1ENUM SOCK_TYPE(9)              Linux Networking              ENUM SOCK_TYPE(9)
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NAME

6       enum_sock_type - Socket types
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SYNOPSIS

9       enum sock_type {
10         SOCK_STREAM,
11         SOCK_DGRAM,
12         SOCK_RAW,
13         SOCK_RDM,
14         SOCK_SEQPACKET,
15         SOCK_DCCP,
16         SOCK_PACKET
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CONSTANTS

20       SOCK_STREAM
21           stream (connection) socket
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23       SOCK_DGRAM
24           datagram (conn.less) socket
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26       SOCK_RAW
27           raw socket
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29       SOCK_RDM
30           reliably-delivered message
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32       SOCK_SEQPACKET
33           sequential packet socket
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35       SOCK_DCCP
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38       SOCK_PACKET
39           linux specific way of getting packets at the dev level. For writing
40           rarp and other similar things on the user level.
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DESCRIPTION

43       When adding some new socket type please grep ARCH_HAS_SOCKET_TYPE
44       include/asm-* /socket.h, at least MIPS overrides this enum for binary
45       compat reasons.
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48Kernel Hackers Manual 2.6.       November 2011               ENUM SOCK_TYPE(9)
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