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by **Jim Re** » Sat, 06 Jun 1992 01:19:20

I'm trying to port a pseudo-device driver to aix 3.2. So far, I've got
about a dozen lines of device driver code, and hundreds of lines of
"methods," and I'm going blind trying to learn about odm and friends from
the info exploder. Is it really this hard? What I could really use is some
good examples. The examples I have include some method code, but what I
need is a step-by-step "here is how to install your driver." Things like
where to put the methods once I've written them, which methods are really
necessary, shortcuts, etc.

by **Monica Lu** » Sat, 06 Jun 1992 01:48:45

We have users who telnet from non-IBM machines (mostly VAX-VMS and
Ultrix machines) all using vt100 keyboards. Consistently, ctrl-s,
ctrl-q, ctrl-c don't work properly inside EMACS and ctrl-c doesn't
work at the command line either.

We are using AIX 3.1 and would like to know what we need to do either
on the AIX side or the VAX side to get the correct emulation. All
help/suggestions appreciated.

Apologies in advance if this question has previously been asked and
answered.

by **John Ger** » Sun, 07 Jun 1992 08:14:57

I've had this sort of problem myself (although not personally on VAX ),
and it can usually be fixed by examining the 'stty' settings and/or
the 'telnet' defaults. For example, the ctrl-s/ctrl-q problems result
because the terminal driver is using them for xon/xoff flow control.
If 'stty -a' shows "ixon", then try 'stty -ixon' BEFORE invoking 'telnet'.
As for ctrl-c, there are more ways for both 'stty' and 'telnet' to
interfere with it.

In any event, you should consult the documentation for 'stty' and
'telnet' on the client systems.

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by **Rudy Chukr** » Wed, 10 Jun 1992 08:27:30

|> I'm trying to port a pseudo-device driver to aix 3.2. So far, I've got
|> about a dozen lines of device driver code, and hundreds of lines of
|> "methods," and I'm going blind trying to learn about odm and friends from
|> the info exploder. Is it really this hard? What I could really use is some
|> good examples. The examples I have include some method code, but what I
|> need is a step-by-step "here is how to install your driver." Things like
|> where to put the methods once I've written them, which methods are really
|> necessary, shortcuts, etc.
In my opinion, its quite hard if you are relying totally on Info.
Id recommend an IBM published manual, "Writing a Device Driver for AIX
Version 3.2" order number GG24-3629. 12 pages are devoted to config methods,
22 pages to packaging (installp et. al.), 19 pp to ODM, and a diskette of
real source code that you dont have to type in , even.

Ask your IBM marketing suit on how to buy one.
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