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1.1       root        1: .TH DATAKIT 3 
                      2: .SH NAME
                      3: incon, hsvme, hs386 \- Datakit interface
                      4: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      5: .nf
                      6: .B bind -a #i /dev
                      7: .B bind -a #h /dev
                      8: 
                      9: .B #i/data
                     10: .B #i/ctl
                     11: .B #h/data
                     12: .B #h/ctl
                     13: .fi
                     14: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     15: The Datakit interface is a stream directory
                     16: containing a data and a control file.
                     17: Each write to the data file is a structured message.
                     18: The first two bytes of the message are a 9-bit virtual circuit number,
                     19: low order byte first.
                     20: The third byte is a control byte.
                     21: The rest are data bytes.
                     22: The data bytes are sent onto the Datakit virtual circuit, tagged as data, followed
                     23: by the control byte, tagged as control.
                     24: .PP
                     25: Messages coming from Datakit are read from the data file in the same
                     26: format.
                     27: A read terminates at the end of a message.
                     28: The largest possible received message is 1024 + 3 bytes.
                     29: .SH "SEE ALSO
                     30: .IR dk (3)
                     31: .SH SOURCE
                     32: .B /sys/src/9/*/devhs.c
                     33: .br
                     34: .B /sys/src/9/*/devincon.c

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