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Writing Device Drivers Oracle Solaris 11 Information Library |
Part I Designing Device Drivers for the Oracle Solaris Platform
1. Overview of Oracle Solaris Device Drivers
2. Oracle Solaris Kernel and Device Tree
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
22. Compiling, Loading, Packaging, and Testing Drivers
23. Debugging, Testing, and Tuning Device Drivers
24. Recommended Coding Practices
B. Summary of Oracle Solaris DDI/DKI Services
C. Making a Device Driver 64-Bit Ready
D. Console Frame Buffer Drivers
Oracle Solaris Consoles and the Kernel Terminal Emulator
x86 Platform Console Communication
SPARC Platform Console Communication
Video Mode Change Callback Interface
Implementing the Visual I/O Interfaces in Console Frame Buffer Drivers
Implementing Polled I/O in Console Frame Buffer Drivers
Frame Buffer Specific Configuration Module
Developing, Testing, and Debugging Console Frame Buffer Drivers
Testing the I/O Control Interfaces
Testing the Polled I/O Interfaces
Testing the Video Mode Change Callback Function
Additional Suggestions for Testing Console Frame Buffer Drivers
When the X Window System exits to the command line, the frame buffer's DDX module must send an ioctl to the frame buffer driver. This ioctl triggers the frame buffer driver to call the terminal emulator's mode change callback function. This communication keeps the frame buffer driver and the terminal emulator in agreement about the video mode if the X Window System starts and then changes the video resolution before exiting. The frame buffer driver and the terminal emulator must agree about the video mode at all times. When the frame buffer driver and the terminal emulator do not agree about the video mode, the information on the screen is illegible and meaningless.
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