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Index

A number represents a single reference to a topic.

A number with a "+" sign represents a longer discussion of a topic.

A   B   C   D   E   F   H   I   K   L   M   N   O   P   Q   R   S   U   X   

A

ADB family 1

ATA/ATAPI families 1

Audio family 1

Audio HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) 1

B
BSD
	and device files 1+
	and networking API 1
	file systems 1
	networking 1
busyState values 1+

C

Carbon Event Manager 1

Carbon Printing Manager 1

CFDictionaryAddValue function 1

CFDictionaryCreateMutable function 1

CFNetwork 1

CFRelease function 1

CFRunLoopAddSource function 1

CFRunLoopRun function 1

CFStringGetCString function 1+

Component Object Model (COM) 1

Core Audio 1

Core Foundation plug-in model 1

Core Graphics Services. See Quartz Compositor

custom device interfaces. See developing custom device-access solutions

custom user clients. See developing custom device-access solutions

D
developing custom device-access solutions 1+
device families. See I/O Kit, family device-access support
device files
	and device interfaces 1+
	defined 1
	getting a device-file path for 1+
	in driver stack 1
	overview 1+
device interfaces
	creating custom. See developing custom device-access solutions
	and device files 1+
	overview 1+
	steps for getting 1+
device interfaces
	defined 1
	in driver stack 1
device look-up functions 1+
device matching
	and communicating with the I/O Kit 1+
	and device files 1
	and notifications 1+
	creating matching dictionaries for 1+
	defined 1
	device look-up functions for 1+
	examining matching objects in 1
	getting keys and values for 1+
	steps to implement 1+
driver 1
driver matching 1
driver personalities
	defined 1
	examining for matching keys and values 1+
	keys in 1+

E
error return values
	interpreting 1+
	macros for handling 1
exclusive-access errors 1+

F
family 1
File Manager 1
file systems, BSD 1
finding devices. See device matching
FireWire DV family 1
FireWire family 1
FireWire SBP-2 family 1
functions
	CFDictionaryAddValue 1
	CFDictionaryCreateMutable 1
	CFRelease 1
	CFRetain 1
	CFRunLoopAddSource 1
	CFRunLoopRun 1
	CFStringGetCString 1+
	close 1
	host_get_io_master 1
	IOBSDNameMatching 1 2
	IOConnectAddClient 1
	IOConnectAddRef 1
	IOConnectGetService 1
	IOConnectMapMemory 1
	IOConnectMethodScalarIScalarO 1
	IOConnectMethodScalarIStructureI 1
	IOConnectMethodScalarIStructureO 1
	IOConnectMethodStructureIStructureO 1
	IOConnectRelease 1
	IOConnectSetCFProperties 1
	IOConnectSetCFProperty 1
	IOConnectSetNotificationPort 1
	IOConnectUnmapMemory 1
	IOCreatePlugInInterfaceForService 1 2
	IODestroyPlugInInterface 1 2
	IODispatchCalloutFromMessage 1
	IOIterator 1
	IOIteratorIsValid 1 2
	IOIteratorNext 1 2
	IOIteratorReset 1 2
	IOKitGetBusyState 1
	IOKitWaitQuiet 1
	IOMasterPort 1 2 3
	IONotificationPortCreate 1 2
	IONotificationPortDestroy 1
	IONotificationPortGetMachPort 1
	IONotificationPortGetRunLoopSource 1 2
	IOObjectConformsTo 1
	IOObjectGetClass 1 2
	IOObjectGetRetainCount 1
	IOObjectIsEqualTo 1
	IOObjectRelease 1
	IOObjectRetain 1
	IORegistryEntryCreateCFProperties 1
	IORegistryEntryCreateCFProperty 1 2+ 3
	IORegistryEntryGetLocationInPlane 1
	IORegistryEntryGetName 1
	IORegistryEntryGetNameInPlane 1
	IORegistryEntryGetParentEntry 1
	IORegistryEntryGetPath 1
	IORegistryEntryInPlane 1
	IORegistryEntrySearchCFProperty 1
	IORegistryEntrySetCFProperties 1
	IORegistryEntrySetCFProperty 1
	IOServiceAddMatchingNotification 1+ 2 3
	IOServiceClose 1
	IOServiceGetBusyState 1
	IOServiceGetMatchingService 1+ 2
	IOServiceGetMatchingServices 1 2+ 3
	IOServiceMatching 1 2 3
	IOServiceNameMatching 1 2
	IOServiceOpen 1
	IOServiceWaitQuiet 1
	mach_port_deallocate 1
	mach_port_get_refs 1
	open 1
	QueryInterface 1 2
	SCSIAction 1

H

HID family 1

host_get_io_master function 1

I
I/O Kit
	and driver-stack building 1+
	communicating with 1+
	family device-access support 1+
	framework 1
	terms and definitions 1+
I/O Registry Explorer application 1 2
I/O Registry
	defined 1
	object property-setting functions 1+
	object property-viewing functions 1+
	object-introspection functions 1+
	planes in 1
	traversal functions 1+
Info.plist file 1 2
IOBSDNameMatching function 1 2
IOCFPlugInInterface plug-in 1
IOConnectAddClient function 1
IOConnectAddRef function 1
IOConnectGetService function 1
IOConnectMapMemory function 1
IOConnectMethodScalarIScalarO function 1
IOConnectMethodScalarIStructureI function 1
IOConnectMethodScalarIStructureO function 1
IOConnectMethodStructureIStructureO function 1
IOConnectRelease function 1
IOConnectSetCFProperties function 1
IOConnectSetCFProperty function 1
IOConnectSetNotificationPort function 1
IOConnectUnmapMemory function 1
IOCreatePlugInInterfaceForService function 1 2
IODestroyPlugInInterface function 1 2
IODispatchCalloutFromMessage function 1
IOIterator objects
	and the IOIteratorNext function 1
	from device look-up functions 1
	reference counting of 1
	using to examine matching objects 1
IOIteratorIsValid function 1 2
IOIteratorNext function 1 2
IOIteratorReset function 1 2
IOKitGetBusyState function 1
IOKitLib API
	and in-kernel objects 1+
	busy-state functions in 1+
	custom device interface development functions in 1+
	device look-up functions in 1
	device-notification functions in 1
	I/O Registry object information functions in 1+
	I/O Registry-traversal functions in 1+
	iteration functions in 1
	matching dictionary-creation functions in 1
	object-introspection functions in 1+
	property-setting functions in 1+
	property-viewing functions in 1+
	reference-counting functions in 1+
IOKitWaitQuiet function 1
IOMasterPort function 1 2
IONotificationPortCreate function 1 2
IONotificationPortDestroy function 1
IONotificationPortGetMachPort function 1
IONotificationPortGetRunLoopSource function 1 2
IOObjectConformsTo function 1
IOObjectGetClass function 1 2
IOObjectGetRetainCount function 1
IOObjectIsEqualTo function 1
IOObjectRelease function 1
IOObjectRetain function 1
IOProviderClass key 1
ioreg tool 1 2
IORegistryEntryCreateCFProperties function 1
IORegistryEntryCreateCFProperty function 1 2+ 3
IORegistryEntryGetLocationInPlane function 1
IORegistryEntryGetName function 1
IORegistryEntryGetNameInPlane function 1
IORegistryEntryGetParentEntry function 1
IORegistryEntryGetPath function 1
IORegistryEntryInPlane function 1
IORegistryEntrySearchCFProperty function 1
IORegistryEntrySetCFProperties function 1
IORegistryEntrySetCFProperty function 1
IOServiceAddMatchingNotification function 1+ 2 3
IOServiceClose function 1
IOServiceGetBusyState function 1
IOServiceGetMatchingService function 1+ 2
IOServiceGetMatchingServices function 1 2+ 3
IOServiceMatching function 1 2 3
IOServiceNameMatching function 1 2
IOServiceOpen function 1
IOServiceWaitQuiet function 1
io_iterator_t object 1
io_object_t type 1 2+
io_registry_entry object 1
io_service_t object 1
iterators. See IOIterator objects

K

kernel space 1

kIOMasterPortDefault constant 1

kIOReturnExclusiveAccess error 1

kIOReturnNotAttached error 1

L

looking up devices. See device look-up functions

M
Mach ports, using for I/O Kit communication 1 2+
mach_port_get_refs function 1
matching dictionaries
	creating and modifying 1+
	defined 1
	for device files 1
	getting property keys for 1+
	reference counting of 1
	using Core Foundation functions to modify 1+
	using I/O Kit functions to create 1+

N

Network family 1

networking services in user space 1

notifications of device arrival and departure. See device matching, getting notifications

NSEvent object 1

nub 1

O

Open Transport 1

P
PC Card family 1
PCI and AGP families 1
personality dictionaries, examining for keys and values 1+
POSIX (Portable Operating System Interface) API 1 2 3 4
power-source information, getting from user space 1
property keys
	finding with I/O Registry Explorer 1
	in header files 1+
	in information property lists 1+
	IOProviderClass key 1

Q

Quartz 2D 1

Quartz Compositor 1

QueryInterface function 1 2

QuickDraw 1

QuickTime 1

R
reference counting
	functions in IOKitLib 1+
	of io_object_t objects 1
	of IOCFPlugInInterface objects 1
	of IOIterator objects 1
	of matching dictionaries 1 2

S

SCSI Architecture Model family 1

SCSI family 1

SCSI Manager 4.3 1

SCSI Parallel family 1 2

SCSIAction function 1

serial devices, setting up a matching dictionary for 1

Serial family 1

service 1

storage devices, setting up a matching dictionary for 1

Storage family 1

U
UPS (uninterruptible power supply) devices 1
USB family 1
user clients
	creating custom. See developing custom device-access solutions
	defined 1
	in driver stack 1
user space 1
UUID (universal unique identifier) 1

X

XML (Extensible Markup Language) 1

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