Latest Driver Manuals?
Chris Amies
chrisa at otc.otca.oz
Wed Mar 7 09:54:57 AEST 1990
In article <1014 at codonics.COM>, bret at codonics.com (Bret Orsburn) writes:
>
> I have been tasked to code a driver for ISC 386ix Version 2.0.2.
>
> The manuals I currently have are:
>
> UNIX (R) System V, Release 3
> Block and Character Interface (BCI)
> Driver Development Guide
> 307-191
> Issue 1
> Preliminary
>
> UNIX (R) System V, Release 3
> Block and Character Interface (BCI)
> Driver Reference Manual
> 307-192
> Issue 2
> Preliminary
>
> My question: Before I try to burrow into the documentary bureaucracy at
> AT&T, et al, are there any newer/better editions of these docs available?
> (And are the deltas worth the $$$?)
I also have these documents, and as far as I know, they are the latest. While
very useful, they lack details applicable to i386 machines. If you're seriously
getting into drivers for 386/ix, I regard the following document mandatory:
AT&T UNIX System V/386 Release 3.2
Integrated Software Developers Guide
Its got sample sources to some drivers, and outlines all the 386-specific
development and installation info for System V drivers. It is available from
Interactive.
Interactive's "386/ix Software Development System Guide" supplements this info
for 386/ix.
If you're developing communications drivers for 386/ix, you'll need to get
up to speed on AT&T STREAMS. The relevant books are:
AT&T UNIX System V/386 Release 3.2
STREAMS Primer
AT&T UNIX System V/386 Release 3.2
STREAMS Programmer's Guide
These are the "bibles" for such work.
Cheers,
Chris Amies
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