FreeBSD Architecture Handbook
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Index

A

AC97, The AC97 interface
ATAPI, USB Drivers Protocol Information
atomic instructions, Atomic Instructions and Memory Barriers
atomic operations, Locking Notes
atomically protected variables, Atomically Protected Variables

B

Berkeley Packet Filter, Berkeley Packet Filter
binary compatibility, Kernel Objects
BIOS, Synopsis, General architecture
BIOS POST, Overview
block devices, Block Devices (Are Gone), Types of Device Drivers
boot0, Overview
boot2, Overview
booting, Synopsis
BTX, boot2 stage
bus methods, Basic information

C

CardBus, PC Card
CD-ROM, General architecture
character devices, Character Devices, Character devices
chroot, jail2 system call
CIS, Overview
class, Terminology
Common Access Method (CAM), General architecture
concurrency, Introduction
context switches, Interrupt Handling
credentials, Credentials
critical sections, Critical Sections, Thread Migration

D

D-Link, Overview

data link layer, Berkeley Packet Filter

DDB, init386()

devfs, Dynamic device nodes

device driver, Introduction, Purpose of a Device Driver

introduction, Purpose of a Device Driver
ISA, Synopsis
resources, Resources

device drivers

sound, Probing, attaching, etc.

device nodes, Introduction

dynamic, Dynamic device nodes
static, Creating static device nodes

Direct Memory Access (DMA), DMA

DMA channel, Resources

dynamic initialization, The SYSINIT Framework

E

ELF, Kernel initialization

F

filesystem, Filesystem
firmware, Synopsis

G

Global Descriptors Table (GDT), init386()

H

hardware control block, General architecture

I

IA-32, Synopsis

IDE, General architecture

interface, Terminology

Interrupt Descriptor Table (IDT), init386()

interrupt handler, xxx_intr

interrupt handling, Interrupt Handling

interrupt threads, Interrupt Handling

IRQ, Configuration file and the order of identifying and probing during auto-configuration

ISA, Synopsis

probing, Configuration file and the order of identifying and probing during auto-configuration

J

Jail, The Jail Subsystem, Jail Structures

kernel architecture, Kernel Space
userland program, Userland code

K

kernel modules

loading, Dynamic Kernel Linker Facility - KLD

kernel initialization

dynamic, The SYSINIT Framework

kernel linker, The SYSINIT Framework

kernel linking

dynamic, Dynamic Kernel Linker Facility - KLD

kernel loadable modules (KLD), Dynamic Kernel Linker Facility - KLD

kernel module, Basic information

kernel modules, The SYSINIT Framework, Modules

listing, Dynamic Kernel Linker Facility - KLD
unloading, Dynamic Kernel Linker Facility - KLD

Kernel Objects, Kernel Objects

class, Creating a Class
interface, Creating an interface template
object, Creating an Object

kernel synchronization, Introduction

L

latency, Interrupt Handling

linker, boot2 stage

linker sets, SYSINIT Operation

Linksys, Overview

loader, Overview

locking, Locking Notes

lockmgr, Locking Notes

locks

allproc_lock, Shared Exclusive Locks
callout_lock, Mutexes
Giant, Mutexes
proctree_lock, Shared Exclusive Locks
sched_lock, Mutexes
shared exclusive, Shared Exclusive Locks
vm86pcb_lock, Mutexes

M

MAC, MAC Framework

MAKEDEV, Introduction

MBR, boot0 stage

memory barriers, Atomic Instructions and Memory Barriers

method, Terminology

mknod, Creating static device nodes

multi-processing, Locking Notes

mutex

sleep, Sleep Mutexes
spin, Spin Mutexes

mutexes, Locking Notes

spin, Critical Sections

N

NetBSD, Introduction
NetGear, Overview
network devices, Network Drivers
Newbus, Newbus Device Tree, Overview of Newbus

O

object, Terminology
Object-Oriented, Kernel Objects, Basic information

P

page tables, Mapping Page Tables--vm_map_t, vm_entry_t

paging queues, Management of physical memory--vm_page_t

parameters, init386()

PC Card, PC Card

probe, Sample probe routine

PCI bus, PCI Devices

Base Address Registers, Base Address Registers
DMA, DMA
interrupts, Interrupts
resources, Bus Resources

physical memory, Management of physical memory--vm_page_t

PnP, Basic information

POST, Synopsis

preemption, Interrupt Handling

protocols, Protocols

pseudo-device, Introduction

pseudo-devices, SYSINIT Operation

R

read locks, Read Locks versus Write Locks
resources, Resources
root, The Jail Subsystem

S

scheduler, Scheduler

SCSI, Synopsis

adapter, General architecture
BIOS, General architecture
bus, General architecture
errors, Errors Summary
interrupts, Interrupts

security, The Jail Subsystem

semaphores, SysV IPC

shared memory, SysV IPC

SMP Next Generation, Introduction

SMP Next Generation Project, Locking Notes

sockets, Sockets

softc, Basic information

sound subsystem, Introduction

spin mutexes, Critical Sections

swap partition, Tuning the FreeBSD VM system

sysctl, sysctls

SYSINIT, The SYSINIT Framework

sysinit objects, mi_startup()

system call interface, Introduction

system initialization, Synopsis

System V IPC, SysV IPC

T

tape, General architecture
thread migration, Thread Migration
turnstiles, Turnstiles

U

unified buffer cache, The unified buffer cache--vm_object_t

Universal Serial Bus (USB), Introduction

USB

disconnect, Device disconnect and detach
firmware, USB Drivers Protocol Information
host controllers, Host Controllers
OHCI, OHCI
probe, Device probe and attach
UHCI, UHCI

V

virtual memory, Management of physical memory--vm_page_t
virtual v86 mode, boot2 stage
vm_object_t structure, The unified buffer cache--vm_object_t
vm_page_t structure, Management of physical memory--vm_page_t
vnode, Filesystem I/O--struct buf

W

witness, Witness
write locks, Read Locks versus Write Locks