NAME
dlpi_drv.h — definitions of interfaces for device drivers to interact with DLPI
SYNOPSIS
/usr/include/sio/dlpi_drv.h
DESCRIPTION
The
<dlpi_drv.h>
header file contains definitions of structures and function prototypes
that are required by networking device drivers to interact with DLPI
(data link provider interface).
The header file contains interfaces that could be used by tightly
coupled and loosely coupled drivers. DLPI serves as a sole interface
to DLS users for tightly coupled drivers. Whereas, a loosely coupled
driver depends on DLPI only to provide information to userspace
commands
nwmgr(1M)
and
lanscan(1M)
for display purposes.
All loosely coupled and tightly coupled drivers must include
this file.
The manuals page
dlpi(7)
provides an overview of HP-UX's DLPI. The header file
<dlpi.h>
contains DLPI requests; see
dlpi(4).
The header file
<dlpi_ext.h>
provides HP-specific extensions to DLPI 2.0 standards; see
dlpi_ext(4).
WARNINGS
The interfaces provided in
<dlpi_drv.h>
may change in the next HP-UX release.
The
lanadmin,
lanscan,
and
linkloop
commands are deprecated.
These commands will be removed in a future HP-UX release.
HP recommends the use
of replacement command
nwmgr(1M)
to perform all network interface-related tasks.
AUTHOR
<dlpi_drv.h>
was created by HP.
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