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sad(7)                         DG/UX R4.11MU05                        sad(7)


NAME
       sad - STREAMS Administrative Driver

SYNOPSIS
       #include <sys/types.h>
       #include <sys/conf.h>
       #include <sys/sad.h>
       #include <sys/stropts.h>

       int ioctl (fildes, command, arg);
       int fildes, command;

DESCRIPTION
       The STREAMS Administrative Driver provides an interface for
       applications to perform administrative operations on STREAMS modules
       and drivers.  The interface is provided through ioctl(2) commands.
       Privileged operations may access the sad driver via /dev/sad/admin.
       Unprivileged operations may access the sad driver via /dev/sad/user.

       Appropriate privilege is required to open the /dev/sad/admin driver.

       For systems supporting the DG/UX Capability Option, appropriate
       privilege is defined as having one or more specific capabilities
       enabled in the effective capability set of the user.  See
       cap_defaults(5) for the default capabilities for this command.

       On generic DG/UX systems, appropriate privilege means that your
       process has an effective UID of root.  See the
       appropriate_privilege(5) man page for more information.

       fildes is an open file descriptor that refers to the sad driver.
       command determines the control function to be performed as described
       below.  arg represents additional information that is needed by this
       command.  The type of arg depends upon the command, but it is
       generally an integer or a pointer to a command-specific data
       structure.

   Command Functions
       The autopush facility [see autopush(1M)] allows one to configure a
       list of modules to be automatically pushed on a stream when a driver
       is first opened.  Autopush is controlled by the next commands.

       SAD_SAP      Allows the administrator to configure the autopush
                    information for the given device.  arg points to a
                    strapush structure which contains the following members:
                         uint   sap_cmd;
                         long   sap_major;
                         long   sap_minor;
                         long   sap_lastminor;
                         long   sap_npush;
                         uint   sap_list[MAXAPUSH] [FMNAMESZ + 1];
                    The sap_cmd field indicates the type of configuration
                    being done.  It may take on one of the following values:

                    SAP_ONE      Configure one minor device of a driver.

                    SAP_RANGE    Configure a range of minor devices of a
                                 driver.

                    SAP_ALL      Configure all minor devices of a driver.

                    SAP_CLEAR    Undo configuration information for a
                                 driver.

                    The sap_major field is the major device number of the
                    device to be configured.  The sap_minor field is the
                    minor device number of the device to be configured.  The
                    sap_lastminor field is used only with the SAP_RANGE
                    command, with which a range of minor devices between
                    sap_minor and sap_lastminor, inclusive, are to be
                    configured.  The minor fields have no meaning for the
                    SAP_ALL command.  The sap_npush field indicates the
                    number of modules to be automatically pushed when the
                    device is opened.  It must be less than or equal to
                    MAXAPUSH, defined in sad.h.  It must also be less than
                    or equal to NSTRPUSH, the maximum number of modules that
                    can be pushed on a stream, defined in the kernel master
                    file.  The field sap_list is an array of module names to
                    be pushed in the order in which they appear in the list.

                    When using the SAP_CLEAR command, the user sets only
                    sap_major and sap_minor.  This will undo the
                    configuration information for any of the other commands.
                    If a previous entry was configured as SAP_ALL, sap_minor
                    should be set to zero.  If a previous entry was
                    configured as SAP_RANGE, sap_minor should be set to the
                    lowest minor device number in the range configured.

                    On failure, errno is set to the following value:

                    EFAULT       arg points outside the allocated address
                                 space.

                    EINVAL       The major device number is invalid, the
                                 number of modules is invalid, or the list
                                 of module names is invalid.

                    ENOSTR       The major device number does not represent
                                 a STREAMS driver.

                    EEXIST       The major-minor device pair is already
                                 configured.

                    ERANGE       The command is SAP_RANGE and sap_lastminor
                                 is not greater than sap_minor, or the
                                 command is SAP_CLEAR and sap_minor is not
                                 equal to the first minor in the range.

                    ENODEV       The command is SAP_CLEAR and the device is
                                 not configured for autopush.

                    ENOSR        An internal autopush data structure cannot
                                 be allocated.

       SAD_GAP      Allows any user to query the sad driver to get the
                    autopush configuration information for a given device.
                    arg points to a strapush structure as described in the
                    previous command.

                    The user should set the sap_major and sap_minor fields
                    of the strapush structure to the major and minor device
                    numbers, respectively, of the device in question.  On
                    return, the strapush structure will be filled in with
                    the entire information used to configure the device.
                    Unused entries in the module list will be zero-filled.

                    On failure, errno is set to one of the following values:

                    EFAULT       arg points outside the allocated address
                                 space.

                    EINVAL       The major device number is invalid.

                    ENOSTR       The major device number does not represent
                                 a STREAMS driver.

                    ENODEV       The device is not configured for autopush.

       SAD_VML      Allows any user to validate a list of modules (i.e., to
                    see if they are installed on the system.)  arg is a
                    pointer to a str_list structure with the following
                    members:
                         int         sl_nmods;
                         struct str_mlist*sl_modlist;
                    The str_mlist structure has the following member:
                         char        l_name[FMNAMESZ+1];
                    sl_nmods indicates the number of entries the user has
                    allocated in the array and sl_modlist points to the
                    array of module names.  The return value is 0 if the
                    list is valid, 1 if the list contains an invalid module
                    name, or -1 on failure.  On failure, errno is set to one
                    of the following values:

                    EFAULT       arg points outside the allocated address
                                 space.

                    EINVAL       The sl_nmods field of the str_list
                                 structure is less than or equal to zero.

DIAGNOSTICS
       Unless specified otherwise above, the return value from ioctl is 0
       upon success and -1 upon failure with errno set as indicated.

SEE ALSO
       intro(2), ioctl(2), open(2).  appropriate_privilege(5),
       cap_defaults(5).


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