Writing Device Drivers


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	Index Numbers and Symbols 64-bit device drivers , , A `add_drv` command description , address spaces description , `aphysio()` function description , `aread()` entry point asynchronous data transfers , `ASSERT`(9F) macro , associating kernel memory with user applications , asynchronous communication drivers testing , asynchronous data transfer character drivers , asynchronous data transfers block drivers , `attach()` entry point description , network drivers , auto-request sense mode , autoconfiguration of block devices , of character devices , overview , routines , of SCSI HBA drivers , of SCSI target drivers , autoshutdown threshold , autovectored interrupts , `awrite()` entry point asynchronous data transfers , B binary compatibility description , potential problems , binding a driver to a device description , `biodone()` function description , block driver autoconfiguration of , `buf` structure , `cb_ops` structure , overview , slice number , block driver entry points , `close()` function , `open()` function , `strategy()` function , `buf` structure changes , description , buffer allocation, DMA , buffered I/O functions table , burst sizes, DMA , bus architectures , PCI architectures , SBus architecture , SCSI , bus-master DMA , , bus nexus device drivers description , byte ordering , byte-stream I/O , C cache description , callback functions description , example , `cb_ops` structure description , character device driver `aphysio()` function , autoconfiguration , `cb_ops` structure , `close()` entry point , data transfers , device polling , entry points for , I/O control mechanism , memory mapping , `minphys()` function , `open()` entry point , overview , `physio()` function , `strategy()` entry point , cloning SCSI HBA driver , `close()` entry point block drivers , description , `cmn_err()` function debugging , description , example , compatible property description , compiling and linking a driver , condition variable functions `cv_broadcast()` , `cv_destroy()` , `cv_init()` , `cv_timedwait()` , `cv_timedwait_sig()` , `cv_wait()` , `cv_wait_sig()` , table , condition variables and mutex locks , routines , `.conf` files See hardware configuration files configuration entry points `attach()` function , `detach()` function , `getinfo()` function , configuration files, hardware See hardware configuration files context management See device context management context of device driver , cookies DMA , iblock , copying data `copyin()` function , `copyout()` function , crash dumps, saving , `crash`(1M) command , `csi_arq_status` structure changes , `cv_timedwait()` function changes , `cv_timedwait_sig()` function changes ,