Storage Device Driver Reference
Reprint Courtesy of International Business Machines Corporation, © International Business Machines Corporation
About This Book
The Storage Device Driver Reference provides a simplified programming interface to expedite the development of DASD, SCSI, and CD-ROM device driver support for the IBM OS/2 product.
Frequently, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) develop device support to drive only their own unique device interfaces and the support may be hardware-dependent. The programming interfaces described in this reference categorize the DASD, SCSI, and CD-ROM device-driver modules as hardware-dependent or hardware-independent. Hardware-independent modules can be linked dynamically with hardware-dependent modules for a given workstation configuration.
Summary of Changes
The following changes have been made:
- Added a new chapter, Optical IOCtl Device Driver Test Tool.
- Removed chapters on Device Driver Test Tools, which described the 16-bit support: DASD IOCtl, DASD ADD, SCSI IOCtl, SCSI ADD, and CD-ROM.
- Added replacement chapters, describing the 32-bit support, for DASD IOCtl and CD-ROM Device Driver Test Tools.
How This Book is Organized
- Notices contains trademark and service mark notices and information.
- Introduction to DASD, SCSI, and CD-ROM Programming Interfaces introduces the OS/2 DASD,SCSI, and CD-ROM programming interfaces for OEM device support, and describes what they are and what they are not. It shows the organization of the code, and presents various types of device drivers, device managers, adapter device drivers, and filter device drivers.
- Installation of OS/2, DASD, SCSI, and CD-ROM Device Drivers describes key design points and the strategies for addressing them. The BASEDEV keyword, introduced in OS/2 2.0, is described. This chapter describes system and adapter device driver installations along with the presence-check function.
- Adapter Device Driver Development Considerations covers pertinent considerations when developing adapter device drivers, such as loading, initialization, and operation.
- DASD, SCSI, and CD-ROM Device Manager Interface Specification presents the Direct Call Commands used with the DASD, SCSI, and CD-ROM device manager interface specification and the available device helpers (DevHlps). It covers I/O request blocks (IORBs) and their configuration, along with detailed descriptions of command codes, command modifiers, control blocks, and data structures.
- Error Handling contains a summary of all the adapter device driver error codes and guidelines for their usage.
- Adapter Device Driver Command-Line Parameters presents the adapter device driver command-line parameters and structures, including syntax conventions and specific parameter information for the various bus interfaces.
- DASD IOCtl Device Driver Test Tool discusses the DASD IOCtl Functional Verification Tests (FVTs) that exercise the Application Program Interfaces (APIs) defined for the DosDevIOCtl interface of DASD drivers. These tests are implemented with the Device Driver Test Tool.
- Optical IOCtl Device Driver Test Tool discusses the optical IOCtl Functional Verification Tests (FVTs) that exercise the Application Program Interfaces (APIs) defined for optical device drivers. The tests are implemented with the Device Driver Test Tool.
- Using Filter Device Drivers presents filter device drivers and the strategies for providing filter functions.
- Library and Services provides a complement of library services for common adapter device driver tasks.
- CD-ROM Device Manager Interface Specification provides CD-ROM specific device driver support information.
- CD-ROM Device Driver Test Tool discusses the Application Program Interfaces (APIs) defined for the interface of CD-ROM drivers.
- Building an OS/2 Virtual Disk Driver describes how to program and build an OS/2 virtual disk driver.
- OS2DASD.DMD - Technical Reference describes how the OS2DASD Manager provides support for fixed and removable magnetic disks.
- Boot Record Architecture describes how to install, create, and delete block devices in the Extended DOS partition. This appendix also discuss BIOS Parameter Blocks and Get Device Parameters for Extended Volumes.
- Extended Device Driver Interface Specification describes the supports for servicing fixed disk devices.
- I/O Request Block - C Definitionslists the I/O request block C language definitions for adapter device driver device support.
- OS/2 SCSI Device Driver Interface Specification describes the high-level interface for the SCSI device driver for OS/2. All functions are listed.
- Advanced SCSI Programming Interface (ASPI) OS/2 Specification describes the advanced SCSI programming interface (ASPI) OS/2 specification. The information was provided by Adaptec Corporation.
- Adapter Device Driver Interface Questions and Answers covers the most commonly asked questions about adapter device driver interfaces. The answers are presented in detail.
- Device Driver Test Tool (DDTT) describes how to use the Device Driver Test Tool in different environments.
A glossary and an index appear at the back of the book.
Assistance
Technical support for device driver development is provided by the IBM Driver Development Support Center (DDSC) through a bulletin board system (BBS). You are encouraged to use the DDSC to obtain support by sending in your questions and reviewing the question and answer database which can be downloaded for off-line review.
To access the DDSC, dial 512-838-9717 (using a modem) to register and access the support system. For voice support in the United States, call 512-838-9493.
Additional assistance is available through the IBM Solution Developer Program. For membership information:
- Internet: ibmsdp@vnet.ibm.com
- US/Canada: 800-627-8363
- International: 770-835-9902
- International Fax: 770-835-9444
Notices
Fifth Edition (September 1997)
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