Writing Device Drivers

Copyright

  Preface

  1.  Solaris Kernel and Device Tree

  2.  Overview of Solaris Device Drivers

  3.  Multithreading

  4.  Properties and Events

  5.  Driver Autoconfiguration

  6.  Device Access -- Programmed I/O

  7.  Interrupt Handlers

  8.  Direct Memory Access (DMA)

  9.  Power Management

  10.  Drivers for Character Devices

  11.  Drivers for Block Devices

  12.  Mapping Device and Kernel Memory

  13.  Device Context Management

  14.  SCSI Target Drivers

  15.  SCSI Host Bus Adapter Drivers

  16.  Drivers for Network Devices

  17.  Compiling, Loading, Packaging, and Testing Drivers

  18.  Debugging

  19.  Recommended Coding Practices

  A.  Hardware Overview

  B.  Summary of Solaris 9 DDI/DKI Services

  C.  Making a Device Driver 64-Bit Ready

Introduction to 64-Bit Driver Design

General Conversion Steps

Use Fixed-width Types for Hardware Registers

Use Fixed-width Common Access Functions

Check and Extend Use of Derived Types

Check Changed Fields in DDI Data Structures

Check Changed Arguments of DDI Functions

Modify Routines That Handle Data Sharing

Well-known ioctl Interfaces

Device Sizes

  Index