Writing Device Drivers


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	`S_IFCHR` ( )

	SAP (Service Access Point) ( )

	saving crash dumps ( )

	SBus
		address bits ( )
		geographical addressing ( )
		hardware configuration files ( )
		physical address space ( )
		slots supporting DVMA ( )

	scatter-gather
		DMA engines ( )
		I/O ( )

	scheduling tasks ( )

	SCSA ( ) ( )
		global data definitions ( )
		HBA transport layer ( )
		interfaces ( )

	SCSI
		architecture ( )
		bus ( )

	`scsi_` functions
		`scsi_alloc_consistent_buf()`function ( )
		`scsi_destroy_pkt()` function ( )
		`scsi_dmafree()` function ( )
		`scsi_free_consistent_buf()` function ( )
		`scsi_ifgetcap()` function ( )
		`scsi_ifsetcap()` function ( )
		`scsi_init_pkt()` function ( )
		`scsi_probe()` function ( )
		`scsi_setup_cdb()` function ( )
		`scsi_sync_pkt()` function ( ) ( )
		`scsi_transport()` function ( )
		`scsi_unprobe()` function ( )
		summary ( )

	`scsi_` structures
		`scsi_address` structure ( )
		`scsi_device` structure ( )
		`scsi_hba_tran` structure ( )
		`scsi_pkt` structure ( )

	`scsi_alloc_consistent_buf()` function, changes to ( )

	`scsi_device` structure ( )

	SCSI functions ( )
		deprecated ( )

	`scsi_hba_` functions
		`scsi_hba_attach_setup()` function ( )
		`scsi_hba_lookup_capstr()` function ( )
		`scsi_hba_pkt_alloc()` function ( )

	`scsi_hba`_ functions, `scsi_hba_pkt_free()` function ( )

	`scsi_hba_` functions
		`scsi_hba_probe()` function ( )
		summary list ( )

	SCSI HBA driver
		abort and reset management ( )
		autoconfiguration ( )
		capability management ( )
		cloning ( )
		command state structure ( )
		command timeout ( )
		command transport ( )
		configuration properties ( )
		data structures ( )
		DMA resources ( )
		driver instance initialization ( )
		entry points summary ( )
		header files ( )
		and hotplugging ( ) ( )
		initializing a transport structure ( )
		installation ( )
		interrupt handling ( )
		overview ( ) ( )
		properties ( )
		resource allocation ( )

	SCSI HBA driver entry points
		by category ( )
		`tran_abort()` function ( )
		`tran_dmafree()` function ( )
		`tran_getcap()` function ( )
		`tran_init_pkt()` function ( )
		`tran_reset()` function ( )
		`tran_reset_notify()` function ( )
		`tran_setcap()` function ( )
		`tran_start()` function ( )
		`tran_sync_pkt()` function ( )
		`tran_tgt_free()` function ( )
		`tran_tgt_init()` function ( )
		`tran_tgt_probe()` function ( )

	`scsi_hba_tran` structures, `scsi_pkt` structure ( )

	`scsi_pkt` structure ( )
		changes to ( )

	SCSI target driver
		auto-request sense mode ( )
		autoconfiguration of ( )
		building a command ( )
		callback routine ( )
		data structures ( )
		initializing a command descriptor block ( )
		overview ( )
		properties ( ) ( ) ( )
		resource allocation ( )
		reusing packets ( )
		SCSI routines ( )
		transporting a command ( )

	`segmap()` entry point
		description of ( ) ( )
		driver notification ( )

	self-identifying devices ( )

	serial connection ( )

	serviceability
		add new device ( )
		detect faulty device ( )
		perform periodic health checks ( )
		remove faulty device ( )
		report faults ( )

	single device node ( )

	`size` property ( )

	slice number for block devices ( )

	SNAP (Sub-Net Access Protocol) ( )

	`snoop` command, network drivers ( )

	`snooping` kernel variable ( )

	soft interrupts ( )

	soft state information
		LDI ( )
		retrieving in `mdb` ( )
		USB ( )

	software interrupts, changing priority ( )

	software state functions ( )

	Solaris kernel, See kernel

	source compatibility, description of ( )

	source files for device drivers ( )

	SPARC processor
		byte ordering ( )
		data alignment ( )
		floating point operations ( )
		multiply and divide instructions ( )
		register windows ( )
		structure member alignment ( )

	special files, description of ( )

	`src_advcnt` argument, `ddi_device_copy()`, changes to ( )

	standalone mode ( ) ( )

	state structure ( ) ( ) ( )

	storage classes, driver data ( )

	store buffers ( )

	`strategy()` entry point
		block drivers ( )
		character drivers ( )

	streaming access ( )

	STREAMS
		See network drivers, GLDv2
		`cb_ops` structure ( )
		drivers ( )
		stale pointers ( )

	Sun Studio ( )

	suspect list, definition ( )

	synchronous data transfers
		block drivers ( )
		character drivers ( )
		USB ( )

	system calls ( )

	system global state functions ( )

	system power management
		description of ( )
		entry points ( )
		model ( )
		policy ( )
		saving hardware state ( )
		USB devices ( )

	system registers, reading and writing ( )