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        !            22: .\"    @(#)rmp.4       5.1 (Berkeley) 6/29/90
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        !            24: .TH RMP 4F "June 29, 1990"
        !            25: .UC 7
        !            26: .SH NAME
        !            27: rmp \- HP Remote Maintenance Protocol family
        !            28: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            29: .B options RMP
        !            30: .PP
        !            31: .B #include <sys/types.h>
        !            32: .br
        !            33: .B #include <sys/socket.h>
        !            34: .br
        !            35: .B #include <netrmp/rmp.h>
        !            36: .br
        !            37: .B #include <netrmp/rmp_var.h>
        !            38: .PP
        !            39: .B s = socket(AF_RMP, SOCK_RAW, proto);
        !            40: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            41: Hewlett-Packard's Remote Maintenance Protocol family is a collection
        !            42: of protocols layered atop
        !            43: .I IEEE 802.3.
        !            44: The current implementation of the RMP family provides protocol support only
        !            45: for the SOCK_RAW socket type.
        !            46: As a result, sendto(2) and recvfrom(2) must be used to send and
        !            47: receive RMP packets.
        !            48: .PP
        !            49: The format of an RMP packet is defined in the include file
        !            50: .RI < netrmp/rmp_var.h >.
        !            51: The RMP packet arrives encapsulated in an (HP extended)
        !            52: .I IEEE 802.2
        !            53: packet.
        !            54: The
        !            55: .I IEEE 802.2
        !            56: packet
        !            57: is preceded by the kernel address of an
        !            58: .I ifnet struct
        !            59: which is used to `route' a packet out the same interface it
        !            60: arrived on.
        !            61: Outgoing packets are encapsulated in a standard
        !            62: .I IEEE 802.3
        !            63: packet, while incoming packets have this information stripped away.
        !            64: .SH ADDRESSING
        !            65: RMP (IEEE 802.3) addresses are 6 octets in length (48 bytes).
        !            66: Sockets in the Remote Maintenance Protocol family use the following
        !            67: addressing structure:
        !            68: .nf
        !            69: 
        !            70: struct sockaddr_rmp {
        !            71:        short           srmp_family;
        !            72:        u_char          srmp_dhost[6];
        !            73: };
        !            74: 
        !            75: .fi
        !            76: .SH PROTOCOLS
        !            77: The RMP protocol family supported by the operating system
        !            78: is currently comprised of the Boot Protocol
        !            79: .I (proto=RMPPROTO_BOOT).
        !            80: Unfortunately, we have no documentation on the Remote Maintenance
        !            81: Protocol and only sketchy information about the Boot Protocol.
        !            82: .SH SEE ALSO
        !            83: socket(2), bind(2), sendto(2), recvfrom(2), intro(4N), rbootd(8)
        !            84: .br
        !            85: An Advanced 4.3BSD Interprocess Communication Tutorial
        !            86: .SH BUGS
        !            87: .TP 2
        !            88: \-
        !            89: The HP ROM uses IEEE 802.3 (as opposed to Ethernet) packets.  While the
        !            90: kernel heuristically recognizes these packets, a more general mechanism
        !            91: for doing so should be provided.
        !            92: .TP 2
        !            93: \-
        !            94: The HP ROM uses a multicast address when first trying to locate boot
        !            95: servers.  While the Ethernet [sic] board is programmed to recognize
        !            96: this particular multicast address (9:0:9:0:0:4), a more general
        !            97: mechanism for doing so should be provided.
        !            98: .TP 2
        !            99: \-
        !           100: The kernel supports only RAW sockets for the RMP protocol.
        !           101: This is either a bug or a feature, since the kernel is smaller at the
        !           102: price of greater complexity in the server.
        !           103: .TP 2
        !           104: \-
        !           105: There is no support for bind(2)'ing an address in the RMP domain.
        !           106: Something like an RMPADDR_ANY should be provided to prevent more than one
        !           107: .I rbootd
        !           108: server from running at the same time.

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