Solaris OS on x86 Platforms: Third-Party Packaging Tools

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Contents

Preface

1. Developing Bootable Device Drivers

Download: Solaris x86 Third-Party Packaging Tools (SUNWpkgd) 1.0

Bootable Device Drivers for Solaris (x86 Platform Edition)

Choosing a Driver Name

Software Development Tools

Installing the SUNWpkgd Tools

2. Basic Packaging of Bootable Device Drivers

Packages, Patches, and DU Diskettes

Choosing a Package Name

Introduction to Third-Party Packaging Tools

3. Testing the Driver Update Diskette

Testing Solaris Installation With DU Diskettes

Enabling Debugging With the Configuration Assistant Boot Diskette

Common DU Diskette Errors

4. Advanced Packaging of Bootable Device Drivers

Customizing pkg_drv(1M) Output With Command-Line Options

Customizing pkg_drv(1M) Output With Override Files

Customizing the driver.itu(4) and devicedb(4) Special Files

5. Delivering Bootable Device Drivers

Delivering the Bootable Device Driver Package and the DU Diskette

Sample DU Diskette Instructions

Managing Subsequent Versions of the DU Diskette

Summary

Appendix

Manually Installing a DU Diskette

Manually Constructing a DU Diskette

Man Pages

pkg_drv (1M) - Third-Party Driver Packaging Utility
devicedb (4) - Format of the Device Tree Database File
driver.itu (4) - DU description file

Glossary

References

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Solaris OS on x86 Platforms: Third-Party Packaging Tools (A White Paper)

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