Writing Device Drivers
Tutorial and Reference
Published on 1. August 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
1152 pages
978-1-55558-141-1 (ISBN)
Description
As an essential tool for users of the DEC OSF/1 operating system as well as for systems engineers interested in writing UNIX-based device drivers, Writing Device Drivers, Tutorial and Reference discusses how to write device drivers for computer systems running the DEC OSF/1 operating systems.
By following the task oriented approach, the reader will acquire the skills necessary to write OSF-based device drivers. Mastery of the concepts and examples presented in Writing Device Drivers, Tutorial and Reference provides a fundamental background for writing a variety of device drivers, including disk and tape controllers, and more specialized drivers such as array processors.
By following the task oriented approach, the reader will acquire the skills necessary to write OSF-based device drivers. Mastery of the concepts and examples presented in Writing Device Drivers, Tutorial and Reference provides a fundamental background for writing a variety of device drivers, including disk and tape controllers, and more specialized drivers such as array processors.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Science & Technology
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-55558-141-1 (9781555581411)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
Introduction to device drivers; Anatomy of a device driver; Analyzing the structure of a device driver; Coding, configuring and testing a device driver; Hardware environment; Hardware - independent model and device drivers; Hardware components and hardware activities; Device autoconfiguration; Data structures used in I/O operations; Using kernal interfaces with device drivers; Writing a character device driver; Device driver configuration models; Device driver configuration syntaxes and mechanics; Device driver configuration examples; Header files related to device drivers; Kernal interfaces, ioctls, and global variables that device drivers use; Structures related to device drivers; Device driver and bus configuration interfaces;
Appendices.
Appendices.