DDI and ODDI driver interfaces
DDI (Device Driver Interface)
is the basic interface used to write kernel-level drivers
for OpenServer 6 and UnixWare 7 systems.
ODDI (OpenServer 5 Device Driver Interface)
is the OpenServer 5 equivalent.
These interfaces provide entry-point routines,
kernel functions, and kernel structures
for functionality such as data transfers,
synchronization, and autoconfiguration of drivers.
DDI 8 and DDI 8mp
are the most recent versions supported on OpenServer 6 and
UnixWare 7;
ODDI 5 and ODDI 5mp
are the most recent versions supported on OpenServer 5.
The DDI and ODDI interfaces also include
the STREAMS interface,
but STREAMS is documented separately.
See the
Product Documentation
for the following references.
DDI is documented in the following:
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Section D1 manual pages
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Section D2 manual pages
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Section D3 manual pages
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Section D4 manual pages
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Developing OpenServer 5 kernel drivers
ODDI is documented in the following:
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Section D2oddi manual pages
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Section D3oddi manual pages
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Section D4oddi manual pages
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Developing OpenServer kernel drivers
DDI and ODDI are different in many ways
but also have similarities.
See the individual manual pages
for entry point routines, functions, and structures
for information about equivalent functionality
on the other platform.
Some other useful documentation pointers include:
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For information about implementing specific functionality
on both platforms, see
the HDK Technical Reference.
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For information about porting drivers
from OpenServer 5 to OpenServer 6 or UnixWare 7, see
``Porting drivers to DDI 8''.
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For information about new features in DDI8 and OpenServer 6, see
``New driver features in DDI 8''.
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For general guidelines about implementing
kernel-level drivers on both platforms, see
``Guidelines for all kernel drivers''.
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