This guide describes the ways in which hardware
devices are integrated into and controlled from a
Silicon Graphics computer system running the IRIX
operating system version 6.2 and above.
Three general classes of device-control software exist
in an IRIX system: process-level drivers,
kernel-level drivers, and STREAMS drivers.
This manual, provides information and procedures for developing,
installing, and testing UNIX® device drivers
for IRIX(TM)
5.2, 5.3, and 6.0. Based on Writing Device Drivers for Silicon
Graphics Workstations (007-0910-010), first published in 1989,
the current version contains numerous corrections and updates as
well as information for new platforms and operating systems.
This manual is a guide to writing device drivers for Silicon Graphics
workstations and servers. It is intended for experienced C programmers
and C++ programmers who have a good working knowledge of the
architecture of Silicon Graphics computer systems.
IRIX Device Driver Reference Pages
Document 007-2183-002 (1993)
"This manual, provides man page information for
developing
UNIX device drivers for IRIX 5.0 and
later releases."
The IRIX Device Driver Programming Guide explains how to write software
character device drivers for Silicon Graphics workstations and servers.
Device drivers establish communication from a user process to a peripheral
device. The IRIX Device Driver Reference Pages manual contains reference
pages (man pages) for functions and data structures that are used to
develop device drivers. These manuals apply to IRIX Releases 5.0 and
later.
Before viewing these manuals with InSight, you must first use inst(1) to
install them. The inst command is:
where <this_directory> is the full pathname of the directory that contains this README file. The DevDriver product consists of two subsystems, one for each manual. Their sizes are as follows:
k I DevDriver.books.DevDriver_PG * 0 3431+ IRIX Device Drivers Programming Guide
k I DevDriver.books.DevDriver_RP * 0 3841+ IRIX Device Drivers Reference Pages
After installing the manuals, you can view them with the IRIS InSight Viewer by giving either of these commands:
iiv
or choose Help from the system toolchest and select On-line Books.
More information about InSight is available from the insight(1) reference
page and insight online help.
These manuals can be obtained in printed form by ordering Marketing Code
M4-DVDR-3.0. The InSight versions of these manual contain minor
corrections, but are otherwise the same as these printed versions.