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.TH GLD 9F "Aug 28, 2003"
.SH NAME
gld, gld_mac_alloc, gld_mac_free, gld_register, gld_unregister, gld_recv,
gld_sched, gld_intr \- Generic LAN Driver service routines
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
#include <sys/gld.h>

\fBgld_mac_info_t *\fR\fBgld_mac_alloc\fR(\fBdev_info_t *\fR\fIdip\fR);
.fi

.LP
.nf
\fBvoid\fR \fBgld_mac_free\fR(\fBgld_mac_info_t *\fR\fImacinfo\fR);
.fi

.LP
.nf
\fBint\fR \fBgld_register\fR(\fBdev_info_t *\fR\fIdip\fR, \fBchar *\fR\fIname\fR, \fBgld_mac_info_t *\fR\fImacinfo\fR);
.fi

.LP
.nf
\fBint\fR \fBgld_unregister\fR(\fBgld_mac_info_t *\fR\fImacinfo\fR);
.fi

.LP
.nf
\fBvoid\fR \fBgld_recv\fR(\fBgld_mac_info_t *\fR\fImacinfo\fR, \fBmblk_t *\fR\fImp\fR);
.fi

.LP
.nf
\fBvoid\fR \fBgld_sched\fR(\fBgld_mac_info_t *\fR\fImacinfo\fR);
.fi

.LP
.nf
\fBuint_t\fR \fBgld_intr\fR(\fBcaddr_t);\fR
.fi

.LP
.nf
\fBvoid\fR \fBgld_linkstate\fR(\fBgld_mac_info_t *\fR\fImacinfo\fR, \fBint32_t\fR \fInewstate\fR);
.fi

.SH INTERFACE LEVEL
.sp
.LP
Solaris architecture specific (Solaris DDI).
.SH PARAMETERS
.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fImacinfo\fR \fR
.ad
.RS 13n
Pointer to a \fBgld_mac_info\fR(9S) structure.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fIdip\fR \fR
.ad
.RS 13n
Pointer to \fBdev_info\fR structure.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fIname\fR \fR
.ad
.RS 13n
Device interface name.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fImp\fR \fR
.ad
.RS 13n
Pointer to a message block containing a received packet.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fInewstate\fR \fR
.ad
.RS 13n
Media link state.
.RE

.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
\fBgld_mac_alloc\fR(\|) allocates a new \fBgld_mac_info\fR(9S) structure and
returns a pointer to it. Some of the GLD-private elements of the structure may
be initialized before \fBgld_mac_alloc\fR(\|) returns; all other elements are
initialized to zero. The device driver must initialize some structure members,
as described in \fBgld_mac_info\fR(9S), before passing the mac_info pointer to
\fBgld_register\fR(\|).
.sp
.LP
\fBgld_mac_free\fR(\|) frees a \fBgld_mac_info\fR(9S) structure previously
allocated by \fBgld_mac_alloc\fR(\|).
.sp
.LP
\fBgld_register\fR(\|) is called from the device driver's \fBattach\fR(9E)
routine, and is used to link the GLD-based device driver with the GLD
framework. Before calling \fBgld_register\fR(\|) the device driver's
\fBattach\fR(9E) routine must first use \fBgld_mac_alloc\fR(\|) to allocate a
\fBgld_mac_info\fR(9S) structure, and initialize several of its structure
elements. See \fBgld_mac_info\fR(9S) for more information. A successful call to
\fBgld_register\fR(\|) performs the following actions:
.RS +4
.TP
.ie t \(bu
.el o
links the device-specific driver with the GLD system;
.RE
.RS +4
.TP
.ie t \(bu
.el o
sets the device-specific driver's private data pointer (using
\fBddi_set_driver_private\fR(9F)) to point to the \fBmacinfo\fR structure;
.RE
.RS +4
.TP
.ie t \(bu
.el o
creates the minor device node.
.RE
.sp
.LP
The device interface name passed to \fBgld_register\fR(\|) must exactly match
the name of the driver module as it exists in the filesystem.
.sp
.LP
The driver's \fBattach\fR(9E) routine should return \fBDDI_SUCCESS\fR if
\fBgld_register\fR(\|) succeeds. If \fBgld_register\fR(\|) returns
\fBDDI_FAILURE\fR, the \fBattach\fR(9E) routine should deallocate any resources
it allocated before calling \fBgld_register\fR(\|) and then also return
\fBDDI_FAILURE\fR.
.sp
.LP
\fBgld_unregister\fR(\|) is called by the device driver's \fBdetach\fR(9E)
function, and if successful, performs the following tasks:
.RS +4
.TP
.ie t \(bu
.el o
ensures the device's interrupts are stopped, calling the driver's
\fBgldm_stop\fR(\|) routine if necessary;
.RE
.RS +4
.TP
.ie t \(bu
.el o
removes the minor device node;
.RE
.RS +4
.TP
.ie t \(bu
.el o
unlinks the device-specific driver from the GLD system.
.RE
.sp
.LP
If \fBgld_unregister\fR(\|) returns \fBDDI_SUCCESS\fR, the \fBdetach\fR(9E)
routine should deallocate any data structures allocated in the \fBattach\fR(9E)
routine, using \fBgld_mac_free\fR(\|) to deallocate the \fBmacinfo\fR
structure, and return \fBDDI_SUCCESS\fR. If \fBgld_unregister\fR(\|) returns
\fBDDI_FAILURE\fR, the driver's \fBdetach\fR(9E) routine must leave the device
operational and return \fBDDI_FAILURE\fR.
.sp
.LP
\fBgld_recv\fR(\|) is called by the driver's interrupt handler to pass a
received packet upstream. The driver must construct and pass a STREAMS
\fBM_DATA\fR message containing the raw packet. \fBgld_recv\fR(\|) determines
which STREAMS queues, if any, should receive a copy of the packet, duplicating
it if necessary. It then formats a \fBDL_UNITDATA_IND\fR message, if required,
and passes the data up all appropriate streams.
.sp
.LP
The driver should avoid holding mutex or other locks during the call to
\fBgld_recv\fR(\|). In particular, locks that could be taken by a transmit
thread may not be held during a call to \fBgld_recv\fR(\|): the interrupt
thread that calls \fBgld_recv\fR(\|) may in some cases carry out processing
that includes sending an outgoing packet, resulting in a call to the driver's
\fBgldm_send\fR(\|) routine. If the \fBgldm_send\fR(\|) routine were to try to
acquire a mutex being held by the \fBgldm_intr\fR(\|) routine at the time it
calls \fBgld_recv\fR(\|), this could result in a panic due to recursive mutex
entry.
.sp
.LP
\fBgld_sched\fR(\|) is called by the device driver to reschedule stalled
outbound packets. Whenever the driver's \fBgldm_send\fR(\|) routine has
returned \fBGLD_NORESOURCES\fR, the driver must later call \fBgld_sched\fR(\|)
to inform the GLD framework that it should retry the packets that previously
could not be sent. \fBgld_sched\fR(\|) should be called as soon as possible
after resources are again available, to ensure that GLD resumes passing
outbound packets to the driver's \fBgldm_send\fR(\|) routine in a timely way.
(If the driver's \fBgldm_stop\fR(\|) routine is called, the driver is absolved
from this obligation until it later again returns \fBGLD_NORESOURCES\fR from
its \fBgldm_send\fR(\|) routine; however, extra calls to \fBgld_sched\fR(\|)
will not cause incorrect operation.)
.sp
.LP
\fBgld_intr\fR(\|) is GLD's main interrupt handler. Normally it is specified as
the interrupt routine in the device driver's call to \fBddi_add_intr\fR(9F).
The argument to the interrupt handler (specified as \fIint_handler_arg\fR in
the call to \fBddi_add_intr\fR(9F)) must be a pointer to the
\fBgld_mac_info\fR(9S) structure. \fBgld_intr\fR(\|) will, when appropriate,
call the device driver's \fBgldm_intr\fR(\|) function, passing that pointer to
the \fBgld_mac_info\fR(9S) structure. However, if the driver uses a high-level
interrupt, it must provide its own high-level interrupt handler, and trigger a
soft interrupt from within that. In this case, \fBgld_intr\fR(\|) may be
specified as the soft interrupt handler in the call to
\fBddi_add_softintr\fR(\|).
.sp
.LP
\fBgld_linkstate()\fR is called by the device driver to notify GLD of changes
in the media link state. The newstate argument should be set to one of the
following:
.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fBGLD_LINKSTATE_DOWN\fR \fR
.ad
.RS 26n
The media link is unavailable.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fBGLD_LINKSTATE_UP\fR \fR
.ad
.RS 26n
The media link is unavailable.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fBGLD_LINKSTATE_UNKNOWN\fR \fR
.ad
.RS 26n
The status of the media link is unknown.
.RE

.sp
.LP
If a driver calls \fBgld_linkstate()\fR, it must also set the GLD_CAP_LINKSTATE
bit  in the  gldm_capabilties field of the \fBgld_mac_info\fR(9S) structure.
.SH RETURN VALUES
.sp
.LP
\fBgld_mac_alloc\fR(\|) returns a pointer to a new \fBgld_mac_info\fR(9S)
structure.
.sp
.LP
\fBgld_register\fR(\|) and \fBgld_unregister\fR(\|) return:
.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fBDDI_SUCCESS\fR \fR
.ad
.RS 16n
on success.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fBDDI_FAILURE\fR \fR
.ad
.RS 16n
on failure.
.RE

.sp
.LP
\fBgld_intr\fR(\|) returns a value appropriate for an interrupt handler.
.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
\fBgld\fR(7D), \fBgld\fR(9E), \fBgld_mac_info\fR(9S), \fBgld_stats\fR(9S),
\fBdlpi\fR(7P), \fBattach\fR(9E), \fBddi_add_intr\fR(9F)
.sp
.LP
\fIWriting Device Drivers\fR