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From: urlichs@smurf.sub.org (Matthias Urlichs)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: How to write a Streams <-> MacOS driver ?
Message-ID: <A3.+5W-@smurf.sub.org>
Date: 27 Apr 91 03:34:45 GMT
Organization: University of Karlsruhe, FRG
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Suppose I want to write a MacOS device driver, which interfaces a MacOS-style
device manager interface to a kernel Streams driver.

The problems start when I think about implementing asynchronous calls,
completion routines, the works. Appletalk obviously does this, and Appletalk
is a Streams device driver, so I should be able to duplicate that.

Unfortunately, I don't have the faintest idea how.
/usr/include/mac/aux.h talks about SIGIO multiplexing, and it lists this
 interface:
typedef struct
{
	int     (*func)();
	int     mask;
} AuxSigio;

-- and now what are the parameters to that funtion, and what's the mask
supposed to say?  So many questions, so few answers...

NB: /usr/include/mac/aux.h also talks about secondary initialization for
    System 7, so one may hope..?
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