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Developing MDI network adapter drivers
Introduction to MDI
MDI driver structure
Header files and declarations
MDI driver initialization, configuration, and closing
MDI transmit data
MDI interrupt handling
Driver configuration
SVR5 MDI configuration
SCO OpenServer 5 MDI configuration
Porting network adapter drivers to MDI 2
Porting SCO OpenServer 5 MDI drivers to MDI 2
Coding changes
Makefile changes
Modifications to DSP files
Porting SVR5 DLPI drivers to MDI 2
MDI style guidelines
General guidelines
Handling hardware errors
MDI advanced features
Multiprocessor-safe drivers
Driver dependencies
Maximum PDU size
Configurable MAC address
Performance
Increasing receive performance
Increasing transmit performance
Configuring SVR5 MDI drivers
Driver Software Package (DSP) contents
Configuration notes
Retrieving CUSTOM information
Node file convention
Drvmap file convention
Extended ISA verify support
Configuring SCO OpenServer 5 MDI drivers
Adapter Options File (AOF)
ADAPTER: section
Specifying other sections
Acfg utilities for ISA adapters
Acfg output file format
Acfg search mode
Acfg set mode
Accessing the I/O bus and the address bus
lkcfg scripts
Stzget utility
lkcfg shell library functions
Script debugging tips
Testing and debugging MDI drivers
Code review
Debuging hints
Setting up the test machines
Installing MDI drivers for testing
SVR5 MDI driver installation
SCO OpenServer 5 MDI driver installation
Checking the driver package
Running the automated network driver test suites
Test network driver performance
General system stress test
Running manual tests
Using the SVR5 ndcert test suites
Installing the test suites
Executing the test suites
Viewing the journal (result) files
Detailed description of the test suites
MDI test suite
DLPI MDI (Data Link Provider Interface) test
TCP UTILITY test suite
DRIVER STRESS test suite
NCARD test suite
TCP STRESS and SPX STRESS test suites
NFS STRESS test suite
Example checklist
Testing SCO OpenServer 5 network adapter drivers
Creating help files for network driver configuration
Template and sample files
Help file guidelines
HTML format
Naming conventions
Appearance
Configuration parameters
Hotlinks
Comments
Trademarks
Localization
Testing
Related information
Documentation
Creating HTML
SCO ISDN adapter drivers
Creating an ISDN driver
ISDN I/O controls (ioctls)
The ISDN command message protocol
ISDN structures
Porting existing ISDN drivers
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