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SMPProgAdd - Device Drivers In OS/2 Warp Server for SMP

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SMP Programming Addendum
  1. How to Use the SMP Programming Addendum
  2. Introduction to OS/2 Warp Server Version 4 Advanced
  3. Platform Specific Drivers (PSDs)
  4. High Memory Support
  5. Raw File System
  6. Processor Management and Performance Functions
  7. Application Considerations
  8. Device Drivers In OS/2 Warp Server for SMP
  9. New Device Helper (DevHlp) Routines
  10. Kernel Debugger
  11. The ICAT Debugger
  12. Software Trace Facility (STRACE)
  13. View and Set Program Type For Executable File (MARKEXE)
  14. Data Types
  15. Errors
  16. Generic IOCtl Commands
  17. Sample Source Code for a PSD
  18. Comments, Please!
  19. Glossary
  20. Notices

Existing device drivers run on OS/2 Warp Server for SMP without modification provided that they use the device helper (DevHlp) routines to access the interrupt controller. Device drivers which access the interrupt controller directly, or which mask and unmask interrupts directly through the controller, will need to be changed.