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Configuring a Kernel-level EISA Device Driver

To configure a kernel-level EISA device driver, you must add certain system files to the kernel, create various data structures, and write the driver.

File Requirements

The following files must be created or modified from existing models and added to the kernel:

  1. A system file with a directive telling lboot, the configuration utility, how to include your driver and specify which memory space your device will allocate. This is installed into /var/sysgen/system directory using the driver name appended by ".sm". See "Including EISA Drivers in the Kernel," for information on what to include in this file.

  2. A master file under /var/sysgen/master.d. The name of the master file is the same as the name of the object file for the driver, but the master file must not have the .o suffix.

  3. Copy the driver object file (the .o file) to /var/sysgen/boot.
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