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Writing Device Drivers Oracle Solaris 11 Express 11/10 |
Part I Designing Device Drivers for the Oracle Solaris Platform
1. Overview of Oracle Solaris Device Drivers
Multithreaded Execution Environment
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
21. Compiling, Loading, Packaging, and Testing Drivers
22. Debugging, Testing, and Tuning Device Drivers
23. Recommended Coding Practices
B. Summary of Oracle Solaris DDI/DKI Services
C. Making a Device Driver 64-Bit Ready
A device driver needs to work transparently as an integral part of the operating system. Understanding how the kernel works is a prerequisite for learning about device drivers. This chapter provides an overview of the Oracle Solaris kernel and device tree. For an overview of how device drivers work, see Chapter 1, Overview of Oracle Solaris Device Drivers.
This chapter provides information on the following subjects: