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Preface

Part I Designing Device Drivers for the Solaris Platform

1.  Overview of Solaris Device Drivers

2.  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 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

Part III Building a Device Driver

21.  Compiling, Loading, Packaging, and Testing Drivers

22.  Debugging, Testing, and Tuning Device Drivers

23.  Recommended Coding Practices

Part IV Appendixes

A.  Hardware Overview

B.  Summary of Solaris DDI/DKI Services

C.  Making a Device Driver 64-Bit Ready

D.  Console Frame Buffer Drivers

Index

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bge driver code, Error Handling
binary compatibility
description of, DDI/DKI Interfaces
potential problems, Modify Routines That Handle Data Sharing
binding a driver to a device, Binding a Driver to a Device
binding a driver to a USB device, Compatible Device Names
biodone() function, Synchronous Data Transfers (Block Drivers)
blitting, VIS_CONSDISPLAY
block driver
autoconfiguration of, Block Device Autoconfiguration
buf structure, buf Structure
cb_ops structure, cb_ops Structure
overview, Entry Points for Block Device Drivers
slice number, Block Device Autoconfiguration
block driver entry points, Block Driver Structure Overview
close() function, close() Entry Point (Block Drivers)
open() function, open() Entry Point (Block Drivers)
strategy() function, strategy() Entry Point
bofi (bus_ops fault injection) driver, Driver Hardening Test Harness
bofi.conf file, Configuring the Test Harness
booting an alternate kernel, To Boot With an Alternate Kernel
booting the kmdb debugger
on SPARC systems, Booting kmdb With an Alternate Kernel on the SPARC Platform
on x86 systems, Booting kmdb With an Alternate Kernel on the x86 Platform
buf structure
changes to, buf Structure Changes
description of, buf Structure
buffer allocation, DMA, Allocating Private DMA Buffers
buffered I/O functions, Buffered I/O Functions
burst sizes, DMA, Determining Maximum Burst Sizes
bus
architectures, Bus Architectures
PCI architectures, PCI Local Bus
SBus architecture, SBus
SCSI, Introduction to Target Drivers
bus-master DMA
Bus-Master DMA
Performing Bus-Master DMA Transfers
bus nexus, Fault Injection
bus nexus device drivers, description of, Device Tree Components
bus nodes, Fault Injection
byte ordering, Endianness