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Writing Device Drivers     Oracle Solaris 11.1 Information Library
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Preface

Part I Designing Device Drivers for the Oracle Solaris Platform

1.  Overview of Oracle Solaris Device Drivers

2.  Oracle 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 Oracle 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

21.  SR-IOV Drivers

Part III Building a Device Driver

22.  Compiling, Loading, Packaging, and Testing Drivers

23.  Debugging, Testing, and Tuning Device Drivers

24.  Recommended Coding Practices

Part IV Appendixes

A.  Hardware Overview

B.  Summary of Oracle Solaris DDI/DKI Services

C.  Making a Device Driver 64-Bit Ready

D.  Console Frame Buffer Drivers

E.  pci.conf File

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/var/adm/messages file, index iconAdditional Suggestions for Testing Console Frame Buffer Drivers
VGA text mode
index iconOracle Solaris Consoles and the Kernel Terminal Emulator
index iconx86 Platform Console Communication
vgatext module, index iconx86 Platform Console Communication
video mode
index iconSPARC Platform Console Communication
index iconConsole Visual I/O Interfaces
index iconVideo Mode Change Callback Interface
index iconFrame Buffer Specific Configuration Module
virtual addresses, description of, index iconVirtual Memory
virtual DMA, index iconTypes of Host Platform DMA
virtual memory
address spaces, index iconVirtual Memory
memory management unit (MMU), index iconVirtual Memory
virtual memory functions
deprecated, index iconVirtual Memory Functions
table, index iconVirtual Memory Functions
visual I/O interfaces, index iconConsole Visual I/O Interfaces
volatile keyword, index iconDeclaring a Variable Volatile