N

name property, description of, Binding a Driver to a Device

naming

unique prefix for driver symbols

What Is a Device Driver Entry Point?

Use a Unique Prefix to Avoid Kernel Symbol Collisions

Nblocks property, definition, Device Sizes

nblocks property, deprecated, Device Sizes

nblocks property, use in block device drivers, Block Device Autoconfiguration

Nblocks property, use in block device drivers, Block Device Autoconfiguration

nbytes argument, uiomove(), changes to, uiomove() Argument Changes

network drivers

attach() entry point

GLDv3 MAC Registration Functions

GLDv2 Network Device Driver Framework

detach() entry point, GLDv3 MAC Registration Functions

DL_ETHER, Ethernet V2 and ISO 8802-3 (IEEE 802.3)

DL_FDDI, TPR and FDDI: SNAP Processing

DL_TPR, TPR and FDDI: SNAP Processing

entry points

GLDv3 MAC Registration Data Structures

Summary of GLDv3 Interfaces

Ethernet V2 packet processing, Ethernet V2 and ISO 8802-3 (IEEE 802.3)

FDDI (Fibre Distributed Data Interface), TPR and FDDI: SNAP Processing

_fini() entry point, GLDv3 MAC Registration Functions

gld() entry point, GLDv2 Network Device Driver Framework

gld() functions, GLDv2 Network Device Driver Framework

gld_mac_info structure

GLDv2 Network Device Driver Framework

GLDv2 DLPI Primitives

gld_register() function, GLDv2 DLPI Primitives

GLDv2, GLDv2 Network Device Driver Framework

hardware checksumming

Hardware Checksum Offload

Transmit Data Path

Receive Data Path

IEEE 802.3, Ethernet V2 and ISO 8802-3 (IEEE 802.3)

IEEE 802.5, TPR and FDDI: SNAP Processing

_init() entry point, GLDv3 MAC Registration Functions

ISO 8802-3, Ethernet V2 and ISO 8802-3 (IEEE 802.3)

ISO 9314-2, TPR and FDDI: SNAP Processing

lso_basic_tcp_ipv4() structure, Large Segment (or Send) Offload

mac_alloc() function, GLDv3 MAC Registration Functions

mac_callbacks structure, GLDv3 MAC Registration Data Structures

mac_capab_lso() structure, Large Segment (or Send) Offload

mac_fini_ops() function, GLDv3 MAC Registration Functions

mac_hcksum_get() function

Hardware Checksum Offload

Transmit Data Path

mac_hcksum_set() function

Hardware Checksum Offload

Receive Data Path

mac_init_ops() function, GLDv3 MAC Registration Functions

mac_link_update() function, GLDv3 State Change Notifications

mac_lso_get() function

Large Segment (or Send) Offload

Transmit Data Path

mac_register() function, GLDv3 MAC Registration Functions

mac_register structure

GLDv3 MAC Registration Functions

GLDv3 MAC Registration Data Structures

mac_rx() function, Receive Data Path

mac_tx_update() function

Transmit Data Path

GLDv3 State Change Notifications

MAC type identifier, GLDv3 MAC Registration Data Structures

mac_unregister() function, GLDv3 MAC Registration Functions

MAC version number, GLDv3 MAC Registration Functions

mc_getcapab() entry point, GLDv3 Capabilities

mc_getprop() entry point, GLDv3 Properties

mc_getstat() entry point, GLDv3 Network Statistics

mc_propinfo() entry point, GLDv3 Properties

mc_setprop() entry point, GLDv3 Properties

mc_tx() entry point, Transmit Data Path

mc_unicst() entry point, Receive Data Path

mod_install() function, GLDv3 MAC Registration Functions

mod_remove() function, GLDv3 MAC Registration Functions

open() entry point, GLDv2 DLPI Providers

SAP (Service Access Point), Ethernet V2 and ISO 8802-3 (IEEE 802.3)

SNAP processing, TPR and FDDI: SNAP Processing

source routing, TPR: Source Routing

testing, Testing Network Drivers

TPR (Token Passing Ring), TPR and FDDI: SNAP Processing

network statistics

DL_ETHER, GLDv2 Network Statistics

gld_stats, GLDv2 Network Statistics

gldm_get_stats(), GLDv2 Network Statistics

kstat structures, GLDv2 Network Statistics

nexus, See bus nexus device drivers

nexus driver, USB Client Drivers

no-involuntary-power-cycles property, Device Power State Transitions

nvlist_alloc structure, description of, Defining Event Attributes