Larry L. Peterson
Bruce S. Davie
Andrew C. Bavier
January 1996
Abstract
This document is a tutorial on writing x-kernel protocols. It assumes a basic understanding of network protocols. This document does not cover the entire x-kernel interface, focusing instead on the x-kernel 's most common operations. For a complete description of the x-kernel , see [3]. This document also does not describe how to configure and run the x-kernel , focusing instead on how to write the individual protocols that one might want to configure into a given instance of the x-kernel . For an introduction on how to configure and run the x-kernel , see [4]. Finally, this document borrows heavily from [5], which gives both an overview of the x-kernel and a general introduction to computer networks.