From: Martin Pool <mbp@samba.org>
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 13:01:27 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Note about multiplexing.
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Note about multiplexing.
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diff --git a/csprotocol.txt b/csprotocol.txt
index 05b28c19..bd81de1d 100644
--- a/csprotocol.txt
+++ b/csprotocol.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ basically a summary of clientserver.c and authenticate.c.
 
  -- Martin Pool <mbp@samba.org>
 
+$Id$
+
 
 
 
@@ -54,6 +56,11 @@ So if the client specifies a list of files to be included or excluded,
 they'll defer to existing limits specified in the server
 configuration.
 
+At this point the client and server both switch to using a
+multiplexing layer across the socket.  The main point of this is to
+allow the server to asynchronously pass errors back, while still
+allowing streamed and pipelined data.
+
 The server then talks to the client as normal across the socket,
 passing checksums, file lists and so on.  For documentation of that,
 stay tuned (or write it yourself!).