ticlts(7)ticlts(7)NAME
ticlts, ticots, ticotsord - loopback transport providers
SYNOPSIS
#include <ticlts.h>
#include <ticots.h>
#include <ticotsord.h>
DESCRIPTION
The devices known as ticlts, ticots, and ticotsord are ``loopback
transport providers,'' that is, stand-alone networks at the transport
level. Loopback transport providers are transport providers in every
sense except one: only one host (the local machine) is ``connected to''
a loopback network. Loopback transports present a TPI (STREAMS-level)
interface to application processes and are intended to be accessed via
the TLI (application-level) interface. They are implemented as clone
devices and support address spaces consisting of ``flex-addresses,''
i.e., arbitrary sequences of octets, of length > 0, represented by a
netbuf structure.
ticlts is a datagram-mode transport provider. It offers (connectionless)
service of type T_CLTS. Its default address size is TCL_DEFAULTADDRSZ.
ticlts prints the following error messages (see t_rcvuderr(3N)):
TCL_BADADDR bad address specification
TCL_BADOPT bad option specification
TCL_NOPEER bound
TCL_PEERBADSTATE peer in wrong state
ticots is a virtual circuit-mode transport provider. It offers
(connection-oriented) service of type T_COTS. Its default address size
is TCO_DEFAULTADDRSZ. ticots prints the following disconnect messages
(see t_rcvdis(3N)):
TCO_NOPEER no listener on destination address
TCO_PEERNOROOMONQ peer has no room on connect queue
TCO_PEERBADSTATE peer in wrong state
TCO_PEERINITIATED peer-initiated disconnect
TCO_PROVIDERINITIATED provider-initiated disconnect
ticotsord is a virtual circuit-mode transport provider, offering service
of type T_COTS_ORD (connection-oriented service with orderly release).
Its default address size is TCOO_DEFAULTADDRSZ. ticotsord prints the
following disconnect messages (see t_rcvdis(3N)):
TCOO_NOPEER no listener on destination address
TCOO_PEERNOROOMONQ peer has no room on connect queue
TCOO_PEERBADSTATE peer in wrong state
TCOO_PEERINITIATED peer-initiated disconnect
TCOO_PROVIDERINITIATED provider-initiated disconnect
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ticlts(7)ticlts(7)USAGE
Loopback transports support a local IPC mechanism through the TLI
interface. Applications implemented in a transport provider-independent
manner on a client-server model using this IPC are transparently
transportable to networked environments.
Transport provider-independent applications must not include the header
files listed in the synopsis section above. In particular, the options
are (like all transport provider options) provider dependent.
ticlts and ticots support the same service types (T_CLTS and T_COTS)
supported by the OSI transport-level model. The use of ticlts and ticots
is encouraged.
ticotsord supports the same service type (T_COTSORD) supported by the
TCP/IP model. The use of ticotsord is discouraged except for reasons of
compatibility.
FILES
/dev/ticlts
/dev/ticots
/dev/ticotsord
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