P

packaging, Driver Packaging

partial store ordering, Partial Store Ordering (PSO)

PCI bus, PCI Local Bus

configuration address space, PCI Configuration Address Space

configuration base address registers, PCI Configuration Base Address Registers

hardware configuration files, PCI Hardware Configuration Files

I/O address space, PCI I/O Address Space

memory address space, PCI Memory Address Space

PCI configuration functions, alternate access mechanisms, Programmed I/O Functions

PCI devices, PCI Local Bus

PCI dual address cycles, DMA Isolation

pci_ereport_post() function

Reporting Errors

Registering an Error Handler

Fault Management Data and Status Structure

pci_ereport_setup() function

Declaring Fault Management Capabilities

Reporting Errors

pci_ereport_teardown() function

Cleaning Up Fault Management Resources

Reporting Errors

physical DMA, Types of Host Platform DMA

physio() function, description of, DMA Transfers (Synchronous)

pipe, alternate setting, Modifying or Getting the Alternate Setting

pipes

closing, Closing Pipes

default control

Registering Drivers to Gain Device Access

The Default Pipe

flushing, Flushing Pipes

mutex initialization, Registering Drivers to Gain Device Access

opening, Opening Pipes

policy, Synchronous and Asynchronous Transfers and Callbacks

USB device communication, Device Communication

USB devices, How USB Devices Appear to the System

use before attach(), Before the Client Driver Is Attached

pixel depth mode, Solaris Consoles and the Kernel Terminal Emulator

pkgadd command, Installing the Test Harness

pm_busy_component() function

Device Power Management

Device Power Management

pm_idle_component() function

Device Power Management

Device Power Management

pm_lower_power() function, Device Power Management

pm_raise_power() function

Device Power Management

Device Power Management

.po message files, Message IDs and Dictionary Files

polled I/O interfaces

Polled I/O Interfaces

Implementing Polled I/O in Console Frame Buffer Drivers

postmortem debugging, Postmortem Debugging

power.conf file, See /etc/power.conf file

power cycle, Device Power State Transitions

power() entry point

Device Power Management

Device Power Management

power management

See also device power management

See also system power management

flow of control, Power Management Flow of Control

USB devices, Power Management

power management functions, Power Management Functions

deprecated, Power Management Functions

Predictive Self-Healing, What Is Predictive Self-Healing?

See also fault management

prefix

unique prefix for driver symbols

What Is a Device Driver Entry Point?

Use a Unique Prefix to Avoid Kernel Symbol Collisions

print() entry point, block drivers, print() Entry Point (Block Drivers)

printing functions, Kernel Logging and Printing Functions

printing messages, Returning Errors

probe() entry point

description of, probe() Entry Point

SCSI target drivers, probe() Entry Point (SCSI Target Drivers)

processor issues

SPARC

SPARC Processor Issues

SPARC Register Windows

SPARC Multiply and Divide Instructions

x86, x86 Processor Issues

programmed I/O, Programmed I/O Transfers

use with DDI access routines, Exclusive Use of DDI Access Handles

programmed I/O functions, Programmed I/O Functions

deprecated, Programmed I/O Functions

PROM commands, Open Boot PROM 3

prop_op() entry point, description of, prop_op() Entry Point

properties

class property, Hardware Configuration File

ddi_prop_op, prop_op() Entry Point

device node name property, Binding a Driver to a Device

LDI, Retrieving Target Device Property Values

nblocks property, Block Device Autoconfiguration

Nblocks property, Block Device Autoconfiguration

nblocks property, Device Sizes

Nblocks property, Device Sizes

no-involuntary-power-cycles, Device Power State Transitions

overview

Device Properties

Device Properties

pm-hardware-state property

Hardware State

attach() Entry Point

attach() Entry Point (SCSI Target Drivers)

prtconf, Looking Up Properties

reg property, Hardware State

removable-media, Power Management Dependencies

reporting device properties, prop_op() Entry Point

SCSI HBA properties, HBA Configuration Properties

SCSI target driver, x86 Target Driver Configuration Properties

size property, Character Device Autoconfiguration

types of, Device Properties

property functions, Property Functions

prtconf command

displaying device names, Compatible Device Names

displaying interfaces, Devices With Multiple Interfaces

displaying kernel device usage information, Print System Configuration Command Interfaces

displaying properties, Looking Up Properties

displaying the bound driver, Compatible Device Names

displaying the device tree, prtconf Command

pseudo device driver, What Is a Device Driver?

putnext() function, Thread Interaction