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.\" $NetBSD: intro.nr,v 1.2 1998/01/09 06:34:46 perry Exp $
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.\"
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.NC "Introduction"
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.sh 1 "Introduction"
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.pp
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This document describes the design and implementation of the ISO
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transport and network layers written for the ACIS Operating System,
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the IBM ACIS port of Berkeley 4.3 Unix\**
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.(f
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\** Unix is a registered trademark of AT&T.
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.)f
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for the IBM RT PC,
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hereafter called AOS.
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Collectively, this work is called the Wisconsin ARGO kernel.
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The ARGO kernel supports the
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the connection-oriented ISO transport service (COTS), the
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ISO connectionless network service (CLNS)
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and a
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connection-oriented network service (CONS).
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The COTS is provided by the ISO transport protocol TP,
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ISO 8073 Revised.
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The CLNS is provided by the connectionless network protocol,
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ISO 8473.
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The CONS is provided by the X.25 protocols.
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The ARGO implementation of the CONS is not a complete
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ISO CONS, but contains enough of the CONS to support
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the COTS and the CLNS (in the latter case, the CONS can be
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viewed as a subnetwork service).
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.pp
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The purposes of this document are
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.ip "1) "
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to describe the transport service and the software interface
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between the user and provider of this service,
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.ip "2) "
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to describe the network service and the software interface it
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provides,
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.ip "3) "
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to describe the design of the software which provides
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these services, and
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.ip "4) "
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to provide a guide for readers who are perusing or maintaining
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the ARGO kernel source code.
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.pp
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It is assumed that the reader is familiar with the \fBC\fR
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programming language,
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with Unix conventions, and with the ISO specifications listed in Appendix A.
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.sh 1 "Organization"
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.pp
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This document is composed of several chapters.
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Chapter One contains this introduction. Chapter Two presents a
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definition of terms and phrases used throughout the document.
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Chapter Three describes the transport service interface, which is
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the interface between the transport protocol implementation software and the transport user software.
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Chapter Four describes the network service interface, and the interface
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above and below the network layer.
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Chapter Five explains the format of an OSI address.
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Chapter Six describes the
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the architecture of the interprocess communication support in the
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kernel, which to a large degree mandates
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the design of a protocol implementation for a 4.3 Unix kernel.
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Chapter Seven describes the design of this transport
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protocol implementation,
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including descriptions of implementation options.
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Chapter Eight describes the design of the network layer implementation.
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Chapter Nine describes the way errors are handled in the system.
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Chapter Ten summarizes the methods used for
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testing and debugging the ARGO kernel.
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Appendix A is a list of the applicable ISO standards.
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.\" The manual pages relevant to the transport and network layers
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.\" are included as Appendix B.
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.pp
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Several conventions are followed in this document.
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All procedure names and system call names are followed
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by a pair of parentheses, for example,
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\fIread()\fR.
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References to manual pages consist of the name of the
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manual page, followed by the section in which
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the man page is found: \fIread(2)\fR.
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