UNIX System V network programming
UNIX System V network programming
TCP/IP illustrated (vol. 2): the implementation
TCP/IP illustrated (vol. 2): the implementation
UNIX System V Release for Programmer's Guide System Service
UNIX System V Release for Programmer's Guide System Service
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STREAMS-based protocol stacks have become inte-gral components of many desktop operating systems.In this paper, we explore the UNIX STREAMS archi-tecture inproviding priority to networked applicationsat the end system.We modified the underlying net-work device driver (a STREAMS-based Ethernet de-vice driver) to enable demultiplexing of packets base don their priorities.We explored the benefits of our ap-proach by conducting several performance tests.Usingthe modifed Ethernet driver combined with the prior-ity STREAMS offers, our test results yield a 550%improvement over the traditional approach where nopriority is used inpacket delivery to end user applica-tions.