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Additional Reading
The following books, obtainable from Silicon Graphics, can be helpful when designing or testing a device driver.
- MIPS Compiling and Performance Tuning Guide, document number 007-2479-001, tells how to use the C compiler and related tools.
- MIPSpro Assembly Language Programmer's Guide, document number 007-2418-001, tells how to compile assembly-language modules.
- MIPSpro 64-Bit Porting and Transition Guide, document number 007-2391-001, documents the implications of the 64-bit execution mode for user programs.
- Topics in IRIX Programming, document number 008-2478-002, documents some of the sophisticated services offered by the IRIX kernel to user-level programs.
- MIPS R4000 User's Manual (2nd ed.) by Joe Heinrich, document number 007-2489-001, gives detailed information on the MIPS instruction set and hardware registers for the processor used in many Silicon Graphics computer systems (also available as HTML on http://www.mips.com/).
- MIPS R10000 User's Manual by Joe Heinrich gives detailed information on the MIPS instruction set and hardware registers for the processor used in certain high-end systems. Available only in HTML form from http://www.mips.com/.
- IRIX Administration: System Configuration and Operation, document number 007-2859-001, describes the basic adminstrative tools for configuring, operating, and tuning IRIX.
- IRIX Administration: Disks and File Systems, document number 007-2825-001, describes the configuration of new disk subsystems and the management of logical volumes and file systems.
- IRIX Administration: Peripheral Devices, document number 007-2861-001, describes the adminstration of tapes, printers, and other devices.
The following books, obtainable from bookstores or libraries, can also be helpful.
- Egan, Janet I., and Thomas J. Teixeira. Writing a UNIX Device Driver. John Wiley & Sons, 1992.
- Leffler, Samuel J., et alia. The Design and Implementation of the 4.3BSD UNIX Operating System. Palo Alto, California: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1989.
- A. Silberschatz, J. Peterson, and P. Galvin. Operating System Concepts, Third Edition. Addison Wesley Publishing Company, 1991.
- Heath, Steve. VMEbus User's Handbook. CRC Press, Inc, 1989. ISBN 0-8493-7130-9.
- Device Driver Reference, UNIX SVR4.2, UNIX Press 1992.
- UNIX System V Release 4 Programmer's Guide, UNIX SVR4.2. UNIX Press, 1992.
- STREAMS Modules and Drivers, UNIX SVR4.2, UNIX Press 1992. ISBN 0-13-066879.
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