OS2DD307 - Industrial Control Device Drivers

OS/2 2.x Industrial controller programming - Course OS2DD307

Enabling realtime hardware programming interfaces

Objective
To expedite industrial controller development by reviewing the techniques used to enable applications to utilize custom hardware (HW).

This class will identify the protocol on how to communicate with the HW using IOPL apps or device drivers. Installation and debug techniques will also be covered.

Target audience
IBM or IHV programmers who code device drivers for...
 * Custom I/O interfaces (A/D, D/A, etc)
 * Bus type: ISA, EISA, VLB, or MCA.

Attendee prerequisites

 * 1) Programming expertise: C and/or MASM
 * 2) Have written other device drivers for IHV hardware DOS, ROM BIOS code, utilities
 * 3) Intimate knowledge of IHV hardware & programming protocol
 * 4) Purchased development software (OS/2 2.1, DDK, MSC 6.0, MASM 5.1)
 * 5) Helpful to be familiar with OS/2 Applications development.

Course length: 5 days

Outline

 * OS/2 Structure
 * IOPL applications
 * I/O operations
 * Interrupt control
 * Linker options
 * Device Driver types
 * Physical Device Driver
 * Character vs Block
 * Modes, Times
 * Kernel, Interrupt, Timer
 * Monitor implementations
 * Utilities, debuggers
 * Compiler, Assembler, Linker usage
 * Symbol generation, kernel debugger (KDB)
 * Processor support
 * Semaphores
 * PDD Address spaces
 * Memory Management
 * Labs: Developing OS/2 Physical Device Driver