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Writing Device Drivers     Oracle Solaris 11.1 Information Library
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Preface

Part I Designing Device Drivers for the Oracle Solaris Platform

1.  Overview of Oracle Solaris Device Drivers

2.  Oracle Solaris Kernel and Device Tree

3.  Multithreading

4.  Properties

5.  Managing Events and Queueing Tasks

6.  Driver Autoconfiguration

7.  Device Access: Programmed I/O

8.  Interrupt Handlers

9.  Direct Memory Access (DMA)

10.  Mapping Device and Kernel Memory

11.  Device Context Management

12.  Power Management

13.  Hardening Oracle Solaris Drivers

14.  Layered Driver Interface (LDI)

Part II Designing Specific Kinds of Device Drivers

15.  Drivers for Character Devices

16.  Drivers for Block Devices

17.  SCSI Target Drivers

18.  SCSI Host Bus Adapter Drivers

19.  Drivers for Network Devices

20.  USB Drivers

21.  SR-IOV Drivers

Part III Building a Device Driver

22.  Compiling, Loading, Packaging, and Testing Drivers

23.  Debugging, Testing, and Tuning Device Drivers

24.  Recommended Coding Practices

Part IV Appendixes

A.  Hardware Overview

B.  Summary of Oracle Solaris DDI/DKI Services

Module Functions

Device Information Tree Node (dev_info_t) Functions

Device (dev_t) Functions

Property Functions

Device Software State Functions

Memory Allocation and Deallocation Functions

Kernel Thread Control and Synchronization Functions

Task Queue Management Functions

Interrupt Functions

Programmed I/O Functions

Direct Memory Access (DMA) Functions

User Space Access Functions

User Process Event Functions

User Process Information Functions

User Application Kernel and Device Access Functions

Time-Related Functions

Power Management Functions

Fault Management Functions

Kernel Statistics Functions

Kernel Logging and Printing Functions

Buffered I/O Functions

Virtual Memory Functions

Device ID Functions

SCSI Functions

Resource Map Management Functions

System Global State

Utility Functions

C.  Making a Device Driver 64-Bit Ready

D.  Console Frame Buffer Drivers

E.  pci.conf File

Index

Direct Memory Access (DMA) Functions

The DMA functions are:

ddi_dma_alloc_handle()

Allocate a DMA handle

ddi_dma_free_handle()

Free a DMA handle

ddi_dma_mem_alloc()

Allocate memory for a DMA transfer

ddi_dma_mem_free()

Free previously allocated DMA memory

ddi_dma_addr_bind_handle()

Bind an address to a DMA handle

ddi_dma_buf_bind_handle()

Bind a system buffer to a DMA handle

ddi_dma_unbind_handle()

Unbind the address in a DMA handle

ddi_dma_nextcookie()

Retrieve the subsequent DMA cookie

ddi_dma_getwin()

Activate a new DMA window

ddi_dma_numwin()

Retrieve number of DMA windows

ddi_dma_sync()

Synchronize CPU and I/O views of memory

ddi_check_dma_handle()

Check a DMA handle

ddi_dma_set_sbus64()

Allow 64-bit transfers on SBus

ddi_slaveonly()

Report whether a device is installed in a slave access-only location

ddi_iomin()

Find the minimum alignment and transfer size for DMA

ddi_dma_burstsizes()

Find out the allowed burst sizes for a DMA mapping

ddi_dma_devalign()

Find DMA mapping alignment and minimum transfer size

ddi_dmae_alloc()

Acquire a DMA channel

ddi_dmae_release()

Release a DMA channel

ddi_dmae_getattr()

Get the DMA engine attributes

ddi_dmae_prog()

Program a DMA channel

ddi_dmae_stop()

Terminate a DMA engine operation

ddi_dmae_disable()

Disable a DMA channel

ddi_dmae_enable()

Enable a DMA channel

ddi_dmae_getcnt()

Get the remaining DMA engine count

ddi_dmae_1stparty()

Configure the DMA channel cascade mode

ddi_dma_coff()

Convert a DMA cookie to an offset within a DMA handle

Table B-5 Deprecated Direct Memory Access (DMA) Functions

Deprecated Function
Replacement
ddi_dma_addr_setup()
ddi_dma_alloc_handle(), ddi_dma_addr_bind_handle()
ddi_dma_buf_setup()
ddi_dma_alloc_handle(), ddi_dma_buf_bind_handle()
ddi_dma_curwin()
ddi_dma_getwin()
ddi_dma_free()
ddi_dma_free_handle()
ddi_dma_htoc()
ddi_dma_addr_bind_handle(), ddi_dma_buf_bind_handle()
ddi_dma_movwin()
ddi_dma_getwin()
ddi_dma_nextseg()
ddi_dma_nextcookie()
ddi_dma_segtocookie()
ddi_dma_nextcookie()
ddi_dma_setup()
ddi_dma_alloc_handle(), ddi_dma_addr_bind_handle(), ddi_dma_buf_bind_handle()
ddi_dmae_getlim()
ddi_dmae_getattr()
ddi_iopb_alloc()
ddi_dma_mem_alloc()
ddi_iopb_free()
ddi_dma_mem_free()
ddi_mem_alloc()
ddi_dma_mem_alloc()
ddi_mem_free()
ddi_dma_mem_free()
hat_getkpfnum()
ddi_dma_addr_bind_handle(), ddi_dma_buf_bind_handle(), ddi_dma_nextcookie()