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Atomic locks
DDI atomic locks
ODDI atomic locks
Autoconfiguration
DDI implementation
SDI implementation
ODDI implementation
BIOS
Bitfields
Block device drivers
DDI implementation
ODDI implementation
Raw I/O
Buffered I/O buffers, allocating
DDI functions
ODDI functions
Bus
DDI coding
ODDI coding
Bus-master devices
C++, device drivers
Cache coherent NUMA localization
CAPI
CDMT
Channel number
Character device drivers
DDI implementation
ODDI implementation
Clock, system
PIT-based system clock
High-precision system clock (SCO OpenServer 5 only)
CLOCK_MAX
Clone device
DDI 8 implementation
ODDI and pre-DDI 8 implementation
Compiling kernel drivers
SVR5 DDI C language compiler notes
SCO OpenServer 5 ODDI C language compiler notes
C++ compiler notes
Concurrency
Configuration manager
Context of a driver
Critical code section
Daemons associated with drivers
Data, copying
Accessing memory about the 4GB boundary (DDI 8)
DDI interface versioning
Non-conforming functionality
Identifying interface versions being used
Debugging kernel drivers
Delays and busy-waits
DDI implementation
ODDI implementation
Device instance
Device number
Dynamically-loadable kernel modules (DLKM)
Using loadable modules
Making modules loadable
Managing loadable modules
DLPI
DMA
Allocating DMA memory (DDI)
Allocating DMA memory (ODDI)
Considerations for allocating DMA memory
Programming the system DMA controller (DDI)
Programming the system DMA controller (ODDI)
DMA up to 64 bits (DDI only)
DQI
DSP (Driver Software Package)
SVR5 DSP files
SCO OpenServer 5 DSP files
Dual-ported memory
EISA device configuration
DDI information
ODDI information
Endian issues for drivers
Coding DDI or ODDI driver for endian safety
UDI and endian issues
Entry-point routines
DDI 8 entry points
Named entry points
STREAMS entry points
SDI entry points
Error handling
DDI implementation
ODDI implementation
Extended SCSI addressing scheme
Failover (Network cards)
Header files
System header files used in driver code
DDI header files
ODDI header files
Driver-specific header files
Host bus adapter (HBA)
HBA entry point routines
Hotplug devices
Architecture of the hotplug subsystem
DDI 8 changes for hotplug
HPCI (Hot Plug Controller Interface)
I2O
I2O split drivers model
The Operating System Services Module OSM
The Hardware Device Module (HDM)
System environments
I2O pass-through OSM (ptosm)
Return Values
idata (instance data)
Interrupts
ivect (interrupt vector) table
Interrupt processing
Interrupt handlers, attaching and registering
Attaching and registering DDI interrupt handlers
Attaching and registering ODDI interrupt handlers
Dynamic interrupt registration by BTLDs
Interrupts, edge- and level-triggered
Interrupt sharing
DDI implementation
ODDI implementation
I/O schemes
IPLs (Interrupt Priority Levels)
Programmable Interrupt Controller (PIC)
How IPLs are implemented
Minimum interrupt priority levels
ISA bus autoconfiguration
DDI information
ISDN
Kernel threads
Large device support
Large memory support (DDI 8)
Layered device drivers
lbolt
Earlier DDI and ODDI implementations
UDI implementation
LLI
Locks, non-DDI
MAC
MAC addresses
Major and minor numbers
Major numbers
Minor numbers
Using DDI major and minor numbers
Using ODDI major and minor numbers
MicroChannel configuration information
MDI
MDI data
Ethernet and IEEE 802.3 frames
IEEE 802.5 token passing ring
FDDI
MDI ioctls
Multicast addresses and failover
MDI primitives
Memory access
Memory allocation
DDI implementation
ODDI implementation
Allocating STREAMS memory
SDI implementation
Allocating large chunks of memory
Allocating non-cached memory
Memory-mapped I/O
Mapping device memory (DDI 7)
Mapping device memory (DDI 8)
Mapping device memory (ODDI)
Supporting large memory mapped regions (DDI)
Messages, STREAMS
Message types
Message queuing priority
Metrics
Metrics for disk devices
Metrics for network adapter card devices
Modems, adding new
Defining a new modem
Testing the modem
Multiplexing, STREAMS
Multiconsole devices
Multiprocessor systems
Multithreaded drivers
DDI implementation
ODDI implementation
Non-Maskable interrupts (NMI)
DDI coding
ODDI coding
ODI
ODDI driver interface version for SCO OpenServer 5
OSDI SCSI driver interface version for SCO OpenServer 5
Differences between versions
Packaging and installing SVR5 drivers
Installing drivers
Deferred and immediate builds
Packaging drivers
PC Card interface (PCMCIA)
PCI
Querying PCI configuration space from DDI drivers
Querying PCI configuration space from ODDI drivers
PCU (Platform Conformance Utility)
PDI (Portable Driver Interface)
Plug and Play ISA interface
Porting kernel drivers
Printers, adding new (SVR5)
Programmed I/O (PIO)
Porting DOS inb and outb functionality
Promiscuous mode
PSM (Platform Support Module)
Queues, STREAMS
RAID
Resource manager database
Scatter/gather operations
DDI implementation
ODDI implementation
SCSI interface
SVR5 implementation
SCO OpenServer 5 implementation
SCSI multiple channels
SDI
SDI event handling
SDI peripheral hot add/remove
Coding in HBA drivers
Coding in target drivers
Administrative interface
Design limitations
SDI pass-through interface
Using the pass-through ioctl interface
Pass-through ioctl interface errors
SCSI addressing in pass-through ioctl operations
Using the pass-through library interface
SDI bus timeout/reset recovery
SDI routing
Serial port registration
Serial card registration
Format of the stanza file
Naming conventions
Example stanza file entries
Sleep locks
Source routing (network drivers)
Spin locks (DDI)
Attributes of spin locks
Minimum Interrupt Priority Levels (IPLs)
Hierarchy values
Locking paradigms
Reducing contention on spin locks
Selecting an IPL scheme for spin locks
Spin locks (ODDI)
STREAMS
STREAMS ioctls
General ioctl processing
I_STR
ioctl processing
Transparent ioctl processing
Transparent ioctl messages
I_LIST ioctl
Subsystem and Vendor ID (PCI)
DDI implementation
ODDI implementation
Switch tables
Synchronization primitives
Synchronization variables
Comparison of sleep and synchronization variables
System interface
Target drivers (SDI)
Target mode for SDI HBA drivers
Test and certification suites
Timeouts
DDI implementation
ODDI implementation
UDI implementation
Trylocks
TTY devices
UDI (Uniform Driver Interface)
Uniplexor (UNI multiplexor)
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