Intro(9S)

Name | Description | See Also | Notes

Name

Intro– introduction to kernel data structures and properties

Description

Section 9P describes kernel properties used by device drivers. Section 9S describes the data structures used by drivers to share information between the driver and the kernel. See Intro(9E) for an overview of device driver interfaces.

In Section 9S, reference pages contain the following headings:

• NAME summarizes the purpose of the structure or property.

• SYNOPSIS lists the include file that defines the structure or property.

• INTERFACE LEVEL describes any architecture dependencies.

• DESCRIPTION provides general information about the structure or property.

• STRUCTURE MEMBERS lists all accessible structure members (for Section 9S).

• SEE ALSO gives sources for further information.

Of the preceding headings, Section 9P reference pages contain the NAME, DESCRIPTION, and SEE ALSO fields.

Every driver MUST include <sys/ddi.h> and <sys/sunddi.h>, in that order, and as final entries.

The following table summarizes the STREAMS structures described in Section 9S.

Structure	Type
copyreq	DDI/DKI
copyresp	DDI/DKI
datab	DDI/DKI
fmodsw	Solaris DDI
free_rtn	DDI/DKI
iocblk	DDI/DKI
linkblk	DDI/DKI
module_info	DDI/DKI
msgb	DDI/DKI
qband	DDI/DKI
qinit	DDI/DKI
queclass	Solaris DDI
queue	DDI/DKI
streamtab	DDI/DKI
stroptions	DDI/DKI

The following table summarizes structures that are not specific to STREAMS I/O.

Structure	Type
aio_req	Solaris DDI
buf	DDI/DKI
cb_ops	Solaris DDI
ddi_device_acc_attr	Solaris DDI
ddi_dma_attr	Solaris DDI
ddi_dma_cookie	Solaris DDI
ddi_dma_lim_sparc	Solaris SPARC DDI
ddi_dma_lim_x86	Solaris x86 DDI
ddi_dma_req	Solaris DDI
ddi_dmae_req	Solaris x86 DDI
ddi_idevice_cookie	Solaris DDI
ddi_mapdev_ctl	Solaris DDI
devmap_callback_ctl	Solaris DDI
dev_ops	Solaris DDI
iovec	DDI/DKI
kstat	Solaris DDI
kstat_intr	Solaris DDI
kstat_io	Solaris DDI
kstat_named	Solaris DDI
map	DDI/DKI
modldrv	Solaris DDI
modlinkage	Solaris DDI
modlstrmod	Solaris DDI
scsi_address	Solaris DDI
scsi_arq_status	Solaris DDI
scsi_device	Solaris DDI
scsi_extended_sense	Solaris DDI
scsi_hba_tran	Solaris DDI
scsi_inquiry	Solaris DDI
scsi_pkt	Solaris DDI
scsi_status	Solaris DDI
uio	DDI/DKI

See Also

Intro(9E)

Notes

Do not declare arrays of structures as the size of the structures can change between releases. Rely only on the structure members listed in this chapter and not on unlisted members or the position of a member in a structure.

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