HP UX 11i v2 Networking Software manual Dlpi States

DLPI Primitives

DLPI States

DLPI States

Table 2-1 describes the states associated with DLPI. It presents the state name used in the state transition table, the corresponding DLPI state name used throughout this specification, a brief description of the state, and an indication of whether the state is valid for connection-oriented data link service (DL_CODLS), connectionless data link service (DL_CLDLS), acknowledged connectionless data link service (ACLDLS) or all.

Table 2-1	DLPI States
State		DLPI State	Description	Service
				Type
0) UNATTACHED		DL_UNATTACHED	Stream opened but PPA	ALL
			not attached
1) ATTACH PEND		DL_ATTACH_	The DLS user is waiting for	ALL
		PENDING	an acknowledgment of a
			DL_ATTACH_REQ
2) DETACH PEND		DL_DETACH_	The DLS user is waiting for	ALL
		PENDING	an acknowledgment of a
			DL_DETACH_REQ
3) UNBOUND		DL_UNBOUND	Stream is attached but not	ALL
			bound to a DLSAP
4) BIND PEND		DL_BIND_PENDING	The DLS user is waiting for	ALL
			an acknowledgment of a
			DL_BIND_REQ
5) UNBIND PEND		DL_UNBIND_	The DLS user is waiting for	ALL
		PENDING	an acknowledgment of a
			DL_UNBIND_REQ
6) IDLE		DL_IDLE	The stream is bound and	ALL
			activated for use -
			connection establishment
			or connectionless data
			transfer may take place

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