Chapter 8: Structure of a Kernel-Level Driver
The software structure of a block or character device driver: the entry points it provides for kernel use, and how it communicates with user-level processes
Chapter 9: Device Driver/Kernel Interface
A topical survey of the facilities the IRIX kernel provides to device drivers.
Chapter 10: Building and Installing a Driver
How a kernel-level driver is compiled, loaded, and linked with the IRIX kernel.
Chapter 11: Testing and Debugging a Driver
How a kernel-level driver is tested and debugged using symmon and other facilities.
Chapter 12: Driver Example
Annotated code of a simple memory-mapping device driver.
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