New requirements for UNIX device drivers arise every week. These requirements range from drivers for mice to graphical display cards, from point of sales terminals to intelligent telephone exchanges. Writing Device Drivers for SCO UNIX is based on a training course run by The Santa Cruz Operation Ltd. It is a practical guide that will equip you with the skills you need to meet the challenge of writing a variety of device drivers. You will explore: The structure and mechanisms of an operating system, the concept of device independence and computer peripheral architecture Numerous hands-on exercises. By working through these exercises you will . . . Write a device driver for a mouse Write a Stream driver Write a simple line discipline Experiment with interrupts Examples based on the best selling, most up to date version 3.2 V4 of SCO UNIX Principles that will enable you to extend your skills to writing device drivers for other operating systems. If you are a student or a professional systems programmer with some experience of using C and developing UNIX programs you will find this book an invaluable guide.

A detailed presentation of UNIX device driver architectures, practical template-based implementation methodology, and functional tools and sample device drivers.

Pajari provides application programmers with definitive information on writing device drivers for the UNIX operating system. The comprehensive coverage includes the four major categories of UNIX device drivers: character, block, terminal, and stream drivers. (Operating Systems)

Offers practical, hands-on guidance in developing your own device drives. Clearly demonstrates how to write device drivers for adding disk drives, printers, magnetic tapes and other peripherals to your Unix system. Presents procedures for developing and testing new device drivers including how to select a convenient working directory; use make-files; preserve and boot alternative kernal versions; debug driver code and much more. Packed with examples which illustrate each operation in practice.

For users of the Digital UNIX (formerly DEC OSF/1) operating system, as well as for systems engineers interested in writing UNIX-based device drivers. Discusses how to write device drivers for computer systems running the Digital UNIX operating system. In addition, the volume provides information on designing drivers, UNIX-based data structures, and OSF-based kernel interfaces. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR