amiga-bootcamp/12_networking/README.md
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Graphics: text_fonts (bitmap layout, styles), sprites (DMA, multiplexing), gfx_base (chipset detection), rastport (draw modes, clipping), ham_ehb (mermaid fixes), display_modes (HAM palettes)

Devices: scsi (per-model interfaces, Gayle limits, CD-ROM, native vs vendor drivers), console (ANSI sequences, CON:/RAW:), parallel (CIA registers, pinout), timer (resource exhaustion), gameport (quadrature, XOR state)

Libraries: workbench (WBStartup, AppWindow/Icon/MenuItem), rexxsyslib (ARexx port hosting, command parsing), diskfont (font directory, colour fonts), keymap (rawkey codes, dead keys), locale (catalogue system, date formatting), layers (ClipRect, refresh types), utility (TagItem chains), icon (DiskObject, ToolTypes), iffparse (IFF structure, ByteRun1), expansion (Zorro AutoConfig)

Networking: tcp_ip_stacks (major rewrite - Amiga vs Unix architecture, SANA-II pipeline, PPP/SLIP dial-up, Ethernet cards, MiSTer), bsdsocket (pure API ref), sana2 (buffer hooks, driver requirements), protocols (all code examples). Deduplicated overlap between the three files.

Toolchain: debugging (Enforcer patterns, SnoopDOS, GDB remote, kprintf checklist), sasc (pragma encoding, __saveds idioms), stormc (NEW - StormC IDE, C++, PowerPC)

References: error_codes (DOS, Exec, trackdisk, Intuition error tables)
Driver development: rtg_driver (Native driver analysis, P96 tuning)

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Networking — Overview

AmigaOS has no built-in TCP/IP stack. Third-party stacks (AmiTCP, Miami, Roadshow) provide bsdsocket.library — a BSD-compatible socket API in user-space. Network hardware is abstracted via the SANA-II device driver standard.

Section Index

File Description
tcp_ip_stacks.md Stack architecture: Amiga vs Unix model, SANA-II integration, PPP/SLIP dial-up, modem setup, Ethernet cards, MiSTer virtual NIC, detailed stack comparison
bsdsocket.md BSD socket API: per-task library base, LVO table, WaitSelect with Exec signals, error handling, BSD/POSIX differences
sana2.md SANA-II driver specification: buffer management hooks, send/receive patterns, device query, driver requirements
protocols.md Protocol implementation: DNS resolution, TCP client/server, WaitSelect integration, UDP, DHCP sequence