Obtaining Device Tree Information (Writing Device Drivers)

Writing Device Drivers

Obtaining Device Tree Information

The mdb debugger provides the ::prtconf dcmd for displaying the kernel device tree. The output of the ::prtconf dcmd is similar to the output of the prtconf(1M) command.

Example 22–20 Using the `::prtconf` Dcmd

> ::prtconf
300015d3e08      SUNW,Sun-Blade-100
    300015d3c28      packages (driver not attached)
        300015d3868      SUNW,builtin-drivers (driver not attached)
        300015d3688      deblocker (driver not attached)
        300015d34a8      disk-label (driver not attached)
        300015d32c8      terminal-emulator (driver not attached)
        300015d30e8      obp-tftp (driver not attached)
        300015d2f08      dropins (driver not attached)
        300015d2d28      kbd-translator (driver not attached)
        300015d2b48      ufs-file-system (driver not attached)
    300015d3a48      chosen (driver not attached)
    300015d2968      openprom (driver not attached)

You can display the node by using a macro, such as the ::devinfo dcmd, as shown in the following example.

Example 22–21 Displaying Device Information for an Individual Node

> 300015d3e08::devinfo
300015d3e08      SUNW,Sun-Blade-100
        System properties at 0x300015abdc0:
            name='relative-addressing' type=int items=1
                value=00000001
            name='MMU_PAGEOFFSET' type=int items=1
                value=00001fff
            name='MMU_PAGESIZE' type=int items=1
                value=00002000
            name='PAGESIZE' type=int items=1
                value=00002000
        Driver properties at 0x300015abe00:
            name='pm-hardware-state' type=string items=1
                value='no-suspend-resume'

Use ::prtconf to see where your driver has attached in the device tree, and to display device properties. You can also specify the verbose (-v) flag to ::prtconf to display the properties for each device node, as follows.

Example 22–22 Using the `::prtconf` Dcmd in Verbose Mode

> ::prtconf -v
DEVINFO          NAME
300015d3e08      SUNW,Sun-Blade-100
        System properties at 0x300015abdc0:
            name='relative-addressing' type=int items=1
                value=00000001
            name='MMU_PAGEOFFSET' type=int items=1
                value=00001fff
            name='MMU_PAGESIZE' type=int items=1
                value=00002000
            name='PAGESIZE' type=int items=1
                value=00002000
        Driver properties at 0x300015abe00:
            name='pm-hardware-state' type=string items=1
                value='no-suspend-resume'
        ...
        300015ce798      pci10b9,5229, instance #0
                Driver properties at 0x300015ab980:
                    name='target2-dcd-options' type=any items=4
                        value=00.00.00.a4
                    name='target1-dcd-options' type=any items=4
                        value=00.00.00.a2
                    name='target0-dcd-options' type=any items=4
                        value=00.00.00.a4

Another way to locate instances of your driver is the ::devbindings dcmd. Given a driver name, the command displays a list of all instances of the named driver as demonstrated in the following example.

Example 22–23 Using the `::devbindings` Dcmd to Locate Driver Instances

> ::devbindings dad
300015ce3d8      ide-disk (driver not attached)
300015c9a60      dad, instance #0
        System properties at 0x300015ab400:
            name='lun' type=int items=1
                value=00000000
            name='target' type=int items=1
                value=00000000
            name='class_prop' type=string items=1
                value='ata'
            name='type' type=string items=1
                value='ata'
            name='class' type=string items=1
                value='dada'
...
300015c9880      dad, instance #1
        System properties at 0x300015ab080:
            name='lun' type=int items=1
                value=00000000
            name='target' type=int items=1
                value=00000002
            name='class_prop' type=string items=1
                value='ata'
            name='type' type=string items=1
                value='ata'
            name='class' type=string items=1
                value='dada'