OpenSolaris

Device Driver Community Projects

• Wireless Networking
  • ndis - NDIS (Network Driver Interface Standard) Wrapper Toolkit
  • wificonfig - Wireless Configuration Tool
  • inetmenu - Graphical Network Configuration Tool
  • Many wireless drivers are listed, along with instructions for installing and configuring them
• Nexus Driver
  • cardbus - cardbus nexus driver on the Wireless Networking site
  • cardbus on the Device Drivers Community site
• Storage Drivers like ATA/SCSI HBA, RAID HBA Drivers
  • IBM ServeRAID 4x/5x/6x HBA driver
  • SATA AHCI HBA driver
• USB Drivers
  • Video supports USB video class devices such as webcams
  • Touchscreen supports touch screens and touch panels from 3M
  • HID devices such as multi-media keys in the keyboard
  • Java USB Java API (JSR80) for communicating with USB devices
• Audio/Video Drivers
• Consumer Electronical Devices like the PDA, printer, scanner and etc.
• Virtual console
• Quality and Performance
  • Device Driver testing
  • NIC driver test suite
    • maxq NIC test is a test suite based on netperf
    • WIFI test checklist is a self-test guide for WiFi driver development
  • Performance benchmark and comparison
• Third party driver integrations
• Intel Active Management Technology in Solaris

Other Activities

• OpenSolaris Device Driver Model (coming soon) is to create driver templates to help new developers write Solaris device drivers. Also, experienced developers will help annotate well written existing drivers.
• OpenSolaris Device Driver Contest (coming soon).