Chapter 2: Device Configuration

This information is essential when your work involves attaching a new device or a new class of devices to IRIX. The information is helpful background material when you intend to control a device from a user-level process.

The following primary topics are covered in this chapter.

• "Hardware Inventory" describes the hardware inventory table displayed by the hinv command and how the inventory is initialized.

• "Device Special Files" describes the system of filenames in /dev and how they are created.

• "Configuration Files" summarizes the files used for system generation and kernel configuration.

Hardware Inventory

Device Special Files

Configuration Files