Interface

7.  STREAMS Framework - Kernel Level

8.  STREAMS Kernel-Level Mechanisms

9.  STREAMS Drivers

10.  STREAMS Modules

Module Overview

STREAMS Module Configuration

Module Procedures

Filter Module Example

Data Flow Control

Design Guidelines

htonl(3B) and ntohl(3B)

11.  Configuring STREAMS Drivers and Modules

12.  Multithreaded STREAMS

13.  STREAMS Multiplex Drivers

Part III Advanced Topics

14.  Debugging STREAMS-based Applications

Part IV Appendixes

A.  Message Types

B.  Kernel Utility Interface Summary

C.  STREAMS-Based Terminal Subsystem

D.  STREAMS FAQ

Glossary

Index

Design Guidelines

Module developers should follow these guidelines:

htonl(3B) and ntohl(3B)

The htonl(3SOCKET) and ntohl(3SOCKET) conversion routines follow the XNS5 publications. The functions continue to convert 32-bit quantities between network byte order and host byte order.