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- latent fault
- definition of
, 
- leaf devices
- description
, 
- length argument, ddi_dma_mem_alloc()
- changes
, 
- libdevinfo()
- displaying the device tree
, 
- linking a driver
, 
- lint command
- 64-bit environment
, 
- loading drivers
- add_drv command
,  - compiling a driver
,  - hardware configuration file
,  - linking a driver
, 
- loading modules
, , 
- locking primitives, types of
, 
- locks
- mutex
,  - readers/writer
,  - scheme for
, 
- LP64
- use in devmap()
,  - use in ioctl()
, 
M
- M_ERROR
, 
- macros
,  - device macros
,  - kadb debugger
,  - thread macros
, 
- major numbers
- description
,  - example
, 
- makedevice() function
- description
, 
- mapsize argument, rmallocmap()
- changes
, 
- mdb
,  - commands
, 
- mdb
- detecting kernel memory leaks
, 
- mdb
- displaying data structures
,  - getting started
,  - navigating device tree with
,  - retrieving soft state information
, 
- mdb
- writing commands
, 
- memory allocation
- description
, 
- memory allocation functions
- table
, 
- memory leaks, detecting with mdb
, 
- memory management unit
- description
, 
- memory mapping
- device context management of
,  - device memory management
, , , 
- memory model
- SPARC
,  - store buffers
, 
- minor device node
,  - modifying permissions of
, 
- minor numbers
- description
, 
- minphys() function
- description
, 
- mmap() function
- driver notification
, 
- moddebug kernel variable
, 
- moddebug kernel variable
, 
- modinfo(1M) command
, 
- modldrv structure
- description
, 
- modlinkage structure
- description
, 
- modload(1M) command
, 
- modular debugger
- See mdb
- module directory
, 
- module functions
- table of loadable module functions
, 
- module_info structure
- network drivers
, 
- modunload command
- description
, 
- modunload(1M) command
, 
- mount() function
- block drivers
, 
- multiplexing I/O
, 
- multiprocessor considerations
, 
- multithreading
- and condition variables
,  - D_MP flag in cb_ops structure
,  - execution environment
,  - and locking primitives
,  - thread synchronization
, 
- mutex
- functions
,  - locks
,  - related panics
,  - routines
, 
- mutex_owned() function
- example
, 
- mutual-exclusion locks
- See mutex
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