From Sebastien.Roy@sun.com Fri May 18 15:25:45 2007 Received: from sunmail3mpk.sfbay.sun.com (sunmail3mpk.SFBay.Sun.COM [129.146.11.52]) by sac.sfbay.sun.com (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l4IMPjWa007243 for ; Fri, 18 May 2007 15:25:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nwk-avmta-2.sfbay.sun.com (nwk-avmta-2.SFBay.Sun.COM [129.145.155.6]) by sunmail3mpk.sfbay.sun.com (8.13.7+Sun/8.13.7/ENSMAIL,v2.2) with ESMTP id l4IMOaP0027886 for <@sunmail3mpk.sfbay.sun.com:psarc-ext@sun.com>; Fri, 18 May 2007 15:24:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pmxchannel-daemon.nwk-avmta-2.sfbay.sun.com by nwk-avmta-2.sfbay.sun.com (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-3.04 (built Jul 15 2005)) id <0JI900M0JCX0U700@nwk-avmta-2.sfbay.sun.com> for psarc-ext@sun.com (ORCPT psarc-ext@sun.com); Fri, 18 May 2007 15:24:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from brmea-mail-2.sun.com ([192.18.98.43]) by nwk-avmta-2.sfbay.sun.com (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-3.04 (built Jul 15 2005)) with ESMTP id <0JI9008KICWZDRE0@nwk-avmta-2.sfbay.sun.com> for psarc-ext@sun.com (ORCPT psarc-ext@sun.com); Fri, 18 May 2007 15:24:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fe-amer-09.sun.com ([192.18.108.183]) by brmea-mail-2.sun.com (8.13.6+Sun/8.12.9) with ESMTP id l4IMOZJx012890 for ; Fri, 18 May 2007 22:24:35 +0000 (GMT) Received: from conversion-daemon.mail-amer.sun.com by mail-amer.sun.com (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-6.01 (built Apr 3 2006)) id <0JI900E01CSMWL00@mail-amer.sun.com> (original mail from Sebastien.Roy@Sun.COM) for psarc-ext@sun.com (ORCPT psarc-ext@sun.com); Fri, 18 May 2007 16:24:35 -0600 (MDT) Received: from [129.148.19.4] by mail-amer.sun.com (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-6.01 (built Apr 3 2006)) with ESMTPSA id <0JI900MELCWY2BG0@mail-amer.sun.com> for psarc-ext@sun.com (ORCPT psarc-ext@sun.com); Fri, 18 May 2007 16:24:35 -0600 (MDT) Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 18:21:11 -0400 From: Sebastien Roy Subject: 2007/282 DLPI MAC-Type Mapping Functions Sender: Sebastien.Roy@sun.com To: psarc-ext@sun.com Cc: clearview-discuss Message-id: <464E26D7.5020905@sun.com> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-PMX-Version: 5.2.0.264296 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (X11/20070423) Status: RO Content-Length: 2340 I'm sponsoring this open fast-track for Sagun Shakya. The timer expires on 05/25/2007. Files in the materials directory: - spec.txt (specification, also included below) - libdlpi-arch.txt (libdlpi architecture document modified to include these two new functions) - libdlpi-api_mapping.txt (man pages for the two new functions) - libdlpi-api_updated.txt (all libdlpi man pages including those for these two new functions) DLPI MAC-Type Mapping Functions ------------------------------- libdlpi will provide functions that will map a DLPI MAC-Type value to either a BSD sockets interface type value or an ARP hardware type value (which are defined in and respectively). The functions to be provided are dlpi_iftype() and dlpi_arptype() and the interface classification for these functions will be Committed. Although, these types represent the same media type, they are defined in separate public namespaces with a different numbering scheme. The types defined in represent the link types for BSD sockets interface types. Similarly, the types in represent the hardware types in the ARP protocol. The DHCPv6 client has multiple places where the mapping of DLPI MAC-Type to ARP hardware type is needed and therefore it has its own mapping function (dlpi_to_arp()) placed in libdhcputil. Currently, there are no consumers of the dlpi_iftype() interface. One potential use of this function could be with the socket interfaces. The mapped link types can be used when dealing with AF_LINK sockets in the BSD sockets API (for example, when setting the sdl_type field in struct sockaddr_dl). Thus, rather than applications writing their own mapping functions, libdlpi will provide such interfaces. If in the future a new media type is introduced, having one common routine will also allow us to add the new type easily. Note that it can be reasonably argued that a reverse function that maps ARP types and BSD sockets interface types to DLPI MAC-Types should also be provided. In that case, libdlpi can provide such functions as well. The libdlpi architectural document and the manpages in the case materials directory have been updated to include these mapping routines and are marked with '|' to show the changes. See section 1.7.d in the architectural document. From Sebastien.Roy@sun.com Fri May 25 13:36:03 2007 Received: from sunmail5.uk.sun.com (sunmail5.UK.Sun.COM [129.156.85.165]) by sac.sfbay.sun.com (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l4PKa2PM005585 for ; Fri, 25 May 2007 13:36:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from brm-avmta-1.central.sun.com (brm-avmta-1.Central.Sun.COM [129.147.4.11]) by sunmail5.uk.sun.com (8.13.7+Sun/8.13.7/ENSMAIL,v2.2) with ESMTP id l4PKYT3m008951 for <@newsunmail1brm.central.sun.com:psarc-ext@sun.com>; Fri, 25 May 2007 21:34:45 +0100 (BST) Received: from pmxchannel-daemon.brm-avmta-1.central.sun.com by brm-avmta-1.central.sun.com (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-3.04 (built Jul 15 2005)) id <0JIM00C056HWEW00@brm-avmta-1.central.sun.com> for psarc-ext@sun.com (ORCPT psarc-ext@sun.com); Fri, 25 May 2007 14:34:44 -0600 (MDT) Received: from brmea-mail-2.sun.com ([192.18.98.43]) by brm-avmta-1.central.sun.com (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-3.04 (built Jul 15 2005)) with ESMTP id <0JIM009LV6HVSX10@brm-avmta-1.central.sun.com> for psarc-ext@sun.com (ORCPT psarc-ext@sun.com); Fri, 25 May 2007 14:34:43 -0600 (MDT) Received: from fe-amer-01.sun.com ([192.18.108.175]) by brmea-mail-2.sun.com (8.13.6+Sun/8.12.9) with ESMTP id l4PKYgHW009115 for ; Fri, 25 May 2007 20:34:42 +0000 (GMT) Received: from conversion-daemon.mail-amer.sun.com by mail-amer.sun.com (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-6.01 (built Apr 3 2006)) id <0JIM00D0162X3500@mail-amer.sun.com> (original mail from Sebastien.Roy@Sun.COM) for psarc-ext@sun.com (ORCPT psarc-ext@sun.com); Fri, 25 May 2007 14:34:42 -0600 (MDT) Received: from [129.148.19.4] by mail-amer.sun.com (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-6.01 (built Apr 3 2006)) with ESMTPSA id <0JIM00ID66HTT9E1@mail-amer.sun.com> for psarc-ext@sun.com (ORCPT psarc-ext@sun.com); Fri, 25 May 2007 14:34:42 -0600 (MDT) Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 16:33:54 -0400 From: Sebastien Roy Subject: 2007/282 DLPI MAC-Type Mapping Functions Sender: Sebastien.Roy@sun.com To: psarc-ext@sun.com Cc: clearview-discuss Message-id: <46574832.5070608@sun.com> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-PMX-Version: 5.2.0.264296 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (X11/20070423) Status: RO Content-Length: 57 This case was approved during this week's PSARC meeting.