AIX 5L v5.2 Technical Reference: Kernel and Subsystems

This book provides information about kernel services, device driver operations, file system operations, subroutines, the configuration subsystem, the communications subsystem, the low function terminal (LFT) subsystem, the logical volume subsystem, the M-audio capture and playback adapter subsystem, the printer subsystem, the SCSI subsystem, and the serial DASD subsystem.This book is part of the six-volume technical reference set, AIX 5L Version 5.2 Technical Reference, that provides information on system calls, kernel extension calls, and subroutines in the following volumes: * AIX 5L Version 5.2 Technical Reference: Base Operating System and Extensions Volume 1 and AIX 5L Version 5.2 Technical Reference: Base Operating System and Extensions Volume 2 provide information on system calls, subroutines, functions, macros, and statements associated with base operating system runtime services. * AIX 5L Version 5.2 Technical Reference: Communications Volume 1 and AIX 5L Version 5.2 Technical Reference: Communications Volume 2 provide information on entry points, functions, system calls, subroutines, and operations related to communications services. * AIX 5L Version 5.2 Technical Reference: Kernel and Subsystems Volume 1 and AIX 5L Version 5.2 Technical Reference: Kernel and Subsystems Volume 2 provide information about kernel services, device driver operations, file system operations, subroutines, the configuration subsystem, the communications subsystem, the low function terminal (LFT) subsystem, the logical volume subsystem, the M-audio capture and playback adapter subsystem, the printer subsystem, the SCSI subsystem, and the serial DASD subsystem.

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Table of contents :
Contents……Page 5
Case-Sensitivity in AIX……Page 15
Related Publications……Page 16
Description……Page 17
Error Codes……Page 18
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Related Information……Page 43
Error Codes……Page 44
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Library……Page 73
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Flags……Page 220
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Error Codes……Page 238
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Prerequisite Information……Page 300
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Return Values for kprobe Kernal Service……Page 340
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Return Codes……Page 377
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Related Information……Page 410
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File Operations……Page 412
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Related Information……Page 480
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Introduction to Kernel Buffers……Page 482
buf Structure Variables for Block I/O……Page 483
Using a Character List……Page 484
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Execution Environment……Page 506
Related Information……Page 507
List of Virtual File System Operations……Page 509
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Appendix. Notices……Page 559
Trademarks……Page 560
Index……Page 561
Readers’ Comments — We’d Like to Hear from You……Page 577