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back-casting kobject pointers, Embedding kobjects

barriers, I/O Registers and Conventional Memory, I/O Registers and Conventional Memory, Quick Reference, Barrier requests

memory, I/O Registers and Conventional Memory, I/O Registers and Conventional Memory, Quick Reference

requests, Barrier requests

base module parameter, A Sample Driver

baud rates (tty drivers), set_termios

BCD (binary-coded decimal) forms, What Devices Does the Driver Support?

bEndpointAddress field (USB), Endpoints

big-endian byte order, Byte Order

binary Attributes (kobjects), Binary Attributes

binary-coded decimal (BCD) forms, What Devices Does the Driver Support?

bInterval field (USB), Endpoints

bin_attribute structure, Binary Attributes

bio structure, The bio structure, Working with bios

bitfields (ioctl commands), Choosing the ioctl Commands, Quick Reference

bits, Bit Operations, An Overview of the Parallel Port, Implementing a Handler

clearing, Implementing a Handler

operations, Bit Operations

specifications, An Overview of the Parallel Port

bi_io_vec array, The bio structure

blkdev_dequeue_request function, Queueing functions

BLK_BOUNCE_HIGH symbol, Queue control functions

blk_cleanup_queue function, Queue creation and deletion

blk_queue_hardsect_size function, A Note on Sector Sizes

blk_queue_segment_boundary function, Queue control functions

block devices, Classes of Devices and Modules

block drivers, Registration–A Note on Sector Sizes, The Block Device Operations–The ioctl Method, Request Processing–Doing without a request queue, Command Pre-Preparation, Tagged Command Queueing–Tagged Command Queueing, Quick Reference–Quick Reference

command pre-preparation, Command Pre-Preparation

functions, Quick Reference–Quick Reference

operations, The Block Device Operations–The ioctl Method

registration, Registration–A Note on Sector Sizes

request processing, Request Processing–Doing without a request queue

TCQ, Tagged Command Queueing–Tagged Command Queueing

blocking, Blocking I/O–Testing the Scullpipe Driver, Blocking and Nonblocking Operations, Blocking open as an Alternative to EBUSY, Blocking open as an Alternative to EBUSY, Blocking open as an Alternative to EBUSY

I/O, Blocking I/O–Testing the Scullpipe Driver, Blocking open as an Alternative to EBUSY

open method, Blocking open as an Alternative to EBUSY

operations, Blocking and Nonblocking Operations

release method, Blocking open as an Alternative to EBUSY

block_fsync method, Flushing pending output

bmAttributes field (USB), Endpoints

BogoMips value, Short Delays

boot time (memory allocation), Obtaining Large Buffers, Quick Reference

booting (PCI), Boot Time

bottom halves, Top and Bottom Halves–Workqueues, Tasklets

interrupt handlers, Top and Bottom Halves–Workqueues

tasklets and, Tasklets

bounce buffers, DMA mappings, Setting up streaming DMA mappings, Queue control functions

block drivers, Queue control functions

streaming DMA mappings and, Setting up streaming DMA mappings

bridges, PCI Addressing

BSS segments, Virtual Memory Areas

buffers, Security Issues, How Messages Get Logged, How Messages Get Logged, Oops Messages, Lock-Free Algorithms, Blocking and Nonblocking Operations, Blocking and Nonblocking Operations, Obtaining Large Buffers, Quick Reference, A Write-Buffering Example, struct urb, Performing Direct I/O, Overview of a DMA Data Transfer, DMA mappings, Setting up streaming DMA mappings, Setting up streaming DMA mappings, Setting up streaming DMA mappings, PCI double-address cycle mappings, Queue control functions, Packet Reception, The Socket Buffers–Functions Acting on Socket Buffers, Functions Acting on Socket Buffers, Functions Acting on Socket Buffers, Other Buffering Functions

allocation of, Functions Acting on Socket Buffers

bounce, DMA mappings, Setting up streaming DMA mappings, Queue control functions

block drivers, Queue control functions

streaming DMA mappings and, Setting up streaming DMA mappings

circular, How Messages Get Logged, Lock-Free Algorithms

DMA (unmapping), Setting up streaming DMA mappings

freeing, Functions Acting on Socket Buffers

I/O, Blocking and Nonblocking Operations

large (obtaining), Obtaining Large Buffers, Quick Reference

output, Blocking and Nonblocking Operations

overrun errors, Security Issues, Oops Messages

for printk function, How Messages Get Logged

ring (DMA), Overview of a DMA Data Transfer

sockets, Packet Reception, The Socket Buffers–Functions Acting on Socket Buffers

synchronization, PCI double-address cycle mappings

transfers, Setting up streaming DMA mappings

tty drivers, Other Buffering Functions

USB, struct urb

user space (direct I/O), Performing Direct I/O

write-buffering example, A Write-Buffering Example

BULK endpoints (USB), Endpoints

bulk urbs (USB), Bulk urbs

buses, PCI Drivers, PCI Addressing, USB Drivers, Buses–Bus attributes, Bus registration, Bus methods, Bus methods, Iterating over devices and drivers, Bus attributes, IEEE1394 (FireWire), Buses, Devices, and Drivers, Address Types, Bus Addresses, DMA mappings

addresses, Address Types, Bus Addresses

attributes, Bus attributes

functions, Buses, Devices, and Drivers

IEEE1394 (Firewire), IEEE1394 (FireWire)

iteration, Iterating over devices and drivers

Linux device model, Buses–Bus attributes

match function, Bus methods

methods, Bus methods

PCI, PCI Drivers, PCI Addressing (see PCI)

registers, DMA mappings

registration, Bus registration

USB, USB Drivers (see USB)

busy loops, Busy waiting

busy-waiting implementation, Busy waiting

bus_add_driver function, Add a Driver

BUS_ATTR macro, Bus attributes

bus_attribute type, Bus attributes

bus_for_each_dev function, Iterating over devices and drivers

bus_register function, Bus registration

bus_type structure, Buses

bytes, Byte Order, Quick Reference, set_termios

CSIZE bitmask, set_termios

order, Byte Order

orders, Quick Reference