(7) - Device drivers and driver interfaces

(7) - Device drivers and driver interfaces


Intro
introduction to special device files

intro
introduction to special device files

adsa
Adaptec AIC-7770 family SCSI host adapter subsystem

adsb
Adaptec PCI Ultra2 SCSI host adapter subsystem

adsc
Adaptec Standard Mode SCSI host adapter subsystem

adse
Adaptec Enhanced Mode SCSI host adapter subsystem

adsl
Adaptec PCI SCSI host adapter subsystem

adss
Adaptec AIC-6x60 family SCSI host adapter subsystem

adst70
Adaptec 66/33 MHz, 64/32-bit PCI Ultra160 SCSI host adapter subsystem

alp
algorithm pool management module

amd
AMD SCSI host adapter subsystem

asyc
asynchronous serial ports driver

blc
BusLogic SCSI host adapter subsystem

c7xx
Symbios Logic 53c7XX SCSI-2 Host Bus Adapter (obsolete)

c8xx
LSI Logic PCI to SCSI Host Bus Adapter

CHAP
Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol

ciss
Compaq Smart Array Controller Driver

clone
open any major/minor device pair on a STREAMS driver

cmtrak
HBA driver for Colorado Memory Trakker 120 and Trakker 250 tape drives

connld
line discipline for unique stream connections

console
console terminal devices

cpqsc
Compaq SCSI host bus adapter

cram
CMOS RAM interface

dak
Mylex DAC960 Array Controller

DCD
Direct-Coupled Disk host adapter Subsystem

disk
disk device file

display
system console display

dpt
DPT SCSI host adapter subsystem

dynamic_add_memory
driver call for adding dynamic memory

efp2
Olivetti SCSI host adapter subsystem (obsolete)

fd
floppy disk driver

fdeb
Future Domain 8-Bit SCSI host adapter subsystem (obsolete)

fdsb
Future Domain 16-Bit SCSI host adapter subsystem

filesystem
filesystem organization

flashpt
BusLogic FlashPoint SCSI host adapter subsystem

ictha
Integral Cartridge Tape Host Adapter driver

ida
Compaq Intelligent Drive Array Controllers

IDE
Generic IDE/ATAPI controller Subsystem

isdn
ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) device support

isdnioctl
ISDN ioctl commands

kbd
generalized string translation module

keyboard
system console keyboard

kmem
perform I/O on kernel memory based on symbol name

ldterm
standard STREAMS terminal line discipline module

lmsi
Phillips LMSI non-SCSI host bus adapter

lo
system name for the loopback interface

lo0
system name for the first loopback interface

log
interface to STREAMS error logging and event tracing

loop
software loopback network interface

loopback
software mechanism for local communication

lp
parallel port interface

marry
marry driver

mc01
Storage Device Interface (SDI) medium changer target driver

mcis
MCIS SCSI host adapter driver (obsolete)

mdi
MAC (Media Access Control) Driver Interface

mdiioctl
MDI ioctl commands

mem, kmem
core memory

mfpd
Multifunction Parallel Port Driver

mitsumi
Mitsumi CRMC-LU005S non-SCSI host bus adapter

mouse
mouse device driver for bus, serial, and PS/2 mouse devices

null
the null file

PAP
Password Authentication Protocol

pckt
STREAMS Packet Mode module

poll
low overhead interface to input/output multiplexing

ppp
Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) and driver

PPP
Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) and driver

pppauth
Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) authentication

prf
operating system profiler

ptem
STREAMS pseudo-terminal emulation module

ptosm
I2O pass-through OSM

pty
STREAMS pseudo-terminal driver

qlc1020
QLogic PCI SCSI host adapter

qlc12160
QLogic PCI SCSI host adapter

qlc2100
QLogic PCI FC host adapter

qlc2200
QLogic PCI FC host adapter

qlc2300
QLogic PCI FC host adapter

sad
STREAMS Administrative Driver

sc01
CD-ROM Target Driver

sd01
Storage Device Interface (SDI) disk target driver

sdi
Storage Device Interface subsystem

sony
Sony CDU31A, CDU33A and CDU535 non-SCSI host bus adapter

spx
STREAMS bi-directional pipe device

st01
Storage Device Interface (SDI) tape target driver

streamio
STREAMS ioctl commands

sw01
Storage Device Interface (SDI) WORM Target Driver

tape
tape devices

termio
general terminal interface

termiox
extended general terminal interface

ttcompat
V7 and 4BSD STREAMS compatibility module

tty
controlling terminal interface

vtoc
fdisk disk partition and UnixWare slices

wd7000
WD7000 FASST2 host adapter subsystem (obsolete)

zero
source of zeroes

zl5380
5380 compatible SCSI host adaptor subsystem (obsolete)

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UnixWare 7 Release 7.1.4 - 25 April 2004