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- bge driver code, Error Handling
- binary compatibility
- description of, DDI/DKI Interfaces
- potential problems, Modify Routines That Handle Data Sharing
- binding a driver to a device, Binding a Driver to a Device
- binding a driver to a USB device, Compatible Device Names
- biodone() function, Synchronous Data Transfers (Block Drivers)
- blitting, VIS_CONSDISPLAY
- block driver
- autoconfiguration of, Block Device Autoconfiguration
- buf structure, buf Structure
- cb_ops structure, cb_ops Structure
- overview, Entry Points for Block Device Drivers
- slice number, Block Device Autoconfiguration
- block driver entry points, Block Driver Structure Overview
- close() function, close() Entry Point (Block Drivers)
- open() function, open() Entry Point (Block Drivers)
- strategy() function, strategy() Entry Point
- bofi (bus_ops fault injection) driver, Driver Hardening Test Harness
- bofi.conf file, Configuring the Test Harness
- booting an alternate kernel, To Boot With an Alternate Kernel
- booting the kmdb debugger
- on SPARC systems, Booting kmdb With an Alternate Kernel on the SPARC Platform
- on x86 systems, Booting kmdb With an Alternate Kernel on the x86 Platform
- buf structure
- changes to, buf Structure Changes
- description of, buf Structure
- buffer allocation, DMA, Allocating Private DMA Buffers
- buffered I/O functions, Buffered I/O Functions
- burst sizes, DMA, Determining Maximum Burst Sizes
- bus
- architectures, Bus Architectures
- PCI architectures, PCI Local Bus
- SBus architecture, SBus
- SCSI, Introduction to Target Drivers
- bus-master DMA
- Bus-Master DMA
- Performing Bus-Master DMA Transfers
- bus nexus, Fault Injection
- bus nexus device drivers, description of, Device Tree Components
- bus nodes, Fault Injection
- byte ordering, Endianness