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\subsection{SELECT}
\index{select}

\topic{NAME}
SELECT (RPC Select Micro-Protocol)

\topic{SPECIFICATION}

\noindent 
S. O'Malley and L. Peterson.  A Dynamic Network Architecture.  {\it
ACM Transactions on Computer Systems 10}, 2 (May 1992), 110--143.

\medskip
\noindent  B. Welch. {\it The Sprite remote procedure call}. 
University of California at Berkeley, Tech Report UCB/CSD 86/302,
June 1986.

\topic{SYNOPSIS}

\noindent SELECT is a micro-protocol that performs the addressing
function of Sprite RPC; i.e., it demultiplexes request messages to the
appropriate procedure.  

\topic{REALM}

\noindent
SELECT is in the RPC realm.

\topic{PARTICIPANTS}

\noindent
SELECT removes a pointer to a long (the remote procedure number) from
the top of the stack of the first participant.  

\topic{CONFIGURATION}

\noindent
SELECT expects one RPC realm protocol below it.

\topic{AUTHOR}

\noindent Sean O'Malley