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.\" $NetBSD: tp.4,v 1.17 2005/05/25 00:13:24 snj Exp $
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.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, 1993
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.\" @(#)tp.4 8.4 (Berkeley) 4/19/94
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.\"
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.Dd April 19, 1994
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.Dt TP 4
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm tp
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.Nd
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.Tn ISO
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Transport Protocol
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In sys/socket.h
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.In netiso/iso_errno.h
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.In netiso/tp_param.h
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.In netiso/tp_user.h
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.Ft int
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.Fn socket "[AF_INET, AF_ISO]" SOCK_SEQPACKET 0
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Tn TP
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protocol provides reliable, flow-controlled, two-way
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transmission of data and record boundaries.
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It is a byte-stream protocol and is accessed according to
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the
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.Dv SOCK_SEQPACKET
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abstraction.
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The
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.Tn TP
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protocol makes use of a standard
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.Tn ISO
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address format,
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including a Network Service Access Point, and a Transport Service Entity
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Selector.
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Subclass 4 may make use of the
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Internet address format.
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.Pp
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Sockets using the TP protocol are either
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.Dq active
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or
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.Dq passive .
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Active sockets initiate connections to passive
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sockets. By default
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.Tn TCP
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sockets are created active; to create a
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passive socket the
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.Xr listen 2
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system call must be used
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after binding the socket with the
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.Xr bind 2
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system call. Only
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passive sockets may use the
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.Xr accept 2
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call to accept incoming connections. Only active sockets may
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use the
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.Xr connect 2
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call to initiate connections.
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.Pp
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Passive sockets may
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.Dq underspecify
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their location to match
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incoming connection requests from multiple networks. This
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technique, termed
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.Dq wildcard addressing ,
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allows a single
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server to provide service to clients on multiple networks.
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To create a socket which listens on all networks, the
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.Tn NSAP
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portion
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of the bound address must be void (of length zero).
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The Transport Selector may still be specified
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at this time; if the port is not specified the system will assign one.
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Once a connection has been established the socket's address is
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fixed by the peer entity's location. The address assigned the
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socket is the address associated with the network interface
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through which packets are being transmitted and received.
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.Pp
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The
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.Tn ISO
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Transport Protocol implemented for
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.Tn AOS R2
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at the University of Wisconsin - Madison,
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and modified for inclusion in the Berkeley Software Distribution,
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includes classes 0 and 4
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of the
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.Tn ISO
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transport protocols
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as specified in
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the June 1986 version of
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.Tn IS
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8073.
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Class 4 of the protocol provides reliable, sequenced,
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flow-controlled, two-way
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transmission of data packets with an alternative stop-and-wait data path called
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the "expedited data" service.
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Class 0 is essentially a null transport protocol, which is used
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when the underlying network service provides reliable, sequenced,
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flow-controlled, two-way data transmission.
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Class 0 does not provide the expedited data service.
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The protocols are implemented as a single transport layer entity
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that coexists with the Internet protocol suite.
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Class 0 may be used only in the
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.Tn ISO
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domain.
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Class 4 may be used in the Internet domain as well as in the
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.Tn ISO
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domain.
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.Pp
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Two system calls were modified from the previous
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release of the Berkeley Software Distribution
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to permit the support of the end-of-transport-service-data-unit
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.Pq Dv EOTSDU
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indication, and for the receipt and transmission of user
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connect, confirm, and disconnect data.
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See
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.Xr sendmsg 2
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and
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.Xr recvmsg 2 ,
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and further discussion
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below for the formats of the data in the ancillary data buffer.
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If the
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.Dv EOTSDU
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is not needed, the normal
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.Xr read 2
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and
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.Xr write 2
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system calls may be used.
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.Pp
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Through the
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.Xr getsockopt 2
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and
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.Xr setsockopt 2
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system calls,
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.Tn TP
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supports several options
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to control such things as negotiable options
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in the protocol and protocol strategies.
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The options are defined in
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.Aq Pa netiso/tp_user.h ,
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and are described below.
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.Pp
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In the tables below,
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the options marked with a pound sign
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.Ql \&#
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may be used with
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.Xr setsockopt 2
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after a connection is established.
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Others must be used before the connection is established, in other
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words, before calling
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.Xr connect 2
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or
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.Xr accept 2 .
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All options may be used
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with
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.Xr getsockopt 2
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before or after a connection is established.
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.Bl -tag -width TPOPT_PSTATISTICS
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.It Dv TPOPT_CONN_DATA
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(char *) [none]
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.br
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Data to send on
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.Xr connect 2 .
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The passive user may issue a
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.Xr getsockopt 2
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call to retrieve a connection request's user data,
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after having done the
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.Xr accept 2
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system call without implying confirmation of the connection.
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.Pp
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The data may also be retrieved by issuing a
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.Xr recvmsg 2
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request for ancillary data only,
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without implying confirmation of the connection.
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The returned
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.Va cmsghdr
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will contain
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.Dv SOL_TRANSPORT
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for the
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.Va csmg_level
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and
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.Dv TPOPT_CONN_DATA
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for
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.Va cmsg_type .
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.It Dv TPOPT_DISC_DATA \&#
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(char *) [none]
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.br
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Data to send on
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.Xr close 2 .
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Disconnect data may be sent by the side initiating the close
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but not by the passive side ("passive" with respect to the closing
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of the connection), so there is no need to read disconnect data
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after calling
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.Xr close 2 .
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This may be sent by a
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.Xr setsockopt 2
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system call, or by issuing a
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.Xr sendmsg 2
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request specifying ancillary data only.
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The user-provided
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.Va cmsghdr
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must contain
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.Dv SOL_TRANSPORT
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for
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.Va csmg_level
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and
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.Dv TPOPT_DISC_DATA
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for
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.Va cmsg_type .
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Sending of disconnect data will in of itself tear down (or reject)
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the connection.
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.It Dv TPOPT_CFRM_DATA \&#
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(char *) [none]
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.br
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Data to send when confirming a connection.
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This may also be sent by a
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.Xr setsockopt 2
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system call, or by issuing a
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.Xr sendmsg 2
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request, as above.
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Sending of connect confirm data will cause the connection
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to be confirmed rather than rejected.
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.It Dv TPOPT_PERF_MEAS \&#
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Boolean.
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.br
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When true,
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performance measurements will be kept
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for this connection.
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When set before a connection is established, the
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active side will use a locally defined parameter on the
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connect request packet; if the peer is another
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.Tn ARGO
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implementation, this will cause performance measurement to be
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turned on
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on the passive side as well.
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.\" See
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.\" .Xr tpperf 8 .
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.It Dv TPOPT_PSTATISTICS
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No associated value on input.
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On output,
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.Ar struct tp_pmeas .
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.Pp
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This command is used to read the performance statistics accumulated
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during a connection's lifetime.
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It can only be used with
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.Xr getsockopt 2 .
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The structure it returns is described in
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.Aq Pa netiso/tp_stat.h .
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.\" See
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.\" .Xr tpperf 8 .
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.It Dv TPOPT_FLAGS
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unsigned integer. [0x0]
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.br
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This command can only be used with
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.Xr getsockopt 2 .
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See the description of the flags below.
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.It Dv TPOPT_PARAMS
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.Ar struct tp_conn_param
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.br
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Used to get or set a group parameters for a connection.
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The
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.Ar struct tp_conn_param
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is the argument used with the
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.Xr getsockopt 2
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or
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.Xr setsockopt 2
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system call.
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It is described in
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.Aq Pa netiso/tp_user.h .
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.Pp
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The fields of the
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.Ar tp_conn_param
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structure are
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described below.
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.El
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.Pp
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.Em Values for TPOPT_PARAMS :
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.Bl -tag -width p_sendack_ticks
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.It Ar p_Nretrans
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nonzero short integer [1]
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.br
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Number of times a TPDU
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will be retransmitted before the
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local TP entity closes a connection.
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.It Ar p_dr_ticks
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nonzero short integer [various]
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.br
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Number of clock ticks between retransmissions of disconnect request
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TPDUs.
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.It Ar p_dt_ticks
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nonzero short integer [various]
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.br
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Number of clock ticks between retransmissions of data
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TPDUs.
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This parameter applies only to class 4.
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.It Ar p_cr_ticks
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nonzero short integer [various]
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.br
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Number of clock ticks between retransmissions of connection request
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TPDUs.
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.It Ar p_cc_ticks
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nonzero short integer [various]
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.br
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Number of clock ticks between retransmissions of connection confirm
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TPDUs.
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This parameter applies only to class 4.
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.It Ar p_x_ticks
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nonzero short integer [various]
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.br
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Number of clock ticks between retransmissions of expedited data
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TPDUs.
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This parameter applies only to class 4.
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.It Ar p_sendack_ticks
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nonzero short integer [various]
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.br
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Number of clock ticks that the local TP entity
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will wait before sending an acknowledgment for normal data
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(not applicable if the acknowledgement strategy is
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.Dv TPACK_EACH ) .
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This parameter applies only to class 4.
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.It Ar p_ref_ticks
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nonzero short integer [various]
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.br
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Number of clock ticks for which a reference will
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be considered frozen after the connection to which
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it applied is closed.
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This parameter applies to classes 4 and 0 in the
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.Tn ARGO
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implementation, despite the fact that
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the frozen reference function is required only for
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class 4.
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.It Ar p_inact_ticks
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nonzero short integer [various]
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.br
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Number of clock ticks without an incoming packet from the peer after which
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.Tn TP
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close the connection.
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This parameter applies only to class 4.
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.It Ar p_keepalive_ticks
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nonzero short integer [various]
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.br
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Number of clock ticks between acknowledgments that are sent
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to keep an inactive connection open (to prevent the peer's
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inactivity control function from closing the connection).
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This parameter applies only to class 4.
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.It Ar p_winsize
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short integer between 128 and 16384. [4096 bytes]
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.br
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The buffer space limits in bytes for incoming and outgoing data.
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There is no way to specify different limits for incoming and outgoing
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paths.
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The actual window size at any time
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during the lifetime of a connection
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is a function of the buffer size limit, the negotiated
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maximum TPDU
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size, and the
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rate at which the user program receives data.
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This parameter applies only to class 4.
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.It Ar p_tpdusize
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unsigned char between 0x7 and 0xd.
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[0xc for class 4] [0xb for class 0]
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.br
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Log 2 of the maximum TPDU size to be negotiated.
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The
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.Tn TP
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standard
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.Pf ( Tn ISO
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8473) gives an upper bound of
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0xd for class 4 and 0xb for class 0.
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The
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.Tn ARGO
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implementation places upper bounds of
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0xc on class 4 and 0xb on class 0.
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.It Ar p_ack_strat
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.Dv TPACK_EACH
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or
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.Dv TPACK_WINDOW .
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.Bq Dv TPACK_WINDOW
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.br
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This parameter applies only to class 4.
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Two acknowledgment strategies are supported:
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.Pp
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.Dv TPACK_EACH means that each data TPDU
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is acknowledged
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with an AK TPDU.
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.Pp
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.Dv TPACK_WINDOW
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means that upon receipt of the packet that represents
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the high edge of the last window advertised, an AK TPDU is generated.
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.It Ar p_rx_strat
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4 bit mask
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.Bq Dv TPRX_USE_CW No \&|\ Dv TPRX_FASTSTART
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over
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connectionless network protocols]
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.Pf [ Dv TPRX_USE_CW
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over
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connection-oriented network protocols]
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.br
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This parameter applies only to class 4.
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The bit mask may include the following values:
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.Pp
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.Dv TPRX_EACH :
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When a retransmission timer expires, retransmit
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each packet in the send window rather than
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just the first unacknowledged packet.
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.Pp
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.Dv TPRX_USE_CW :
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Use a "congestion window" strategy borrowed
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from Van Jacobson's congestion window strategy for TCP.
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The congestion window size is set to one whenever
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a retransmission occurs.
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.Pp
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.Dv TPRX_FASTSTART :
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Begin sending the maximum amount of data permitted
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by the peer (subject to availability).
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The alternative is to start sending slowly by
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pretending the peer's window is smaller than it is, and letting
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it slowly grow up to the peer window's real size.
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This is to smooth the effect of new connections on a congested network
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by preventing a transport connection from suddenly
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overloading the network with a burst of packets.
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This strategy is also due to Van Jacobson.
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.It Ar p_class
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5 bit mask
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.Bq Dv TP_CLASS_4 No \&|\ Dv TP_CLASS_0
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.br
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Bit mask including one or both of the values
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.Dv TP_CLASS_4
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and
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.Dv TP_CLASS_0 .
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The higher class indicated is the preferred class.
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If only one class is indicated, negotiation will not occur
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during connection establishment.
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.It Ar p_xtd_format
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Boolean.
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[false]
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.br
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Boolean indicating that extended format is negotiated.
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This parameter applies only to class 4.
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.It Ar p_xpd_service
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Boolean.
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[true]
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.br
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Boolean indicating that
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the expedited data transport service will be negotiated.
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This parameter applies only to class 4.
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.It Ar p_use_checksum
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Boolean.
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[true]
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.br
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Boolean indicating the use of checksums will be negotiated.
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This parameter applies only to class 4.
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.It Ar p_use_nxpd
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Reserved for future use.
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.It Ar p_use_rcc
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Reserved for future use.
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.It Ar p_use_efc
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Reserved for future use.
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.It Ar p_no_disc_indications
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Boolean.
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[false]
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.Pp
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Boolean indicating that the local
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.Tn TP
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entity will not issue
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indications (signals) when a
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.Tn TP
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connection is disconnected.
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.It Ar p_dont_change_params
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Boolean. [false]
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.br
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If
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.Em true
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the
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.Tn TP
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entity will not override
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any of the other values given in this structure.
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If the values cannot be used, the
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.Tn TP
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entity will drop, disconnect,
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or refuse to establish the connection to which this structure pertains.
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.It Ar p_netservice
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One of {
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.Dv ISO_CLNS ,
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.Dv ISO_CONS ,
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.Dv ISO_COSNS ,
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.Dv IN_CLNS } .
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.Pf [ Dv ISO_CLNS ]
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.br
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Indicates which network service is to be used.
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.Pp
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.Dv ISO_CLNS
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indicates the connectionless network service provided
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by CLNP
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.Pf ( Tn ISO
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8473).
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.Pp
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.Dv ISO_CONS
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indicates the connection-oriented network service provided
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by X.25
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.Pf ( Tn ISO
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8208) and
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.Tn ISO
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8878.
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.Pp
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.Dv ISO_COSNS
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indicates the
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connectionless network service running over a
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connection-oriented subnetwork service: CLNP
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.Pf ( Tn ISO
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8473) over X.25
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.Pf ( Tn ISO
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8208).
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.Pp
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.Dv IN_CLNS
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indicates the
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DARPA Internet connectionless network service provided by IP (RFC 791).
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.It Ar p_dummy
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Reserved for future use.
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.El
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.Pp
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The
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.Dv TPOPT_FLAGS
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option is used for obtaining
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various boolean-valued options.
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Its meaning is as follows.
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The bit numbering used is that of the RT PC, which means that bit
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0 is the most significant bit, while bit 8 is the least significant bit.
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.sp 1
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.Em Values for TPOPT_FLAGS :
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.Bl -tag -width Bitsx
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.It Sy Bits
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.Sy Description [Default]
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.It \&0
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.Dv TPFLAG_NLQOS_PDN :
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set when the quality of the
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network service is
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similar to that of a public data network.
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.It \&1
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.Dv TPFLAG_PEER_ON_SAMENET :
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set when the peer
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.Tn TP
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entity
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is considered to be on the same network as the local
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.Tn TP
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|
entity.
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|
.It \&2
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Not used.
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|
.It \&3
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.Dv TPFLAG_XPD_PRES :
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set when expedited data are present
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|
[0]
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.It 4\&..7
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Reserved.
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|
.El
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|
.Sh ERRORS
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|
The
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|
.Tn TP
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|
entity returns
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|
.Va errno
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|
error values as defined in
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|
.Aq Pa sys/errno.h
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|
and
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|
.Aq Pa netiso/iso_errno.h .
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|
.\" User programs may print messages associated with these value by
|
|
.\" using an expanded version of
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|
.\" .Xr perror 3
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|
.\" found in the
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|
.\" .Tn ISO
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|
.\" library,
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|
.\" .Pa libisodir.a .
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|
.Pp
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|
If the
|
|
.Tn TP
|
|
entity encounters asynchronous events
|
|
that will cause a transport connection to be closed,
|
|
such as
|
|
timing out while retransmitting a connect request TPDU,
|
|
or receiving a DR TPDU,
|
|
the
|
|
.Tn TP
|
|
entity issues a
|
|
.Dv SIGURG
|
|
signal, indicating that
|
|
disconnection has occurred.
|
|
If the signal is issued during a system call, the system call
|
|
may be interrupted, in which case the
|
|
.Va errno
|
|
value upon return from the system call is
|
|
.Er EINTR .
|
|
If the signal
|
|
.Dv SIGURG
|
|
is being handled by reading
|
|
from the socket, and it was an
|
|
.Xr accept 2
|
|
that
|
|
timed out, the read may result in
|
|
.Er ENOTSOCK ,
|
|
because the
|
|
.Xr accept 2
|
|
call had not yet returned a
|
|
legitimate socket descriptor when the signal was handled.
|
|
.Dv ETIMEDOUT
|
|
(or a some other errno value appropriate to the
|
|
type of error) is returned if
|
|
.Dv SIGURG
|
|
is blocked
|
|
for the duration of the system call.
|
|
A user program should take one of the following approaches:
|
|
.Bl -tag -width Ds
|
|
.It Block Dv SIGURG
|
|
If the program is servicing
|
|
only one connection, it can block or ignore
|
|
.Dv SIGURG
|
|
during connection
|
|
establishment.
|
|
The advantage of this is that the
|
|
.Va errno
|
|
value
|
|
returned is somewhat meaningful.
|
|
The disadvantage of this is that
|
|
if ignored, disconnection and expedited data indications could be
|
|
missed.
|
|
For some programs this is not a problem.
|
|
.It Handle Dv SIGURG
|
|
If the program is servicing more than one connection at a time
|
|
or expedited data may arrive or both, the program may elect to
|
|
service
|
|
.Dv SIGURG .
|
|
It can use the
|
|
.Fn getsockopt ...TPOPT_FLAGS...
|
|
system call to see if the signal
|
|
was due to the arrival of expedited data or due to a disconnection.
|
|
In the latter case,
|
|
.Xr getsockopt 2
|
|
will return
|
|
.Er ENOTCONN .
|
|
.El
|
|
.Sh SEE ALSO
|
|
.Xr netstat 1 ,
|
|
.Xr clnp 4 ,
|
|
.Xr cltp 4 ,
|
|
.Xr iso 4 ,
|
|
.Xr tcp 4 ,
|
|
.Xr ifconfig 8
|
|
.Sh BUGS
|
|
The protocol definition of expedited data is slightly problematic,
|
|
in a way that renders expedited data almost useless,
|
|
if two or more packets of expedited data are sent within
|
|
time epsilon, where epsilon depends on the application.
|
|
The problem is not of major significance since most applications
|
|
do not use transport expedited data.
|
|
The problem is this: the expedited data acknowledgment TPDU has
|
|
no field for conveying credit, thus it is not possible for a
|
|
.Tn TP
|
|
entity to inform its peer
|
|
that "I received your expedited data but have no room to receive more."
|
|
The
|
|
.Tn TP
|
|
entity has the choice of acknowledging receipt of the
|
|
XPD TPDU:
|
|
.Bl -tag -width Ds
|
|
.It "when the user receives the" XPD TSDU
|
|
which may be a fairly long time, which may cause the sending
|
|
.Tn TP
|
|
entity to retransmit the packet,
|
|
and possibly to close the connection after retransmission, or
|
|
.It "when the" Tn TP No "entity receives it"
|
|
so the sending entity does not retransmit or close the connection.
|
|
If the sending user then tries to send more expedited data
|
|
.Dq soon ,
|
|
the expedited data will not be acknowledged (until the
|
|
receiving user receives the first XPD TSDU).
|
|
.El
|
|
.Pp
|
|
The
|
|
.Tn ARGO
|
|
implementation acknowledges XPD TPDUs immediately, in the hope that
|
|
most users will not use expedited data frequently enough for this
|
|
to be a problem.
|