friedl@vsi.UUCP (Stephen J. Friedl) (03/04/88)
Netpeople,
I'd like to put in a plug for a really fantastic resource to
you 3B people out there: The _AT&T 3B2 and 3B5 Driver Design
Guide_. This guide is packed with great info on your 3B2 and 3B5
kernel. Table of contents is:
1) Introduction
2) Firmware implementation
3) Kernel/Driver interface
4) Driver configuration
5) 3B2 computer dependent information
6) 3B5 computer dependent information
7) Diagnostics
A) Tty subsystem
B) Block I/O subsystem
C) Sleep and wakeup example
D) Self-configuration example
E) Master file
F) System file
G) 3B2 computer edit_tbl command
H) Registers
I) 3B2 computer block device driver (*source!*)
J) 3B2 computer character driver (*source!*)
K) 3B5 computer block device driver (*source!*)
L) 3B5 computer character driver (*source!*)
M) Writing drivers for systems with paging
N) Change drivers associated with a feature card
Appendices I through L contains source to the 3B2 PORTS and
disk driver, plus the same for the 3B5. It is not machine-
readable and it is growing more out of date all the time, but it
has provided an incredible wealth of information if you want to
turn your 3B2 inside out.
My document (Issue 1, Nov 1984) has has Comcode 305-495 and
can be ordered from the AT&T Customer Information Center --
that's their documentation hotline: their number is (800) 432-
6600. They are not very friendly there but all you are doing is
ordering books so what do you expect. I think I paid $50 for
this and has been worth many orders of magnitude more than that.
Steve
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uucp : {kentvax, uunet, attmail, ihnp4!amdcad!uport}!vsi!friedljgy@hropus.UUCP (John Young) (03/09/88)
Stephen Friedl writes: > I'd like to put in a plug for a really fantastic resource to > you 3B people out there: The _AT&T 3B2 and 3B5 Driver Design > Guide_. This guide is packed with great info on your 3B2 and 3B5 > kernel. Table of contents is: > > .............. [ More details and praise deleted ] .......... > > My document (Issue 1, Nov 1984) has has Comcode 305-495 and > can be ordered from the AT&T Customer Information Center -- > that's their documentation hotline: their number is (800) 432- > 6600. They are not very friendly there but all you are doing is > ordering books so what do you expect. I think I paid $50 for > this and has been worth many orders of magnitude more than that. Anyone ordering this should probably also order: Comcode: 305-498 This is the Feb. 1986 addendum to the above mentioned guide. As well as correcting some information in the origonal, it also gives info. on writing device drivers for use on PAGING (SVR3 and higher) systems which is totally absent from the first release. John Young p.s. Could someone outside of ATT& please acknowledge (via email please!) seeing this article posted! I'm not sure if my news feed is working properly. Thanks..... Maybe just people with a surname in the first quater (i.e. Friedl) of the alphabet! (I don't want a flood!)
ford@kenobi.UUCP (Mike Ditto) (03/09/88)
Posting-Front-End: GNU Emacs 18.41.10 of Fri Oct 2 1987 on kenobi (usg-unix-v) In article <340@vsi.UUCP> friedl@vsi.UUCP (Stephen J. Friedl) writes: > I'd like to put in a plug for a really fantastic resource to > you 3B people out there: The _AT&T 3B2 and 3B5 Driver Design > Guide_. > [ ... ] > My document (Issue 1, Nov 1984) has has Comcode 305-495 and > can be ordered from the AT&T Customer Information Center -- > that's their documentation hotline: their number is (800) 432- > 6600. > [ ... ] I called the above number, and was told that the item was cancelled as of October, 1987, and can no longer be ordered. If anyone knows where I can get a copy of this document, please send me mail. Interestingly enough, an addendum to the guide is available for $30, and I ordered one just to see what it is. The person who took the order said I can return it if it's not useful. -=] Ford [=- "Well, he didn't know what to do, so (In Real Life: Mike Ditto) he decided to look at the government, ford%kenobi@crash.CTS.COM to see what they did, and scale it ...!sdcsvax!crash!kenobi!ford down and run his life that way." -- Laurie Anderson
news@sigi.Colorado.EDU (Network News) (03/10/88)
>In article <340@vsi.UUCP> friedl@vsi.UUCP (Stephen J. Friedl) writes: >> The _AT&T 3B2 and 3B5 Driver Design Guide_. >> My document (Issue 1, Nov 1984) has has Comcode 305-495 and >> can be ordered from the AT&T Customer Information Center--(800) 432-6600. >I called the above number, and was told that the item was cancelled as >of October, 1987, and can no longer be ordered. If anyone knows where >I can get a copy of this document, please send me mail. From: grubin@tramp.Colorado.EDU (Rick Grubin) Path: tramp!grubin I, too, would appreciate mail concerning the whereabouts of this document. As Mike did, I called the hotine number and was told the document no longer exists. And I want one. So, if possible, please point me (us) in the right direction. Thanks much in advance. Rick Grubin, Academic Computing Services, University of Colorado, Boulder grubin@tramp.Colorado.EDU ...{nbires,hao,ihnp4}!boulder!tramp!grubin