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Page 3 - About This Document

Table of Contents About This Document ........................................................................................................ 9 1 Overview ....................................................................................................................... 13 LAN Driver Architectu...

Page 5 - List of Figures

List of Figures 1-1 HP-DLPI LAN Driver Architecture...............................................................................................14 1-2 Native LAN Driver Architecture...................................................................................................15 5

Page 7 - List of Tables

List of Tables 1 Publishing History Details...................................................................................................................9 2 HP-UX 11i Releases...........................................................................................................................

Page 9 - Intended Audience; Table 1 Publishing History Details; Typographical Conventions; man audit

About This Document This manual lists and describes the changes between HP-UX 11i v2 and 11i v3 that affect a networkdriver migration. It also provides information on how to migrate your network driver fromHP-UX 11i v2 to 11i v3. The document printing date and part number indicate the document’s cur...

Page 10 - Emphasis; Bold; ComputerOut; UserInput; Command; HP-UX Release Name and Release Identifier; uname; Related Documents; DDK FAQ; HP Encourages Your Comments

KeyCap The name of a keyboard key. Note that Return and Enter both refer to the same key. Emphasis Text that is emphasized. Bold Text that is strongly emphasized. Bold The defined use of an important word or phrase. ComputerOut Text displayed by the computer. UserInput Commands and other text that y...

Page 11 - Email & Internet Resources; Developer Resource at:; Support and Compatibility Disclaimers

Email & Internet Resources Interface program and developer resource materials are available at the following locations: • Interface Program E-mail at: [email protected] • Developer Resource at: http://devresource.hp.com/ Support and Compatibility Disclaimers Because drivers function at the lev...

Page 13 - Overview; HP-DLPI LAN Driver Architecture

1 Overview The HP-UX 11i v2 to 11i v3 Network Driver Migration Guide provides 3rd party developers aresource to understand the HP-UX network stack architecture and network API changes betweenHP-UX 11i v2 and 11i v3 and an overview for migrating network drivers from HP-UX 11i v2 to11i v3. This docume...

Page 14 - Figure 1-1 HP-DLPI LAN Driver Architecture; Native STREAMS DLPI LAN Driver Architecture; Inform HP-DLPI every time its hardware state changes.

Figure 1-1 HP-DLPI LAN Driver Architecture PCI Bus HP-DLPI to Driver Interface DLPI 2.0 APIwithHP Extensionsvia STREAMSInterfaces Ethernet Card HP-DLPI Infrastructure Tightly Coupled WSIO Network Interface Driver for Ethernet MAC types HP-UX Kernel Services WSIO Services STREAMS Services NetTL Servi...

Page 17 - Native STREAMS DLPI LAN Driver Migration

2 Native STREAMS DLPI LAN Driver Migration The dl_hp_create_info_t data structure that is used during registration of the driver with HP-DLPI has been extended with the following new fields. These new fields must be setappropriately before registering with HP-DLPI:• dhc_features_one_cap • dhc_featur...

Page 19 - Non-Native HP-DLPI LAN Driver Migration

3 Non-Native HP-DLPI LAN Driver Migration A non-native Networking driver relies on the HP-DLPI layer to interface with the transport layer.A driver has to conform to the DLPI/driver interface specifications. Descriptions of how to writea non-native driver are provided in the “Writing a LAN Driver Un...

HP 5991-7955 - Manual

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