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diff --git a/share/doc/smm/18.net/3.t b/share/doc/smm/18.net/3.t new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1d1fddd --- /dev/null +++ b/share/doc/smm/18.net/3.t @@ -0,0 +1,59 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1986, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)3.t 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/8/93 +.\" +.nr H2 1 +.\".ds RH Goals +.br +.ne 2i +.NH +\s+2Goals\s0 +.PP +The networking system was designed with the goal of supporting +multiple \fIprotocol families\fP and addressing styles. This required +information to be ``hidden'' in common data structures which +could be manipulated by all the pieces of the system, but which +required interpretation only by the protocols which ``controlled'' +it. The system described here attempts to minimize +the use of shared data structures to those kept by a suite of +protocols (a \fIprotocol family\fP), and those used for rendezvous +between ``synchronous'' and ``asynchronous'' portions of the +system (e.g. queues of data packets are filled at interrupt +time and emptied based on user requests). +.PP +A major goal of the system was to provide a framework within +which new protocols and hardware could be easily be supported. +To this end, a great deal of effort has been extended to +create utility routines which hide many of the more +complex and/or hardware dependent chores of networking. +Later sections describe the utility routines and the underlying +data structures they manipulate. |