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packages, upgrading
PACKET_BROADCAST flag
PACKET_HOST flag
PACKET_MULTICAST flag
PACKET_OTHERHOST flag
packets
management
multicasting
reception
reception of
transmission 2nd
page frame number (PFN)
page-oriented allocation functions 2nd
page.h header file
page_address macro
PAGE_SHIFT macro
PAGE_SHIFT symbol
PAGE_SIZE symbol 2nd
pages
allocators
faults caused by invalid pointers
physical addresses
size and portability
tables
I/O memory and
nopage VMA method
parallel ports
interrupt handlers
disabling
preparing for
stacking driver modules
param.h header file
parameters
assigning values
base module
modules
PARENB bitmask
PARODD bitmask
partial data transfers
read method
write method
passwords
pausing I/O
PC parallel interface
PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect)
devices
adding
deleting
DMA
double-address cycle mappings
drivers
adding
deleting
EISA
extended buses
interfaces
ISA
lists
MCA
NuBus
PC/104 and PC/104+
SBus
searching
VLB
pci_bus_type variable
PCI_CLASS variable
PCI_DEVICE macro
PCI_DEVICE_CLASS macro
PCI_DMA_FROMDEVICE symbol
PCI_DMA_TODEVICE symbol
PCI_ID variable
pci_map_sg function
pci_remove_bus_device function
pci_resource_ functions
PCI_SLOT_NAME variable
PCI_SUBSYS_ID variable
PDEBUG/PDEBUGG symbols
pending output, flushing 2nd
per-CPU variables
performance
allocating socket buffers
degrading by allocating too much memory
memory barriers and
mmap method
output buffers and
string operations and
Peripheral Component Interconnect
[See PCI]
peripherals (DMA)
perror calls
persistence of memory
PFN (page frame number)
pfn_to_page function
PG_locked flag
PG_reserved flag
PHYS variable
physical addresses 2nd [See also addresses]
pages
physical memory management of 2nd [See also memory]
pins
9/10 of parallel connector
interrupts (generating)
output 2nd 3rd
pipes (scull)
platform dependency 2nd
for modules
porting and
/proc/stat file
PLIP (Parallel Line Internet Protocol)
using Ethernet headers
interrupt handling differences
Plug and Play (PnP)
PnP (plug and play)
Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) and interrupt handling differences
pointers
data type portability
inode in ioctl method
kobject
scull
tty_driver function
policies
controlling devices by printing and
memory
allocation (scull)
security
separation from mechanism
poll method 2nd 3rd 4th
poll.h header file 2nd
poll_controller method
poll_table structure 2nd
poll_table_entry structure
poll_wait function 2nd
POLLERR flag
POLLHUP flag
POLLIN flag
POLLOUT flag
POLLPRI flag
POLLRDBAND flag
POLLRDNORM flag
POLLWRBAND flag
POLLWRNORM flag
pools
DMA
memory 2nd
populate method
portability
porting and
ports [See also connections; parallel ports]
access
accessing different sizes
I/O 2nd
parallel
disabling interrupt handlers
preparing for interrupt handlers
platform dependency and
POS (Programmable Option Select)
power management
PowerPC architecture (porting and)
PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol) and interrupt handling differences
pread method
precision, temporal
predefined commands ioctl method 2nd [See also commands]
preemption and concurrency
printing
controlling devices by
to debug code
device numbers
from gdb debugger
interface-specific data
kernels
_t data items
printk function 2nd
circular buffers for
debugging with
logging messages from
seq_file interface (avoiding in)
turning debug messages on/off
priorities
allocation
memory
private_data field (file structure)
privileged operations
probe function (USB)
probe_irq_off function
probe_irq_on function
Probes, Dynamic
probing
do-it-yourself
for IRQ numbers
kernel-assisted
PCI
/proc filesystem
installing interrupt handlers
removing /proc entries
shared interrupts and
/proc/*/maps
/proc/devices file
/proc/interrupts file 2nd
/proc/kcore file
/proc/kmsg file
/proc/modules file
/proc/slabinfo file
/proc/stat file
/proc/sys/kernel/printk file, reading console loglevel with
/proc/tty/driver/ directory
proc_read method
processes
current
kernel timers for
kernels (splitting)
login
managing
memory maps
opening devices for each process
sleeps
processor-specific registers
PRODUCT variable 2nd
Programmable Option Select (POS)
programming
concurrency in
hello world module
ISA
module requirements
test system setup
user space 2nd
programs 2nd [See also applications versus kernel modules]
asynctest
dataalign
datasize
insmod
jitbusy
mapper
nbtest
obtaining
rmmod
/sbin/hotplug utility
setconsole
setterm
tcpdump
tracing
tunelp
public kernel symbols
put_unaligned function
put_user function 2nd
pwrite method
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