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.TH INTRO 9S "May 15, 2001"
.SH NAME
Intro, intro \- introduction to kernel data structures and properties
.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
Section 9P describes kernel properties used by device drivers. Section 9S
describes the data structures used by drivers to share information between the
driver and the kernel. See \fBIntro\fR(9E) for an overview of device driver
interfaces.
.sp
.LP
In Section 9S, reference pages contain the following headings:
.RS +4
.TP
.ie t \(bu
.el o
\fBNAME\fR summarizes the purpose of the structure or property.
.RE
.RS +4
.TP
.ie t \(bu
.el o
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR lists the include file that defines the structure or property.
.RE
.RS +4
.TP
.ie t \(bu
.el o
\fBINTERFACE\fR \fBLEVEL\fR describes any architecture dependencies.
.RE
.RS +4
.TP
.ie t \(bu
.el o
\fBDESCRIPTION\fR provides general information about the structure or property.
.RE
.RS +4
.TP
.ie t \(bu
.el o
\fBSTRUCTURE\fR \fBMEMBERS\fR lists all accessible structure members (for
Section 9S).
.RE
.RS +4
.TP
.ie t \(bu
.el o
\fBSEE\fR \fBALSO\fR gives sources for further information.
.RE
.sp
.LP
Of the preceding headings, Section 9P reference pages contain the \fBNAME\fR,
\fBDESCRIPTION\fR, and \fBSEE\fR \fBALSO\fR fields.
.sp
.LP
Every driver MUST include <\fBsys/ddi.h\fR> and <\fBsys/sunddi.h\fR>, in that
order, and as final entries.
.sp
.LP
The following table summarizes the STREAMS structures described in Section 9S.
.sp

.sp
.TS
box;
c | c
l | l .
Structure	Type
_
\fBcopyreq\fR	DDI/DKI
_
\fBcopyresp\fR	DDI/DKI
_
\fBdatab\fR	DDI/DKI
_
\fBfmodsw\fR	Solaris DDI
_
\fBfree_rtn\fR	DDI/DKI
_
\fBiocblk\fR	DDI/DKI
_
\fBlinkblk\fR	DDI/DKI
_
\fBmodule_info\fR	DDI/DKI
_
\fBmsgb\fR	DDI/DKI
_
\fBqband\fR	DDI/DKI
_
\fBqinit\fR	DDI/DKI
_
\fBqueclass\fR	Solaris DDI
_
\fBqueue\fR	DDI/DKI
_
\fBstreamtab\fR	DDI/DKI
_
\fBstroptions\fR	DDI/DKI
.TE

.sp
.LP
The following table summarizes structures that are not specific to STREAMS I/O.
.sp

.sp
.TS
box;
c | c
l | l .
Structure	Type
_
\fBaio_req\fR	Solaris DDI
_
\fBbuf\fR	DDI/DKI
_
\fBcb_ops\fR	Solaris DDI
_
\fBddi_device_acc_attr\fR	Solaris DDI
_
\fBddi_dma_attr\fR	Solaris DDI
_
\fBddi_dma_cookie\fR	Solaris DDI
_
\fBddi_dma_lim_sparc\fR	Solaris SPARC DDI
_
\fBddi_dma_lim_x86\fR	Solaris x86 DDI
_
\fBddi_dma_req\fR	Solaris DDI
_
\fBddi_dmae_req\fR	Solaris x86 DDI
_
\fBddi_idevice_cookie\fR	Solaris DDI
_
\fBddi_mapdev_ctl\fR	Solaris DDI
_
\fBdevmap_callback_ctl\fR	Solaris DDI
_
\fBdev_ops\fR	Solaris DDI
_
\fBiovec\fR	DDI/DKI
_
\fBkstat\fR	Solaris DDI
_
\fBkstat_intr\fR	Solaris DDI
_
\fBkstat_io\fR	Solaris DDI
_
\fBkstat_named\fR	Solaris DDI
_
\fBmap\fR	DDI/DKI
_
\fBmodldrv\fR	Solaris DDI
_
\fBmodlinkage\fR	Solaris DDI
_
\fBmodlstrmod\fR	Solaris DDI
_
\fBscsi_address\fR	Solaris DDI
_
\fBscsi_arq_status\fR	Solaris DDI
_
\fBscsi_device\fR	Solaris DDI
_
\fBscsi_extended_sense\fR	Solaris DDI
_
\fBscsi_hba_tran\fR	Solaris DDI
_
\fBscsi_inquiry\fR	Solaris DDI
_
\fBscsi_pkt\fR	Solaris DDI
_
\fBscsi_status\fR	Solaris DDI
_
\fBuio\fR	DDI/DKI
.TE

.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
\fBIntro\fR(9E)
.SH NOTES
.sp
.LP
Do not declare arrays of structures as the size of the structures can change
between releases. Rely only on the structure members listed in this chapter and
not on unlisted members or the position of a member in a structure.