I think it was in 6.3.2 as well - it appears to have been put in for async and global channel support.

Hans-Peter Reichert wrote:
> Colin,
> Ho Ho Ho, your coat is read and ....
> this looks like a little present for Xmas
> Is this something new in 6.4 or is it also available in older ones?
> /hp
> 
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von:    Colin Burgess [mailto:community-noreply@qnx.com]
> Gesendet:       Fr 12.12.2008 18:59
> An:     general-ide
> Cc:    
> Betreff:        Re: AW: channel flags
> 
> pidin channel uses the DCMD_PROC_CHANNELS devctl to get the flags.
> 
> There's also ChannelConnectAttr() - which for some reason isn't documented?
> 
> Hans-Peter Reichert wrote:
>  > hmmm, not that I know - in the past we have been looking for this
>  > information too.
>  > The only inforomation that is available is the "ConnectionInformation"
>  > in the "System Information" perspective, but as far as I know the
>  > channel flags are not shown.
>  >
>  > may be there's any DCMD on procfs available, but this should be answered
>  > by Q
>  >
>  > /hp
>  >
>  >
>  > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>  > Von:    Mario Charest [mailto:community-noreply@qnx.com]
>  > Gesendet:       Fr 12.12.2008 18:16
>  > An:     general-ide
>  > Cc:   
>  > Betreff:        RE: channel flags
>  >
>  > Thanks HP.  That will get me going for now but I would like to access
>  > this information after a program has started.
>  >
>  >  > -----Original Message-----
>  >  > From: Hans-Peter Reichert [mailto:community-noreply@qnx.com]
>  >  > Sent: December-12-08 12:15 PM
>  >  > To: general-ide
>  >  > Subject: AW: channel flags
>  >  >
>  >  > If you see the ChannelCreate() in the kernel trace the flags are shown
>  >  > as data d0 in both modes, fast and wide.
>  >  >
>  >  > /hp
>  >  >
>  >  >
>  >  > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>  >  > Von:  Mario Charest [mailto:community-noreply@qnx.com]
>  >  > Gesendet:     Fr 12.12.2008 18:08
>  >  > An:   general-ide
>  >  > Cc:
>  >  > Betreff:      channel flags
>  >  >
>  >  > Any way to see a channel's flag ?
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pidin channel is not in 6.3.2

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hans-Peter Reichert [mailto:community-noreply@qnx.com]
> Sent: December-12-08 1:03 PM
> To: general-ide
> Subject: AW: AW: channel flags
> 
> Colin,
> Ho Ho Ho, your coat is read and ....
> this looks like a little present for Xmas Is this something new in 6.4
> or is it also available in older ones?
> /hp
> 
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von:	Colin Burgess [mailto:community-noreply@qnx.com]
> Gesendet:	Fr 12.12.2008 18:59
> An:	general-ide
> Cc:
> Betreff:	Re: AW: channel flags
> 
> pidin channel uses the DCMD_PROC_CHANNELS devctl to get the flags.
> 
> There's also ChannelConnectAttr() - which for some reason isn't
> documented?
> 
> Hans-Peter Reichert wrote:
> > hmmm, not that I know - in the past we have been looking for this
> > information too.
> > The only inforomation that is available is the
> "ConnectionInformation"
> > in the "System Information" perspective, but as far as I know the
> > channel flags are not shown.
> >
> > may be there's any DCMD on procfs available, but this should be
> > answered by Q
> >
> > /hp
> >
> >
> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von:    Mario Charest [mailto:community-noreply@qnx.com]
> > Gesendet:       Fr 12.12.2008 18:16
> > An:     general-ide
> > Cc:
> > Betreff:        RE: channel flags
> >
> > Thanks HP.  That will get me going for now but I would like to access
> > this information after a program has started.
> >
> >  > -----Original Message-----
> >  > From: Hans-Peter Reichert [mailto:community-noreply@qnx.com]
> >  > Sent: December-12-08 12:15 PM
> >  > To: general-ide
> >  > Subject: AW: channel flags
> >  >
> >  > If you see the ChannelCreate() in the kernel trace the flags are
> > shown  > as data d0 in both modes, fast and wide.
> >  >
> >  > /hp
> >  >
> >  >
> >  > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> >  > Von:  Mario Charest [mailto:community-noreply@qnx.com]
> >  > Gesendet:     Fr 12.12.2008 18:08
> >  > An:   general-ide
> >  > Cc:
> >  > Betreff:      channel flags
> >  >
> >  > Any way to see a channel's flag ?
> >  >
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> >  > General
> >  > http://community.qnx.com/sf/go/post18525
> >  >
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