ioconfig(4)                                                     ioconfig(4)




 NAME    [Toc]    [Back]
      ioconfig - ioconfig entry format

 SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]
      #include <sys/ioparams.h>

 DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]
      The ioconfig file is used to retain information on system's IO
      configuration across reboots. It contains two types of information:

           +  Mappings of dynamically allocated major numbers to drivers.

           +  Mappings of instance numbers to hardware paths.

      At boot time this file is read and the information is stored in the
      io_tree kernel data structure.  The ioconfig file is created by insf
      at install time; and is modified by insf, rmsf, and ioscan when
      devices are added or removed (see insf(1M), rmsf(1M), and ioscan(1M)).
      The only purpose of the ioconfig file to maintain configuration
      information when the system is not running.  While the system is
      running, all accesses are made directly to the kernel io_tree
      structure, although any tools that change the kernel structures must
      also keep ioconfig consistent.

      There will be two copies of ioconfig maintained: /etc/ioconfig and
      /stand/ioconfig.  A second copy is placed in /stand because NFS
      diskless clients are not guaranteed to have a reliable /etc directory
      at boot time.

      The ioconfig file begins with the ioconfig magic number.

           #define  IOCONFIG_MAGIC     0x21224941     /* magic number */

      Following the magic number is an array of ioconfig_record structures,
      which logically form a tree structure defining the connectivity of the
      various levels of software modules and managers, the device class and
      hardware address of each element, and the logical unit associated with
      each leaf node.  The root of the tree is array element 0.

      Each ioconfig_record contains the following fields as defined in
      <sys/ioparams.h>:

           #define IOCONFIG_FILE   "/etc/ioconfig"
           #define MAX_NAME_LEN          16

           union ioconfig_record {
                 char        rec_name[MAX_NAME_LEN];    /* record type */
                 ioconfig_t  ioc;
                 dyn_major_t dm;





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 ioconfig(4)                                                     ioconfig(4)




           } ioconfig_record;

      The definitions of each element are as follows:

      rec_name  Each record must have a character string as its first entry
                which is used to identify the record type.  The default
                record is the ioconfig_t.  If the string begins with a _
                (underscore) character then it is one of the variants.

      ioc       This is the default record entry for the ioconfig file. The
                rec_name must not begin with _ (underscore) character to
                distinguish record from other record type.

      The ioconfig_t contains following elements.

      typedef struct ioconfig {
           char      name[MAX_NAME_LEN]; /* Node name: disc4, scsi_disk */
           char      class[MAX_NAME_LEN];/* Node class: disk, tape, etc */
           hw_path_t hw_path;      /* Path to this node           */
           int       instance;     /* Instance number within class*/

      } ioconfig_t;

      dm        This record stores information about major numbers
                dynamically assigned to drivers.It is used to allow major
                number assignments to persist across boots. The rec_name
                must begin with _ (underscore) character to distinguish
                record from other record type.

      The dyn_major_t contains following elements.

      typedef struct dyn_major {
           char rec_name[MAX_NAME_LEN];  /* Must be  _DYN_MAJOR" */"
           char name[MAX_NAME_LEN];      /* Driver name           */
           int  c_major;
           int  b_major;
           int  reserved;

      } dyn_major_t;

 AUTHOR    [Toc]    [Back]
      ioconfig was developed by HP.

 FILES    [Toc]    [Back]
      /etc/ioconfig
      /stand/ioconfig

 SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]
      ioscan(1M), ioinit(1M), insf(1M), rmsf(1M), magic(4).


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