10-04-2008
To anyone who disagrees with DukeNuke2 and pupp please take their comments in context. Pupp explained what he meant quite well, but it is a case of "When in Rome, do as the Romans do".
Nobody is suggesting that all of the windows knowledge be abandoned, merely that when learning Solaris it is better not to try to compare it to another OS so vastly different in management tools and interfaces as windows. It is much easier to learn Solaris by temporarily suppressing windows knowledge and assuming that everything is new until comfortable.
As pupp said comparison to what you already know can hinder progress, instead of learning the "new way" you simple bemoan the fact that it's not what you already know, and resent having to change. Treat it as something separate so that you are not dealing with change, instead it is all new knowledge and it will be much easier to progress.
Ultimately however the windows knowledge is useful when dealing with mixed environments where NFS/CIFS and AD/Samba are used, which is a large percentage of the total market. Someone who can cross-over between disciplines is extremely valuable.
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ddi_dma_numwin
ddi_dma_numwin(9F) Kernel Functions for Drivers ddi_dma_numwin(9F)
NAME
ddi_dma_numwin - retrieve number of DMA windows
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/ddi.h>
#include <sys/sunddi.h>
int ddi_dma_numwin(ddi_dma_handle_t handle, uint_t *nwinp);
PARAMETERS
handle The DMA handle previously allocated by a call to ddi_dma_alloc_handle(9F).
nwinp Upon a successful return, nwinp will contain the number of DMA windows for this object.
INTERFACE LEVEL
Solaris DDI specific (Solaris DDI).
DESCRIPTION
ddi_dma_numwin() returns the number of DMA windows for a DMA object if partial resource allocation was permitted.
RETURN VALUES
ddi_dma_numwin() returns:
DDI_SUCCESS Successfully filled in the number of DMA windows.
DDI_FAILURE DMA windows are not activated.
CONTEXT
ddi_dma_numwin() can be called from user, kernel, or interrupt context.
SEE ALSO
ddi_dma_addr_bind_handle(9F), ddi_dma_alloc_handle(9F), ddi_dma_buf_bind_handle(9F), ddi_dma_unbind_handle(9F)
Writing Device Drivers
SunOS 5.11 29 Sep 1994 ddi_dma_numwin(9F)