Writing Device Drivers for Sco Unix

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Writing Device Drivers for SCO" UNIX A Practical Approach Peter Kettle and Steve Statler New requirements for UNIX device drivers arise every week. These requirements rangé from drivers for mice to graphical display cards, from point of sale terminals to intelligent telephone exchanges. Writing Device Driverj 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. Peter Kettle is the Training Manager at SCO Ltd and has extensive UNIX expertise. Steve Statler, previously of SCO, is currently working as the UK Technical Support Manager for Sequent Computer Systems. ',.>. '>:. '''l'/v; 'í You will explore: •The structure and mechanism of an operating system, the concept of device independence and computer peripheral architetture •Numerous hands-on exercises. By working through these exercises you will: ...Write a device driver for a... Tovább

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Writing Device Drivers for SCO" UNIX A Practical Approach Peter Kettle and Steve Statler New requirements for UNIX device drivers arise every week. These requirements rangé from drivers for mice to graphical display cards, from point of sale terminals to intelligent telephone exchanges. Writing Device Driverj 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. Peter Kettle is the Training Manager at SCO Ltd and has extensive UNIX expertise. Steve Statler, previously of SCO, is currently working as the UK Technical Support Manager for Sequent Computer Systems. ',.>. '>:. '''l'/v; 'í You will explore: •The structure and mechanism of an operating system, the concept of device independence and computer peripheral architetture •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 uptodate version 3.2 V4of 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 somé experience of using C and developing UNIX programs you will find this book an invaluable guide. Vissza