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timod(7)							      timod(7)

NAME
       timod - STREAMS module for converting ioctl() calls into TI messages

DESCRIPTION
       The timod module is a STREAMS module that converts ioctl() calls from a
       transport user supporting the Transport Interface  (TI)	into  messages
       that  a	transport  protocol  provider  supporting TI can consume. This
       allows the user to initiate TI functions as atomic operations.

       The user places and removes the timod module  on	 a  device  stream  by
       calling the STREAMS I_PUSH ioctl() and I_POP ioctl() functions.

       The timod module recognizes and processes STREAMS messages generated by
       I_STR ioctl() calls containing the following TI commands: This TI  com‐
       mand  binds  an address to the transport protocol provider. The STREAMS
       message that the module issues to the TI_BIND ioctl() call  is  equiva‐
       lent  to	 the  TI message type T_BIND_REQ. The STREAMS message that the
       module returns in response to the successful completion of the  TI_BIND
       ioctl() call is equivalent to the TI message type TI_BIND_ACK.  This TI
       command unbinds an address from the transport  protocol	provider.  The
       STREAMS message that the module issues to the TI_UNBIND ioctl() call is
       equivalent to the TI message type T_UNBIND_REQ.	 The  STREAMS  message
       that the module returns in response to the successful completion of the
       TI_UNBIND ioctl() call is equivalent to the TI message type  TI_OK_ACK.
       This  TI	 command  gets	the  TI protocol-specific information from the
       transport protocol provider.   The  STREAMS  message  that  the	module
       issues  to  the TI_GETINFO ioctl() call is equivalent to the TI message
       type T_INFO_REQ.	 The  STREAMS  message	that  the  module  returns  in
       response to the successful completion of the TI_GETINFO ioctl() call is
       equivalent to the TI message type TI_INFO_ACK.  This TI	command	 gets,
       sets,  or  negotiates  TI  protocol-specific options with the transport
       protocol provider. The STREAMS message that the module  issues  to  the
       TI_OPTMGMT  ioctl()  call  is  equivalent to the TI message type T_OPT‐
       MGMT_REQ. The STREAMS message that the module returns  in  response  to
       the  successful completion of the TI_OPTMGMT ioctl() call is equivalent
       to the TI message type TI_OPTMGMT_ACK.

       The timod module transparently passes any STREAMS messages that are not
       generated  by the ioctl() calls previously described to the neighboring
       module or driver.

   RETURN VALUES
       If the timod module returns an error for an ioctl() call, the  lower  8
       bits  of	 the return value will be one of the TI error codes defined in
       the sys/tiusr.h header file. If the TI error is	of  the	 type  TSYERR,
       then  the  second  8  bits of the return value will contain an error as
       defined in the sys/errno.h header file.

FILES
       Defines the error codes for TI functions.  Defines  the	message	 types
       for TI.	Defines the error codes for system errors.

SEE ALSO
       Functions: intro(2), ioctl(2)

       Interfaces: streamio(7)

								      timod(7)

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