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Writing Device Drivers

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Preface
- Who Should Use This Book
- How This Book Is Organized
- Related Books and Papers
- Ordering Sun Documents
- Accessing Sun Documentation Online
- What Typographic Conventions Mean
- Shell Prompts in Command Examples
1. Solaris Kernel and Device Tree
- What Is the Kernel?
- Device Tree
2. Overview of Solaris Device Drivers
- What Is a Device Driver?
- Types of Device Drivers
- Driver Module Entry Points
- Driver Context
- Interrupt Handling
- Callback Functions
- Printing Messages
- Device IDs
- Software State Management
- Dynamic Memory Allocation
- Programmed I/O Device Access
- Direct Memory Access (DMA)
- Properties
- Driver and Device Statistics
- 64-Bit Considerations
3. Multithreading
- Locking Primitives
- Thread Synchronization
- Choosing a Locking Scheme
4. Properties
- Property Names
5. Autoconfiguration
- Driver Loading and Unloading
- Data Structures
- Loadable Driver Interfaces
- Device Configuration Concepts
- Device IDs
6. Device Access - Programmed I/O
- Device Memory
- Device Access Functions
7. Interrupt Handlers
- Interrupt Handler Overview
- Device Interrupts
- Registering Interrupts
- Interrupt Handlers
- Handling High-Level Interrupts
8. Direct Memory Access (DMA)
- DMA Model
- Types of Device DMA
- Types of Host Platform DMA
- DMA Software Components: Handles, Windows, and Cookies
- DMA Operations
- DMA Windows
9. Power Management
- Power Management Framework
- Device Power Management Model
- System Power Management Model
- Device Access
- Power Management Flow of Control
- Changes to Power Management Interfaces
10. Drivers for Character Devices
- Character Driver Structure Overview
- Entry Points
- Autoconfiguration
- Device Access
- I/O Request Handling
- Mapping Device Memory
- Multiplexing I/O on File Descriptors
- Miscellaneous I/O Control
- 32-bit and 64-bit Data Structure Macros
11. Drivers for Block Devices
- Block Driver Structure Overview
- File I/O
- Entry Points
- Autoconfiguration
- Controlling Device Access
- Synchronous Data Transfers
- Asynchronous Data Transfers
- Miscellaneous Entry Points
- Disk Device Drivers
12. Mapping Device or Kernel Memory
- Memory Mapping Operations
- Exporting the Mapping
- Associating Device Memory With User Mappings
- Associating Kernel Memory With User Mappings
13. Device Context Management
- What Is a Device Context?
- Context Management Model
- Context Management Operation
14. SCSI Target Drivers
- SCSI Target Driver Overview
- Reference Documents
- Sun Common SCSI Architecture Overview
- SCSI Target Drivers
- Building and Transporting a Command
- SCSI Options
15. SCSI Host Bus Adapter Drivers
- SCSI Interface
- SCSA HBA Interfaces
- HBA Driver Dependency and Configuration Issues
- SCSA HBA Entry Points
- SCSI HBA Driver Specific Issues
- Support for Queuing
16. Compiling, Loading, Packaging, and Testing Drivers
- Driver Code Layout Structure
- Preparing for Installation
- Installing and Removing Drivers
- Removing the Driver
- Loading Drivers
- Unloading Drivers
- Driver Packaging
- Testing
17. Debugging
- Machine Configuration
- Recommended Coding Practices
- Runtime Debugging Tools
- Post-Mortem Debugging
A. Hardware Overview
- SPARC Processor Issues
- IA Processor Issues
- Endianness
- Store Buffers
- System Memory Model
- Bus Architectures
- Bus Specifics
- Device Issues
- PROM on SPARC Machines
B. Summary of Solaris 8 DDI/DKI Services
- Introduction
C. Making a Device Driver 64-Bit Ready
- Introduction
- General Conversion Steps
- Well-known ioctl Interfaces
D. DDI Interfaces for Cluster-Aware Drivers
- Device Classification
- Minor Number Space Management
- Device Interfaces
E. Hardened Drivers
- Overview of the Process
- Responsibilities of the Driver Writer
Index
- Numbers and Symbols
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