Kernel Extensions and Device Support Programming Concepts

Index

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A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P R S T U V

Numerics

32-bit (1742)

kernel extension (1741)

64-bit (1736), (1739)

kernel extension (1735), (1738)

accented characters (2098)

asynchronous I/O subsystem

changing attributes in (1912)

subroutines (1910)

subroutines affected by (1911)

ataide_buf structure (IDE) (2190)

ATM LAN Emulation device driver (2025)

configuration parameters (2030)

entry points (2031)

trace and error logging (2032)

ATM LANE

clients

adding (2028)

attributes (1959)

block (physical volumes) (2107)

block device drivers

I/O kernel services (1788)

block I/O buffer cache

managing (1808)

supporting user access to device drivers (1807)

using write routines (1809)

block I/O buffer cache kernel services (1791)

bootlist command

altering list of boot devices (1980)

cfgmgr command

configuring devices (1943), (1979)

character I/O kernel services (1794)

chdev command

changing device characteristics (1972)

configuring devices (1941)

child devices (1956)

clients

ATM LANE

adding (2029)

commands

crash (2245)

dump (2395)

errinstall (2426)

errlogger (2439)

errmsg (2423)

errpt (2421), (2443)

errupdate (2429), (2432), (2441)

kdb

lke (2394)

nm (2387)

trcrpt (2450), (2460)

communications device handlers

common entry points (1990)

common status and exception codes (1995)

common status blocks (1999)

interface kernel services (1882)

kernel-mode interface (1989)

mbuf structures and (1993)

types

Ethernet (2054)

Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI) (2035)

Forum Compliant ATM LAN Emulation (2027)

Multiprotocol (MPQP) (2007)

PCI Token-Ring High Performance (2049)

SOL (serial optical link) (2018)

Token-Ring (8fa2) (2044)

Token-Ring (8fc8) (2039)

user-mode interface (1988)

communications I/O subsystem

physical device handler model (1992)

compiling

when using the kernel debugger (2384)

when using trace (2473)

configuration

low function terminal interface (2071)

cpu command

kernel debug program (2272)

crash command (2246)

crash subcommands

od (2247)

cross-memory kernel services (1849)

DASD subsystem

device block level description (2204)

device block operation

cylinder (2208)

head (2207)

sector (2205)

track (2206)

dataless workstations, copying a system dump on (2230)

DDS (1966)

debugger (2210), (2238), (2402), (2413)

debugging tools (2212)

device attributes

accessing (1958)

modifying (1961)

device configuration database

configuring (1923)

customized database (1920)

predefined database (1919), (1948)

device configuration manager

configuration hierarchy (1925)

configuration rules (1927)

device dependencies graph (1926)

device methods and (1937)

invoking (1928)

device configuration subroutines (1987)

device configuration subsystem (1921), (1924)

adding unsupported devices (1947)

configuration commands (1971)

configuration database structure

components (1915)

device method level (1917)

high-level perspective (1916)

low-level perspective (1918)

configuration subroutines (1986)

database configuration procedures (1922)

device classifications (1914)

device dependencies (1957)

device types (1930)

object classes in (1929)

run-time configuration commands (1938)

scope of support (1913)

writing device methods for (1932)

device dependent structure

format (1970)

updating

using the Change method (1968)

device driver management kernel services (1819)

device drivers

adding (1953)

device dependent structure (1965)

display (2092)

entry points (2084)

Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP) (2179)

interface (2081)

pseudo

low function terminal (2089)

device methods

Change method and device dependent structure (1969)

Configure method and device dependent structure (1967)

for adding devices (1952)

for changing device states (1944)

for changing the database and not device state (1946)

interfaces to

configuration manager (1936)

run-time commands (1939)

invoking (1934)

method types (1933)

source code examples of (1935)

writing (1931)

device states (1945)

devices

child (1955)

dependencies (1954)

SCSI (2133)

devnm command

naming devices (1983)

diacritics (2100)

diagnostics

low function terminal interface (2096)

direct access storage device subsystem (2102)

diskless systems

configuring dump device (2217)

copying a system dump on (2231)

dump device for (2216)

display device driver (2091)

interface (2093)

DMA management

accessing data in progress (1816)

hiding data (1815)

setting up DMA transfers (1814)

DMA management kernel services (1806)

dump (2209), (2237), (2401)

configuring dump devices (2214)

copying from dataless and diskless machines (2232)

copying to other media (2233)

starting (2224)

dump devices (2215)

entry points

communications physical device handler (1991)

device driver (2083)

IDE adapter device driver (2195)

IDE device driver (2196)

logical volume device driver (2118)

MPQP device handler (2009)

SCSI adapter device driver (2158)

SCSI device driver (2159)

SOL device handler (2019)

errinstall command (2427)

errlogger command (2440)

errmsg command (2424)

error logging (2417)

adding logging calls (2434)

coding steps (2425)

error record template (2428)

errpt command (2422), (2444)

errsave kernel service (2418), (2435), (2445)

errupdate command (2430), (2433), (2442)

Ethernet device driver (2055)

asynchronous status (2058)

configuration parameters (2056)

device control operations (2059)

entry points (2057)

trace and error logging (2060)

exception codes

communications device handlers (1996)

exception handlers

implementing

in kernel-mode (1729), (1730), (1731), (1732)

in user-mode (1734)

exception handling

interrupts and exceptions (1723)

modes

kernel (1727)

user (1733)

processing exceptions

basic requirements (1728)

default mechanism (1725)

kernel-mode (1726)

exception management kernel services (1885)

execution environments

interrupt (1696)

process (1693)

FDDI device driver (2033)

configuration parameters (2036)

entry points (2037)

trace and error logging (2038)

Fiber Distributed Data Interface device driver (2034)

Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP) (2178)

file descriptor (1835)

file systems

logical file system (1766)

virtual file system (1772)

files

/dev/error (2419), (2447)

/dev/systrctl (2455), (2457)

/etc/trcfmt (2459), (2475)

sys/erec.h (2431)

sys/err_rec.h (2438)

sys/errids.h (2437)

sys/trcctl.h (2456)

sys/trchkid.h (2466), (2468), (2474)

sys/trcmacros.h (2465)

filesystem (1764)

find command for the kernel debug program (2279)

fine granularity timer services

coding the timer function (1901)

Forum Compliant ATM LAN Emulation device driver (2026)

g-nodes (1777)

getattr subroutine

modifying attributes (1963)

go command for kernel debug program (2288)

graphic input device (2062)

hardware interrupt kernel services (1798)

hlpwatch (2380)

I/O kernel services

block I/O (1787)

buffer cache (1789)

character I/O (1792)

DMA management (1804)

interrupt management (1796)

memory buffer (mbuf) (1800)

iadb Command (2416)

iddebug (2360), (2365)

IDE subsystem

adapter device driver

entry points (2193)

ioctl commands (2198), (2199)

ioctl operations (2200), (2201), (2202), (2203)

performing dumps (2197)

device communication

initiator-mode support (2181)

error processing (2192)

error recovery

analyzing returned status (2183)

initiator mode (2182)

IDE device driver

design requirements (2191)

entry points (2194)

internal commands (2185)

responsibilities relative to adapter device driver (2180)

initiator I/O request execution

fragmented commands (2187)

gathered write commands (2188)

spanned or consolidated commands (2186)

structures

ataide_buf structure (2189)

typical adapter transaction sequence (2184)

input device, subsystem (2063)

input ring mechanism (2079)

interface

low function terminal subsystem (2068)

interrupt execution environment (1697)

interrupt management

defining levels (1811)

setting priorities (1812)

interrupt management kernel services (1810)

interrupts

management services (1795)

KDB Kernel Debugger (2405), (2415)

example files (2408), (2409), (2410), (2411), (2412)

introduction (2406)

subcommands (2407)

kernel debug program (2312)

address origin, setting (2309)

address register

instruction, increasing (2305)

address register, instruction

decreasing (2258)

breakpoints

clearing (2267)

listing (2263)

setting (2262)

skipping, restarting after (2295)

cpu command (2271)

create and change

values (2331)

data screens, displaying (2327)

data storing (2342)

device drivers, displaying (2278)

displays

memory segments (2329)

displays contents of STREAMS (2300)

displays data structure (2304)

displays floating-point registers (2285)

displays internal file system tables (2287)

displays internal STREAMS (2276)

displays reason (2320)

displays STREAMS queues (2316)

displays structure of 64-bit process (2302)

ending the program session (2317)

error messages (2400)

floating point registers, displaying (2283)

formatted process tables, displaying (2314)

formatted trace buffers, displaying (2357)

fullwords, storing into memory (2337)

halfwords, storing (2347)

help screen, displaying (2292)

instruction address register

decreasing (2260)

increasing (2307)

loading (2242)

memory

storing fullwords into (2338)

memory, displaying (2274)

memory location, altering (2257)

per-processor data, displaying (2310)

processor, switching (2270)

program, restarting (2290)

reboots machine (2322)

RS-232 port, switching (2352)

segment registers, displaying (2333), (2335), (2350)

single-stepping instructions (2345)

stack traceback

formatted, tracing (2340)

starting (2243)

statistics

diplays (2265)

storage, searching (2280)

storing data (2341)

storing halfwords (2346)

system load list, displaying (2298)

thread command (2354)

thread table, displaying (2353)

timer request blocks, displaying (2359)

translating

virtual address to real address (2382)

tty command (2363)

tty structure

displaying (2362)

u-area, displaying (2369)

displays (2367)

user-defined variables, clearing (2324)

user-defined variables, displaying (2376)

user64 area, displaying (2371)

uthread command (2373)

uthread structure, displaying (2372)

variables

user-defined, clearing (2325)

variables, user-defined (2377)

virtual memory, displaying (2379)

kernel debug program commands

alter (2256)

back (2259)

break (2261)

breaks (2264)

buckets (2266)

clear (2268)

cpu (2269)

create and change (2330)

display

displaying memory (2273)

internal STREAMS (2275)

displays

64-bit process (2301)

contents of STREAMS (2299)

data structure (2303)

internal file system tables (2286)

internal STREAMS (2284)

memory segmetns (2328)

reason for entering debugger (2319)

STREAMS queues (2315)

drivers (2277)

find (2281)

float (2282)

go (2289)

help (2291)

loop (2294)

map (2297)

next (2306)

origin (2308)

proc (2313)

quit (2318)

reboots (2321)

reset (2323)

screen (2326)

sr64 (2334), (2349)

sregs (2332)

st (2336)

stack (2339)

stc (2343)

step (2344)

sth (2348)

swap (2351)

trace (2356)

trb (2358)

tty (2361)

un (2366)

user

displaying u-area (2368)

displaying user64 area (2370)

vars (2375)

vmm (2378)

watch (2381)

xlate (2383)

kernel debugger

accessing global data (2396)

compiler listings (2388)

compiling options (2385)

displaying registers (2397)

entering (2244)

KDB (2404), (2414)

LLDB (2240)

map files (2389)

setting breakpoints (2253), (2390)

stack trace (2399)

subcommands (2248)

breakpoints (2254)

dereferencing a pointer (2252)

expressions (2251)

reserved variables (2250)

variables (2249)

kernel environment (1673)

base kernel services (1675)

creation of kernel processes (1703)

exception handling (1724)

exception processing in

exception and process kernel services (1888)

execution environments

interrupt (1698)

process (1695)

libraries

libcsys (1687)

libsys (1690)

loading kernel extensions (1678)

private routines (1683)

programming

kernel threads (1699)

kernel environment, runtime (1785)

kernel extension binding

adding symbols to the /unix name space (1674)

using existing libraries (1686)

kernel extension considerations

32-bit (1743)

kernel extension development

64-bit (1737)

kernel extension libraries

libcsys (1689)

libsys (1692)

kernel extension management kernel services (1817)

kernel extension programming environment

64-bit (1740)

kernel extensions

accessing user-mode data

using cross-memory services (1718)

using data transfer services (1717)

interrupt priority

service times (1813)

loading (1680)

loading and binding services (1823)

management services (1825)

serializing access to data structures (1720)

unloading (1682)

using with system calls (1676)

kernel processes

accessing data from (1707)

comparison to user processes (1706)

creating (1710)

executing (1711)

handling exceptions (1715)

handling signals (1714)

obtaining cross-memory descriptors (1709)

preempting (1713)

terminating (1712)

using system calls (1716)

kernel protection domain (1704), (1705), (1708)

kernel services (1783), (1821), (1822)