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Writing Device Drivers Oracle Solaris 11 Information Library |
Part I Designing Device Drivers for the Oracle Solaris Platform
1. Overview of Oracle Solaris Device Drivers
2. Oracle Solaris Kernel and Device Tree
5. Managing Events and Queueing Tasks
7. Device Access: Programmed I/O
10. Mapping Device and Kernel Memory
13. Hardening Oracle Solaris Drivers
14. Layered Driver Interface (LDI)
Part II Designing Specific Kinds of Device Drivers
15. Drivers for Character Devices
18. SCSI Host Bus Adapter Drivers
19. Drivers for Network Devices
Part III Building a Device Driver
22. Compiling, Loading, Packaging, and Testing Drivers
Enable the Deadman Feature to Avoid a Hard Hang
Testing With a Serial Connection
To Set Up the Host System for a tip Connection
Setting Up a Target System on the SPARC Platform
Setting Up a Target System on the x86 Platform
Loading and Unloading Test Modules
Setting kmem_flags Debugging Flags
Avoiding Data Loss on a Test System
Using an Alternate Boot Environment
Booting With an Alternate Kernel
Consider Alternative Back-Up Plans
Recovering the Device Directory
Using the kmdb Kernel Debugger
Booting kmdb With an Alternate Kernel on the SPARC Platform
Booting kmdb With an Alternate Kernel on the x86 Platform
kmdb Macros for Driver Developers
Using the mdb Modular Debugger
Getting Started With the Modular Debugger
Useful Debugging Tasks With kmdb and mdb
Exploring System Registers With kmdb
Writing Debugger Commands With mdb
Obtaining Kernel Data Structure Information
Obtaining Device Tree Information
Retrieving Driver Soft State Information
Kernel Statistics Structure Members
Kernel Statistics for Oracle Solaris Ethernet Drivers
DTrace for Dynamic Instrumentation
24. Recommended Coding Practices
B. Summary of Oracle Solaris DDI/DKI Services
C. Making a Device Driver 64-Bit Ready
This chapter presents an overview of the various tools that are provided to assist with testing, debugging, and tuning device drivers. This chapter provides information on the following subjects:
Testing Drivers – Testing a driver can potentially impair a system's ability to function. Use of both serial connections and alternate kernels helps facilitate recovery from crashes.
Debugging Tools – Integral debugging facilities enable you to exercise and observe driver features conveniently without having to run a separate debugger.
Tuning Drivers – The Oracle Solaris OS provides facilities for measuring the performance of device drivers. Writing kernel statistics structures for your device exports continuous statistics as the device is running. If an area for performance improvement is determined, then the DTrace dynamic instrumentation tool can help determine any problems more precisely.
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