12-07-2006
Drivers work differently in linux. Except for very rare cases, like the closed-source nvidia video drivers, all drivers come with the kernel; and even for those that don't, fedoracore handles that with it's own package manager. No need to download random drivers from untrusted sites.
So no, you shouldn't need to download motherboard drivers.
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biowait
biowait(9F) Kernel Functions for Drivers biowait(9F)
NAME
biowait - suspend processes pending completion of block I/O
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/buf.h>
int biowait(struct buf *bp);
INTERFACE LEVEL
Architecture independent level 1 (DDI/DKI).
PARAMETERS
bp Pointer to the buf structure describing the transfer.
DESCRIPTION
Drivers allocating their own buf structures with getrbuf(9F) can use the biowait() function to suspend the current thread and wait for
completion of the transfer.
Drivers must call biodone(9F) when the transfer is complete to notify the thread blocked by biowait(). biodone() is usually called in the
interrupt routine.
RETURN VALUES
0 Upon success
non-zero Upon I/O failure. biowait() calls geterror(9F) to retrieve the error number which it returns.
CONTEXT
biowait() can be called from user context only.
SEE ALSO
biodone(9F), geterror(9F), getrbuf(9F), buf(9S)
Writing Device Drivers
SunOS 5.10 11 Apr 1991 biowait(9F)