dlpid(1M)


dlpid -- DLPI daemon

Synopsis

/usr/sbin/dlpid

Description

The dlpid daemon is called from the nd(1M) network driver start/stop script. It links an instance of the common DLPI (Data Link Provider Interface) module to each MDI (MAC Driver Interface) driver instance using I_LINK STREAMS ioctls.

The DLPI module provides common media-dependent services:

The MDI drivers are specific to network adapter types; they simply pass STREAMS message blocks between the DLPI module and the adapter, queuing frames before transmission if the hardware is busy.

The dlpid daemon is started in the background by /etc/nd start and remains active while the system is in multi user mode. dlpid opens the DLPI and MDI device files, and keeps them linked and ready for protocol stack use.

The dlpid pipe is /etc/inst/nd/dlpidPIPE.

References

mdi(7), nd(1M), streamio(7)
30 January 1998
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