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Developing SDI storage drivers
SDI storage driver development
Introduction to the Storage Device Interface (SDI)
Multi-layered I/O stack
Target drivers
Host Bus Adapter (HBA) drivers
Layered drivers
SDI connection module
SDI I/O flow
New features in SVR5 SDI
New features in SVR5
Extended addressing
64-bit physical memory support
Layered drivers
vtoc
Multipath I/O driver
RAID drivers
Extended hardware support
Other DDI 8 features
Porting SDI 3 drivers to SDI 4
Guidelines for SDI HBA storage drivers
General guidelines
Performance tuning HBA drivers
Schedule disk jobs
Balance workload on the controller
Keep it small
Reduce lock contention
HBA driver multiprocessing
HBA drivers in UP and MP environments
Configuring UP and MP HBA drivers
HBA multiprocessing driver guidelines
HBA locking
Locking conventions
Request sense data
Debugging hints
HBA test requirements
Testing and debugging HBA drivers
HBA testing and certification procedure
General testing strategy
Formal Certification Testing
Using the HBA Certification Checklist
When is the checklist process required?
Sanity testing HBAs
Overview description of the checklist
Status and contact information
Filling out and submitting the checklist
The HBA certification test suite (hbacert)
Prerequisites for installing the hbacert package
Installing the hbacert package
Running the hbacert tests
Individual test descriptions
HBA certification tests summary
common test directory
Interpreting the hbacert test results
Using rpt to examine certification test results
Possible certification test results
Packaging storage device drivers
The HBA Floppy Disk
Host Bus Adapter (HBA) drivers
Target driver development
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