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Developing SCO OpenServer 5 kernel drivers
Porting drivers to SCO OpenServer 5 from earlier SCO releases
Porting drivers to SCO OpenServer 5 from earlier releases
New SCO OpenServer 5 features
SCO OpenServer 5 Release 5 STREAMS interface
User-level interface
Kernel interface
Multithreaded STREAMS
Guidelines for STREAMS drivers
Message types
Multithreading device drivers
Multiprocessor architecture
Operating system modifications
Hardware architecture
New multithreading capabilities
Registering the driver as multithreaded
Protecting critical code
Notes and examples for multithreaded block drivers
Registering the task-time level of a block device
Modifying the strategy routine
Modifying the start routine
Modifying the intr routine
Notes and examples for multithreaded TTY drivers
Locking
Processing interrupts
Modifying the open(D2oddi) routine
Modifying the close(D2oddi) routine
Modifying the read(D2oddi) routine
Modifying the ioctl(D2oddi) routine
Modifying the param() routine
Modifying the proc(D2oddi) routine
Modifying the alternate line discipline routine
Modifying the intr(D2oddi) routine
Modifying the poll(D2oddi) routine
Linking and testing SCO OpenServer 5 drivers
Files needed to link a driver
Configuring drivers using idinstall(ADM)
Configuring drivers using configure(ADM)
Configuring interrupt handlers
Setting the driver initialization message
Creating bootable kernels for testing
Debugging drivers
Boot-time loadable drivers
What drivers should be BTLD
Configuring BTLDs into the Link Kit at boot time
Packaging BTLD drivers
Changes to BTLDs for SCO OpenServer 5 Release 5
Testing BTLD drivers
Guidelines for writing BTLDs
Adjusting System and variable values within link(HW)
Packaging SCO OpenServer 5 drivers for installation
Packaging drivers for SCO OpenServer 5 Release 5
Setting up a cutting tree
cdmt.config
product
.prd
component
.cmpnt
component
.pkg
replace.in
run -- package cutting script
makeBTLD -- create a BTLD from an SSO
Layout of a BTLD custom-installable disk
Packaging drivers for releases before SCO OpenServer 5 Release 5
Writing custom installation scripts
Writing mkdev scripts
SURF kernel monitor
Installing SURF software
Running SURF
Adding SURF modules
Creating new reports
UNIX system concepts for DOS programmers
Machine virtualization
Memory management
Virtual memory
Linear memory
Separation of function by region
I/O and device drivers
File subsystem
File access permissions
Common command equivalents
Glossary of UNIX system terminology
Notes about NT drivers
Characteristics of NT drivers
Possible future implementations
Index