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AIX Version 4.3 Communications Technical Reference, Volume 1

DL_OK_ACK Primitive

Purpose

Acknowledges that a previously issued primitive was received successfully.

Structure

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

typedef struct 
{
   ulong dl_primitive;
   ulong dl_correct_primitive;
} dl_ok_ack_t;

This structure is defined in /usr/include/sys/dlpi.h.

Description

The DL_OK_ACK primitive acknowledges to the data link service (DLS) user that a previously issued primitive was received successfully. It is only initiated for the primitives listed in the "States" section.

Parameters

dl_primitive Specifies the DL_OK_ACK primitive.
dl_correct_primitive Identifies the received primitive that is being acknowledged.

States

Valid The primitive is valid in response to the following primitives:

Implementation Specifics

This primitive is part of Base Operating System (BOS) Runtime.

Related Information

The DL_ATTACH_REQ primitive, DL_DETACH_REQ primitive, DL_UNBIND_REQ primitive, DL_SUBS_UNBIND_REQ primitive, DL_PROMISCON_REQ primitive, DL_ENABMULTI_REQ primitive, DL_DISABMULTI_REQ primitive, DL_PROMISCOFF_REQ primitive.


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