Obsolete Device Driver Interfaces (DDI) (Solaris 9 8/03 Release Notes)

Solaris 9 8/03 Release Notes

Obsolete Device Driver Interfaces (DDI)

Some device driver interfaces (DDI) might not be supported in a future release of the Solaris operating environment.

The following table lists DDI interfaces that might not be supported in a future release, along with the preferred DDI interface alternatives:

Obsolete Interface	Preferred Interface
`mmap(9E)`	`devmap(9E)`
`identify(9E)`	`set to nulldev(9F)`
`copyin(9F)`	`ddi_copyin(9F)`
`copyout(9F)`	`ddi_copyout(9F)`
`ddi_dma_addr_setup(9F)`	`ddi_dma_addr_bind_handle(9F)`
`ddi_dma_buf_setup(9F)`	`ddi_dma_buf_bind_handle(9F)`
`ddi_dma_curwin(9F)`	`ddi_dma_getwin(9F)`
`ddi_dma_free(9F)`	`ddi_dma_free_handle(9F)`
`ddi_dma_htoc(9F)`	`ddi_dma_addr[buf]_bind-handle(9F)`
`ddi_dma_movwin(9F)`	`ddi_dma_getwin(9F)`
`ddi_dma_nextseg(9F)`	`ddi_dma_nextcookie(9F)`
`ddi_dma_nextwin(9F`	`ddi_dma_nextcookie(9F)`
`ddi_dma_segtocookie(9F)`	`ddi_dma_nextcookie(9F)`
`ddi_dma_setup(9F)`	`ddi_dma_*_handle(9F)`
`ddi_dmae_getlim(9F)`	`ddi_dmae_getattr(9F)`
`ddi_getiminor(9F)`	`getminor(9F)`
`ddi_getlongprop(9F)`	`ddi_prop_lookup(9F)`
`ddi_getlongprop_buf(9F)`	`ddi_prop_lookup(9F)`
`ddi_getprop(9F)`	`ddi_prop_get_int(9F)`
`ddi_getproplen(9F)`	`ddi_prop_lookup(9F)`
`ddi_iopb_alloc(9F)`	`ddi_dma_mem_alloc(9F)`
`ddi_iopb_free(9F)`	`ddi_dma_mem_free(9F)`
`ddi_mem_alloc(9F)`	`ddi_dma_mem_alloc(9F)`
`ddi_mem_free(9F)`	`ddi_dma_mem_free(9F)`
`ddi_map_regs(9F)`	`ddi_regs_map_setup(9F)`
`ddi_mapdev(9F)`	`devmap_setup(9F)`
`ddi_mapdev_intercept(9F)`	`devmap_load(9F)`
`ddi_mapdev_nointercept(9F)`	`devmap_unload(9F)`
`ddi_prop_create(9F)`	`ddi_prop_update(9F)`
`ddi_prop_modify(9F)`	`ddi_prop_update(9F)`
`ddi_segmap(9F)`	`see devmap(9E)`
`ddi_segmap_setup(9F)`	`devmap_setup(9F)`
`ddi_unmap_regs(9F)`	`ddi_regs_map_free(9F)`
`free_pktiopb(9F)`	`scsi_free_consistent_buf(9F)`
`get_pktiopb(9F)`	`scsi_alloc_consistent_buf(9F)`
`makecom_g0(9F)`	`scsi_setup_cdb(9F)`
`makecom_g0_s(9F)`	`scsi_setup_cdb(9F)`
`makecom_g1(9F)`	`scsi_setup_cdb(9F)`
`makecom_g5(9F)`	`scsi_setup_cdb(9F)`
`scsi_dmafree(9F)`	`scsi_destroy_pkt(9F)`
`scsi_dmaget(9F)`	`scsi_init_pkt(9F)`
`scsi_pktalloc(9F)`	`scsi_init_pkt(9F)`
`scsi_pktfree(9F)`	`scsi_destroy_pkt(9F)`
`scsi_resalloc(9F)`	`scsi_init_pkt(9F)`
`scsi_resfree(9F)`	`scsi_destroy_pkt(9F)`
`scsi_slave(9F)`	`scsi_probe(9F)`
`scsi_unslave(9F)`	`scsi_unprobe(9F)`
`ddi_peek{c,s,l,d}(9F)`	`ddi_peek{8,16,32,64}(9F)`
`ddi_poke{c,s,l,d}(9F)`	`ddi_poke{8,16,32,64}(9F)`
`in{b,w,l}(9F)`	`ddi_get{8,16,32}(9F)`
`out{b,w,l}(9F)`	`ddi_put{8,16,32}(9F)`
`repins{b,w,l}(9F)`	`ddi_rep_get{8,16,32}(9F)`
`repouts{b,w,l}(9F)`	`ddi_rep_put{8,16,32}(9F)`
`GLOBAL_DEV`	`Specify 0`
`NODEBOUND_DEV`	`Specify 0`
`NODESPECIFIC_DEV`	`Specify 0`
`ENUMERATED_DEV`	`Specify 0`
`DDI_IDENTIFIED`	`not needed`
`DDI_NOTIDENTIFIED`	`not needed`

For more information, see the man pages section 9: DDI and DKI Driver Entry Points and the man pages section 9: DDI and DKI Kernel Functions.