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Solaris OS on x86 Platforms: Third-Party Packaging Tools

 
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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