KnCmConnect()

This function is declared in the coresrv/cm/cm_api.h file.

Retcode KnCmConnect(const char *server, const char *service,

rtl_uint32_t msecs, Handle *handle,

rtl_uint32_t *rsid);

This function sends a request to create a channel with the server process. This function is called by the client process.

Input parameters:

• server is the name of the server process that provides the endpoint.
• service is the fully qualified name of the endpoint (for example, blkdev.ata).
• msecs is the timeout for accepting the request, in milliseconds.

Output parameters:

• handle is the client IPC handle.
• rsid is the endpoint ID.

If successful, the function returns rcOk, otherwise it returns an error code.