EtherTalk Preliminary Note

EtherTalk' Preliminary Note Final Draft; Working Draft 3 - October 15, 1987 Communications & Networking Apple Technical Publications Engineering Part No. 6588279 Copyright© 1987 Apple Computer, Inc. All rights reserved. CONFIDENTIAL APPLE COMPUTER, INC. This manual is copyrighted by Apple, with all right reserved. Under the copyright laws, this manual may not be copied, in whole or in part, without the written consent of Apple Computer, Inc. This exception does not allow copies to be made for others, whether or not sold, but all of the material purchased may be sold, given or lent to another person. Under the law, copying includes translation into another language. ©Apple Computer, Inc., 1987 20525 Mariani A venue Cupertino, California 95014 (408) 996-1010 Apple and the Apple logo are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. AppleTalk is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. NuBus™ is a trademark of Texas Instruments. Ethernet® is a registered trademark of Xerox. Simultaneously published in the United States and Canada. Notice The information in this document reflects the current state of the product. Every effort has been made to verify the accuracy of this information; however, it is subject to change. Preliminary Notes are released in this form to provide the development community with essential information to work on compatible third-party products. EtherTalk Preliminary Note Apple Confidential Table of Contents Page Section Preface i i i You Should Know ... Document Contents Suggested Reading Chapter 1 1 2 2 2 3 AppleTalk AppleTalk Implementations LAP Functions Using EtherTalk Possible Applications Chapter 2 4 6 6 8 8 8 9 9 9 10 10 11 12 13 14 14 14 14 15 15 15 16 Introduction EtherTalk Overview Introduction Device Files 'adev' and 'cdev' Control Panel Device File AppleTalk Device File The 'adev' and 'atlk' Resources The LAP Manager INIT Resource Calls to the 'adev' Resource The GetADEV Call The SelectADEV Call Calls to the 'atlk' Resource The Alnstall and LWrtlnsert Calls The LWrtGet, AShutdown, and LWrtRemove Calls The LAP Manager AppleTalk Selection Installing the AppleTalk Selection Intranode Delivery Packet Reception AppleTalk Address Resolution Protocol (AARP) AARP Functions The Ethernet Driver Opening the Ethernet Driver Transmission and Reception Fina/Draft TOC-1 Table of Contents EtherTalk Preliminary Note Chapter 3 17 17 18 18 19 19 20 20 21 21 Calls to the LAP Manager Introduction Calling the LAP Manager LAP Manager Functions LWnlnsert (DO =2) LWnRemove (DO= 3) LWrtGet (DO= 4) LSetlnUse (DO= 5) LGetSelfSend (DO = 6) LRdDispatch (DO = 1) LGetATalklnfo (DO= 9) LAARPAttach (DO = 7) LAARPDetach (DO = 8) Chapter 5 27 27 28 28 28 28 28 28 29 29 29 29 30 30 30 32 33 33 35 Calls to the 'adev' File Introduction The 'adev' File Contents The 'adev' and 'atlk' Resources Calls to the 'adev' Resource The GetADEV Call (DO= 101) Status-flag Byte The SelectADEV Call (DO = 102) Calls to the 'atlk' Resource…