Technical Support

If you need help with the installation or use of the DDK and you're calling from the United States or Canada, call 1-800-SOFTSPT (1-800-763-8778) for an Authorized Service Provider near you. Customers outside the United States or Canada, please call 1-510-460-3267. Also refer to your Support Addendum card.

The DDK is also supported through the SunSoft Catalyst Developer's Program (Catalyst^SM). The Catalyst program offers a variety of technical support services to assist you in bringing your Solaris-ready software applications to market. For information about the Catalyst program, contact the Catalyst Information Center at 510-460-3267.

Sun Educational Services

In partnership with Sun Educational Services, SunSoft Authorized Education Centers provide the following training on Solaris Developer products. These course are offered at many locations in the United States and throughout the world. For a more current listing of classes and a class location list call Sun Educational Services at 1-800-422-8020.

Lecture and Lab Courses

• Fundamentals of Solaris 2.x
• Solaris 2.X for Advanced Users
• Solaris for Programmers
• Solaris 2.X Concepts and Tuning
• Solaris 2.X Internals
• Programming Transition to Solaris
• Shell Programming
• C Shell Programming
• Korn Shell Programming
• Multithreaded Interapplication Programming
• Network Programming
• C++ Programming
• Object-Oriented Analysis and Design Using C++
• Introduction to Writing Device Drivers Solaris 2.X
• Grep, Sed, and Awk Programming
• System Interface Programming
• ANSI C for Nonprogrammers
• ANSI C Programming
• Advanced ANSI C Programming
• SPARCworks Programming Environment

Self-Paced Courses

• Fundamentals of Solaris
• UNIX Software Tools for Programmers
• UNIX System V Release 4 Internals
• Shell Command Language for Programmers
• ANSI C Language for Programmers
• Using C++
• Advanced C++
• Object-Oriented Design

A Complete List of DDK Documentation

This section lists all of the DDK documentation and tells you where to find it. The DDK documentation is provided in the following ways:

• On-line through the AnswerBook product and in PostScript files.
• In hard copy in the DDK box.
• In hard copy through SunExpress.

Documents Available Through the AnswerBook Product

The AnswerBook product provides a way for you to view the DDK documentation on-line. The DDK includes several sets of on-line documentation. These sets of documentation are called:

• Solaris 2.4 Driver Developer AnswerBook
• Solaris 2.4 Supplemental Developer AnswerBook
• Solaris 2.4 Reference Manual AnswerBook

For information on installing the DDK on-line documentation, see the Driver Developer Kit Installation Guide.

Solaris 2.4 Driver Developer AnswerBook

• Driver Developer Kit Introduction (this manual)
• OpenWindows Server Device Developer's Guide
• Writing Device Drivers
• Writing FCode Programs
• XGL Architecture Guide
• XGL Device Pipeline Porting Guide
• XGL Test Suite User's Guide
• XIL Device Porting and Extensibility Guide
• XIL Test Suite User's Guide
• Solaris VISUAL Overview for Driver Developers

Solaris 2.4 Supplemental Developer AnswerBook

• Application Packaging Developer's Guide
• STREAMS Programmer's Guide

Solaris 2.4 Reference Manual AnswerBook

• SunOS Reference Manual

  · man Pages(1): User Commands

  · man Pages(1M): System Administration Commands

  · man Pages(2): System Calls

  · man Pages(3): Library Routines

  · man Pages(4): File Formats

  · man Pages(5): Headers, Tables and Macros

  · man Pages(6): Demos

  · man Pages(7): Special Files

  · man Pages(9): DDI and DKI Overview

  · man Pages(9E): DDI and DKI Driver Entry Points

  · man Pages(9F): DDI and DKI Kernel Functions

  · man Pages(9S): DDI and DKI Data Structures

Documents Available Through PostScript Files

These files are installed in /opt/SUNWddk/doc. They are also on the DDK CD-ROM disc in /cdrom/ddk_2_4/PostScript_files.

Title	File Name
Multithreading and Real-Time in Solaris: Terms and Concepts White Paper	OSMT-WP.PS
Data Link Provider Interface Specification	DLPISPEC.PS
Solaris Visual White Paper	SVIS.PS
Solaris VISUAL Overview for Driver Developers	VISOVRVW.PS
The XGL White Paper	XGL-WP.PS
The XIL White Paper	XIL-WP.PS
SCSI Host Bus Adapter Drivers	scsihba.ps

These files are on the CD-ROM disc in /cdrom/ddk_2_4/PostScript_files. You can also find these documents in the AnswerBook on-line documentation.

Title	File Name
Writing Device Drivers	wdd.ps
OpenWindows Server Device Developer's Guide	OWSERVER.PS
XGL Architecture Guide	XGLARCH.PS
XGL Test Suite User's Guide	DENIZEN.PS
XGL Device Pipeline Porting Guide	XGLDEVPG.PS
XIL Device Porting and Extensibility Guide	XILSYSPG.PS
XIL Test Suite User's Guide	XILCH.PS

Documents Available in Hard Copy Only

• Driver Developer Kit Installation Guide
• Driver Developer Kit Open Issues and Late-Breaking News

AnswerBook Documents Also Available in Hard Copy

To get hardcopy versions of the DDK AnswerBook on-line documentation contact SunExpress^(TM) (1-800-873-7869) or an authorized Sun reseller.

Suggested Reading Beyond the DDK

• OpenBoot Command Reference Manual--This manual is available in the Solaris 2.4 System Administrator AnswerBook on-line documentation.
• OpenBoot Quick Reference Card--This manual is available in the Solaris 2.4 System Administrator AnswerBook on-line documentation.
• IEEE Standard for a Chip and Module Interconnect Bus: SBus (IEEE Standard 1496-1993)--Please write IEEE to obtain a copy of this specification at:

  Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc. 345 East 47th Street

  New York, NY 10017, USA