I/O Kernel Services

This overview lists the various I/O kernel services.

Block I/O Kernel Services
This section lists the block I/O kernel services with a brief description.
Buffer Cache Kernel Services
This section lists the buffer cache kernel services with a brief description.
Character I/O Kernel Services
This section lists the character I/O kernel services with description.
Interrupt Management Kernel Services
The operating system provides the following set of kernel services for managing interrupts.
Memory Buffer (mbuf) Kernel Services
The Memory Buffer (mbuf) kernel services provide functions to obtain, release, and manipulate memory buffers, or mbufs.
DMA Management Kernel Services
The operating system kernel provides several services for managing direct memory access (DMA) channels and performing DMA operations.
Enhanced I/O Error Handling Kernel Services
Enhanced I/O Error Handling (EEH) kernel services is an error recovery strategy for errors that occur during I/O operations on a Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI), Peripheral Component Interconnect Extended (PCI-X), or PCI Express (PCIe) bus.

Parent topic: Kernel Services