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Data Link Provider Interface (DLPI), Version 2
Copyright © 2000 The Open Group

NAME

DL_INFO_REQ (dl_info_req_t) - request information of the DLS provider about the DLPI stream. This information includes a set of provider-specific parameters, as well as the current state of the interface.

SYNOPSIS

The message consists of one M_PCPROTO message block, which contains the following structure:


typedef struct {
    t_uscalar_t  dl_primitive;
} dl_info_req_t;


PARAMETERS

dl_primitive

conveys DL_INFO_REQ.

STATE

The message is valid in any state in which a local acknowledgement is not pending, as described in Allowable Sequence of DLPI Primitives.

NEW STATE

The resulting state is unchanged.

RESPONSE

The DLS provider responds to the information request with a DL_INFO_ACK.

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