MAC Driver Interface (MDI) Network Driver Code Samples
The ndsample package (version 8.0.2a) includes
the following sample MDI network drivers for OpenServer 6 and UnixWare 7:
- e3B
-
3Com 3C503 EtherLink II ISA series (DDI version 7 for Ethernet adapters)
- e3D
-
3Com 3C507 EtherLink 16 ISA series (DDI version 8 for Ethernet adapters)
- tok
-
IBM Token-Ring Network Adapter Series (DDI version 7 for Token Ring adapters)
- shrk
-
Matrox NS100/1 and Osicom 2300 (multithreaded DDI version 8 for PCI Ethernet adapters)
Version 8.0.2a of the ndsample package differs from previous versions in the
following ways:
- Updated mdi.mk to work on OpenServer 6.
- Fixed a few (but not all) WARNINGS when sample drivers are compiled.
- Corrected typos in /usr/src/hdk/net/README.
For current information about the entire UnixWare/OpenServer
Hardware Developers Kit (HDK) release, see the
HDK Release Notes.
Note: Documentation references on this page link to the
Product Documentation.
They are also available on your local system when the
baseMAN, HDKdoc, and HDKman
packages are installed.
System requirements
The ndsample package has no installation dependencies.
The samples can be installed on OpenServer 6, UnixWare 7 and OpenServer 5.0.5 (and later).
However, samples can only be built and installed on OpenServer 6 and UnixWare 7 systems.
The O5ndsampl package contains sample MDI network drivers for OpenServer 5 systems.
OpenServer 6 does not require any additional package installations prior
to installing ndsample.
Unixware 7 requires the following packages be installed on your system before
building and packaging the sample drivers:
- cmds
-
Advanced Commands
- uccs
-
UDK Optimizing C Compilation System (included with the UDK)
- usoftint
-
Software Packaging Tools (included with the UDK)
You must install the uccs and usoftint packages (see above)
from the UnixWare and OpenServer Development Kit (UDK) CD before you can create
installable packages. This CD is included with your UnixWare 7 distribution media.
See the UDK documentation for more information.
Installation
To install the ndsample package from:
downloaded files
- Log in as root.
- Download the package to an installation directory; for
example, /tmp.
- Use the
pkgadd(1M)
command to install it by entering:
- pkgadd -d /tmp/ndsample
media distribution
- Log in as root.
- Insert the CD-ROM in the drive
- Use the
pkgadd(1M)
command to install it by entering:
- pkgadd -d cdrom1 ndsample
This will place the MDI sample driver files in the
/usr/src/hdk/net/mdi directory.
Configuration
No specific configuration is required.
For more information
More information concerning MDI drivers may be found in
Developing MDI network adapter drivers.
See also
Network Driver Certification Test
Suite for information about testing and debugging your driver.
A README file is included with the sample drivers in
/usr/src/hdk/net/README to provide additional information.
