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Writing Device Drivers |
Part I Designing Device Drivers for the Solaris Platform
What Is a Device Driver Entry Point?
Entry Points Common to All Drivers
Autoconfiguration Entry Points
Kernel Statistics Entry Points
Summary of Common Entry Points
Entry Points for Block Device Drivers
Entry Points for Character Device Drivers
Entry Points for STREAMS Device Drivers
Entry Points for Memory Mapped Devices
Entry Points for Network Device Drivers
Entry Points for SCSI HBA Drivers
Entry Points for PC Card Drivers
Considerations in Device Driver Design
2. Solaris Kernel and Device Tree
5. Managing Events and Queueing Tasks
7. Device Access: Programmed I/O
10. Mapping Device and Kernel Memory
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
21. Compiling, Loading, Packaging, and Testing Drivers
22. Debugging, Testing, and Tuning Device Drivers
23. Recommended Coding Practices
B. Summary of Solaris DDI/DKI Services
C. Making a Device Driver 64-Bit Ready
This chapter gives an overview of Solaris device drivers. The chapter provides information on the following subjects:
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