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Section 9 provides reference information needed to write device drivers in the
kernel environment. It describes two device driver interface specifications: the
Device Driver Interface (DDI) and the Driver⁄Kernel Interface (DKI).
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Section 9E describes the DDI/DKI, DDI-only, and DKI-only entry-point routines a
developer can include in a device driver.
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Section 9F describes the kernel functions available for use by device drivers.
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Section 9S describes the data structures used by drivers to share information
between the driver and the kernel.
Below is a generic format for man pages. The man pages of each manual section
generally follow this order, but include only needed headings. For example, if there
are no bugs to report, there is no BUGS section. See the intro pages for more
information and detail about each section, and man(1) for more information about man
pages in general.
NAME This section gives the names of the commands or
functions documented, followed by a brief
description of what they do.
SYNOPSIS This section shows the syntax of commands or
functions. When a command or file does not exist
in the standard path, its full path name is shown.
Options and arguments are alphabetized, with
single letter arguments first, and options with
arguments next, unless a different argument order
is required.
The following special characters are used in this
section:
[ ] Brackets. The option or argument
enclosed in these brackets is optional. If
the brackets are omitted, the argument
must be specified.
. . . Ellipses. Several values can be provided
for the previous argument, or the
previous argument can be specified
multiple times, for example, "filename
...".
| Separator. Only one of the arguments
separated by this character can be
specified at a time.
{ } Braces. The options and/or arguments
enclosed within braces are
interdependent, such that everything
enclosed must be treated as a unit.
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