SCO OpenServer 5 Release 5 STREAMS interface

SCO OpenServer 5 Release 5 STREAMS interface

NOTE: This chapter has not been reviewed for the current release. The information is generally accurate, although some details may have changed. Check the appropriate manual pages for the most current information.

SCO OpenServer 5 provides an SVR3-based STREAMS interface that supports many SVR4-based features.

The STREAMS manual pages in the following sections document the SCO OpenServer 5 (ODDI) STREAMS interface as well as the SVR5 (DDI) STREAMS interface:

A number of commercial books provide information about the STREAMS interface.

Peter Kettle and Steve Statler, Writing Device Drivers for SCO UNIX.: Chapter 6 provides a good overview of the structures and functions used to implement STREAMS.
AT&T, STREAMS Primer and STREAMS Programmer's Guide.: Describe the System V Release 3 STREAMS interface at both user-level and kernel-level. Remember that the set of non-STREAMS kernel functions in the SCO UNIX 3.2 kernel is somewhat different than the kernel function set in the AT&T/USL System V Release 3.2 kernel, but the STREAMS kernel functions and structures originally matched those discussed in these books.
USL, STREAMS Modules and Drivers.: Describes the System V Release 4.2 STREAMS interface, concentrating on the kernel-level implementation. Much of this information is directly relevant to SCO OpenServer 5 Release 5 although the SCO implementation is different in some details.
W. Richard Stevens, UNIX Network Programming.: Section 7.7 discusses the user-level STREAMS programming interface for System V Release 3.
W. Richard Stevens, Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment.: Section 12.4 discusses the user-level STREAMS programming interface for System V Release 3.

Readers who need a good overview of the SCO UNIX System STREAMS implementation should read the chapter in the Kettle/Statler book listed above. Readers who need complete information about the STREAMS interface should read the STREAMS Primer and STREAMS Programmer's Guide or the STREAMS Modules and Drivers book.