Conference hydra::axp-developer

3318.0. "Morgan Software" by HYDRA::AXPDEVELOPER (Alpha Developer support) Thu Mar 13 1997 04:59

    Company Name :  Morgan Software
    Contact Name :  Doyle C. Davidson
    Phone        :  (770) 612-8282
    Fax          :  (770) 242-7993
    Email        :  [email protected]
    Date/Time in :  13-MAR-1997 04:58:28
    Entered by   :  Nick Hudson
    SPE center   :  REO

    Category     :  unix
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    Brief Description of Problem:
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From:	SMTP%"[email protected]" 12-MAR-1997 15:55:16.64
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Subj:	Driver Driver kit part of SDK?

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Subject: Driver Driver kit part of SDK?
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Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 15:12:29 -0500 (EST)
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To whom it may concern,

Are all of the necessary tools and documentation for developing a
device driver provided in the SDK available to ASAP members?

Thanks in advance!

Doyle
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Doyle C. Davidson                     Email: [email protected]
Director - Unix Systems Development   Phone: (770) 612-8282
Morgan Software - Atlanta, Georgia    FAX:   (770) 242-7993

From:	SMTP%"[email protected]" 12-MAR-1997 15:55:22.96
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Subj:	SETLD KITS help

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From: [email protected] (Doyle Davidson)
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Subject: SETLD KITS help
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Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 14:43:31 -0500 (EST)
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To whom it may concern,

I am attempting to build a "setld distribution kit" and am having a
question as to how to set a particular file characteristic:

    When the "kits" command is run, it generates the inventory file
    based on the current file atrtibutes.  Specifically "user id" 
    is specified numerically. 

    Problem:  I want to specify a "text user ID" since the user ID
    that the files should belong to may not have the same numeric user
    ID as the system generating the kit.  Ex:  I want the file to
    belong to "joe".  My UID for joe may be 300, but on the customer's
    system it may be 400.

    Question:  Must I always edit the ".inv" inventory files manually
    after execution of the "kits" command?  Or is there some other
    proper method to specify the user name?

Thanks in advance!!

Doyle
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Doyle C. Davidson                     Email: [email protected]
Director - Unix Systems Development   Phone: (770) 612-8282
Morgan Software - Atlanta, Georgia    FAX:   (770) 242-7993

nb the basenote contains two problems, one with device drivers, one with
setld.  I'll use this topic just for the device driver one, I've entered
a new note (3319) for the setld one

From:	DEC:.REO.REOVTX::HUDSON       "[email protected] - UK Software
Partner Engineering 830-4121" 14-MAR-1997 16:10:55.13
To:	nm%vbormc::"[email protected]"
CC:	HUDSON
Subj:	RE: Driver Driver kit part of SDK?

Hello Doyle Davidson

Thank-you for your ASAP query on device driver documentation (I'll reply to the
one on "setld" separately).

I don't think there's anything in the ASAP SDK specifically relating to device
drivers.  You can find the contents of the SDK on the web at :

http://www.partner.digital.com/www-swdev/pages/Home/ASAP/unix_sdk_contents.html

which is one of the pages you can get to from the main Digital Software
Developer pages (see "http://www.partner.digital.com/www-swdev/")

What is probably more useful is the standard Unix documentation set, which
ships on the CDs with the operating system, and contains a section on "Driver
Documentation", which has the following manuals:

	Writing Device Drivers: Tutorial
	Writing Device Drivers: Reference
	Writing Device Drivers: Advanced Topics
	Writing Device Drivers for the SCSI/CAM Architecture
	Writing EISA and ISA Bus Device Drivers
	Writing PCI Bus Device Drivers
	Writing TURBOchannel Device Drivers
	Writing VMEBus Device Drivers


I am not aware of any specific extra products you can buy that would constitute
a driver developer kit, or "DDK".

I hope this information is helpful to you

Regards

Nick Hudson
Digital Software Partner Engineering