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     AddBootNode() 
     AddConfigDev() 
     AddDosNode() 
     AllocConfigDev() 
     AllocExpansionMem() 
     ConfigBoard() 
     FindConfigDev() 
     FreeConfigDev() 
     FreeExpansionMem() 
     GetCurrentBinding() 
     MakeDosNode() 
     ObtainConfigBinding() 
     ReadExpansionByte() 
     ReadExpansionRom() 
     ReleaseConfigBinding() 
     RemConfigDev() 
     SetCurrentBinding() 
     WriteExpansionByte() 


expansion.library/AddBootNode


   NAME
	AddBootNode -- Add a BOOTNODE to the system (V36)

   SYNOPSIS
	ok = AddBootNode( bootPri, flags, deviceNode, configDev )
	D0		  D0	   D1	  A0	      A1

	BOOL AddBootNode( BYTE,ULONG,struct DeviceNode *,struct ConfigDev * );

   FUNCTION
	This function will do one of two things:

		1> If dos is running, add a new disk type device immediatly.
		2> If dos is not yet running, save information for later
		   use by the system.

   FUNCTION
	This routine makes sure that your disk device (or a device
	that wants to be treated as if it was a disk...) will be
	entered into the system.  If the dos is already up and
	running, then it will be entered immediately.  If the dos
	has not yet been run then the data will be recorded, and the
	dos will get it later.

	We try and boot off of each device in turn, based on priority.
	Floppies have a hard-coded priority.

	There is only one additional piece of magic done by AddBootNode.
	If there is no executable code specified in the deviceNode
	structure (e.g. dn_SegList, dn_Handler, and dn_Task are all
	null) then the standard dos file handler is used for your
	device.

	Documentation note: a "task" as used here is a dos-task, not
	an exec-task.  A dos-task, in the strictest sense, is the
	address of an exec-style message port.	In general, it is
	a pointer to a process's pr_MsgPort field (e.g. a constant
	number of bytes after an exec task).

	Autoboot from an expansion card before DOS is running requires
	the card's ConfigDev structure.

	Pass a NULL ConfigDev pointer to create a non-bootable node.

   INPUTS
	bootPri -- a BYTE quantity with the boot priority for this disk.
	    This priority is only for which disks should be looked at:
	    the actual disk booted from will be the first disk with
	    a valid boot block.  If no disk is found then the "bootme"
	    hand will come up and the bootstrap code will wait for
	    a floppy to be inserted.  Recommend priority assignments are:

		+5   -- unit zero for the floppy disk.	The floppy should
			always be highest priority to allow the user to
			abort out of a hard disk boot.
		 0   -- the run of the mill hard disk
		-5   -- a "network" disk (local disks should take priority).
		-128 -- don't even bother to boot from this device.

	flags -- additional flag bits for the call:
	    ADNF_STARTPROC (bit 0) -- start a handler process immediately.
		Normally the process is started only when the device node
		is first referenced.  This bit is meaningless if you
		have already specified a handler process (non-null dn_Task).

	deviceNode -- a legal DOS device node, properly initialized.
		Typically this will be the result of a MakeDosNode().
		Special cases may require a custom-built device node.

	configDev -- a valid board's ConfigDev structure.  This is required
		for autoboot before DOS is running and if left NULL will
		result in an non-bootable node.

   RESULTS
	ok - non-zero everything went ok, zero if we ran out of memory
	    or some other weirdness happened.

   NOTE
	This function eliminates the need to manually Enqueue a BOOTNODE
	onto an expansion.library list.  Be sure V36 expansion.library is
	available before calling this function!

   SEE ALSO
	AddDosNode


expansion.library/AddConfigDev


   NAME
	AddConfigDev - add a new ConfigDev structure to the system

   SYNOPSIS
	AddConfigDev( configDev )
	              A0

   FUNCTION
	(Not typically called by user code)

	This routine adds the specified ConfigDev structure to the
	list of Configuration Devices in the system.

   INPUTS
	configDev - a valid ConfigDev structure.

   RESULTS

   EXCEPTIONS

   SEE ALSO
	RemConfigDev

   BUGS


expansion.library/AddDosNode


   NAME
	AddDosNode -- mount a disk to the system

   SYNOPSIS
	ok = AddDosNode( bootPri, flags, deviceNode )
	D0		 D0	  D1	 A0

	BOOL AddDosNode( BYTE,ULONG,struct DeviceNode *);

   FUNCTION
	This is the old (pre V36) function that works just like
	AddBootNode().  It should only be used if you *MUST* work
	in a 1.3 system and you don't need to autoboot.

   RESULTS
	ok - non-zero everything went ok, zero if we ran out of memory
	    or some other weirdness happened.

   EXAMPLE
	/* enter a bootable disk into the system.  Start a file handler
	** process immediately.
	*/
	if(  AddDosNode( 0, ADNF_STARTPROC, MakeDosNode( paramPacket ) )  )
		...AddDosNode ok...

   BUGS
	Before V36 Kickstart, no function existed to add BOOTNODES.
	If an older expansion.library is in use, driver code will need
	to manually construct a BootNode and Enqueue() it to eb_Mountlist.
	If you have a V36 or better expansion.library, your code should
	use AddBootNode().

   SEE ALSO
	MakeDosNode, AddBootNode


expansion.library/AllocConfigDev


   NAME
	AllocConfigDev - allocate a ConfigDev structure

   SYNOPSIS
	configDev = AllocConfigDev()
	D0

   FUNCTION
	This routine returns the address of a ConfigDev structure.
	It is provided so new fields can be added to the structure
	without breaking old, existing code.  The structure is cleared
	when it is returned to the user.

   INPUTS

   RESULTS
	configDev - either a valid ConfigDev structure or NULL.

   EXCEPTIONS

   SEE ALSO
	FreeConfigDev

   BUGS


expansion.library/AllocExpansionMem


   NAME
	AllocExpansionMem - allocate expansion memory

   SYNOPSIS
	startSlot = AllocExpansionMem( numSlots, slotOffset )
	D0                             D0        D1

   FUNCTION
	(Not typically called by user code)

	This function allocates numslots of expansion space (each slot
	is E_SLOTSIZE bytes).  It returns the slot number of the
	start of the expansion memory.  The EC_MEMADDR macro may be
	used to convert this to a memory address.

	Boards that fit the expansion architecture have alignment
	rules.  Normally a board must be on a binary boundary of its
	size.  Four and Eight megabyte boards have special rules.
	User defined boards might have other special rules.

	If AllocExpansionMem() succeeds, the startSlot will satisfy
	the following equation:

		(startSlot - slotOffset) MOD slotAlign = 0

   INPUTS
	numSlots - the number of slots required.
	slotOffset - an offset from that boundary for startSlot.

   RESULTS
	startSlot - the slot number that was allocated, or -1 for error.

   EXAMPLES

		AllocExpansionMem( 2, 0 )

	Tries to allocate 2 slots on a two slot boundary.

		AllocExpansionMem( 64, 32 )

	This is the allocation rule for 4 meg boards.  It allocates
	4 megabytes (64 slots) on an odd 2 meg boundary.

   EXCEPTIONS

   SEE ALSO
	FreeExpansionMem

   BUGS


expansion.library/ConfigBoard


   NAME
	ConfigBoard - configure a board

   SYNOPSIS
	error = ConfigBoard( board, configDev )
	D0                   A0     A1

   FUNCTION
	This routine configures an expansion board.  The board
	will generally live at E_EXPANSIONBASE, but the base is
	passed as a parameter to allow future compatibility.
	The configDev parameter must be a valid configDev that
	has already had ReadExpansionRom() called on it.

	ConfigBoard will allocate expansion memory and place
	the board at its new address.  It will update configDev
	accordingly.  If there is not enough expansion memory
	for this board then an error will be returned.

   INPUTS
	board - the current address that the expansion board is
		responding.
	configDev - an initialized ConfigDev structure, returned
		by AllocConfigDev.

   RESULTS
	error - non-zero if there was a problem configuring this board
		(Can return EE_OK or EE_NOEXPANSION)

   SEE ALSO
	FreeConfigDev


expansion.library/FindConfigDev


   NAME
	FindConfigDev - find a matching ConfigDev entry

   SYNOPSIS
	configDev = FindConfigDev( oldConfigDev, manufacturer, product )
	D0                         A0            D0            D1

   FUNCTION
	This routine searches the list of existing ConfigDev
	structures in the system and looks for one that has
	the specified manufacturer and product codes.

	If the oldConfigDev is NULL the the search is from the
	start of the list of configuration devices.  If it is
	not null then it searches from the first configuration
	device entry AFTER oldConfigDev.

	A code of -1 is treated as a wildcard -- e.g. it matches
	any manufacturer (or product)

   INPUTS
	oldConfigDev - a valid ConfigDev structure, or NULL to start
		from the start of the list.
	manufacturer - the manufacturer code being searched for, or
		-1 to ignore manufacturer numbers.
	product - the product code being searched for, or -1 to
		ignore product numbers.

   RESULTS
	configDev - the next ConfigDev entry that matches the
		manufacturer and product codes, or NULL if there
		are no more matches.

   EXCEPTIONS

   EXAMPLES
	/* to find all configdevs of the proper type */
	struct ConfigDev *cd = NULL;

	while( cd = FindConfigDev( cd, MANUFACTURER, PRODUCT ) ) {
		/* do something with the returned ConfigDev */
	}

   SEE ALSO

   BUGS


expansion.library/FreeConfigDev


   NAME
	FreeConfigDev - free a ConfigDev structure

   SYNOPSIS
	FreeConfigDev( configDev )
	               A0

   FUNCTION
	This routine frees a ConfigDev structure as returned by
	AllocConfigDev.

   INPUTS
	configDev - a valid ConfigDev structure.

   RESULTS

   EXCEPTIONS

   SEE ALSO
	AllocConfigDev

   BUGS


expansion.library/FreeExpansionMem


   NAME
	FreeExpansionMem - allocate standard device expansion memory

   SYNOPSIS
	FreeExpansionMem( startSlot, numSlots )
	                  D0         D1

   FUNCTION
	(Not typically called by user code)

	This function allocates numslots of expansion space (each slot
	is E_SLOTSIZE bytes).  It is the inverse function of
	AllocExpansionMem().

   INPUTS
	startSlot - the slot number that was allocated, or -1 for error.
	numSlots - the number of slots to be freed.

   RESULTS

   EXAMPLES

   EXCEPTIONS
	If the caller tries to free a slot that is already in the
	free list, FreeExpansionMem will Alert() (e.g. crash the
	system).

   SEE ALSO
	AllocExpansionMem

   BUGS


expansion.library/GetCurrentBinding


   NAME
	GetCurrentBinding - sets static board configuration area

   SYNOPSIS
	actual = GetCurrentBinding( currentBinding, size )
	                            A0              D0:16

   FUNCTION
	This function writes the contents of the "currentBinding"
	structure out of a private place.  It may be set via
	SetCurrentBinding().  This is really a kludge, but it is
	the only way to pass extra arguments to a newly configured
	device.

	A CurrentBinding structure has the name of the currently
	loaded file, the product string that was associated with
	this driver, and a pointer to the head of a singly linked
	list of ConfigDev structures (linked through the cd_NextCD
	field).

	Many devices may not need this information; they have hard
	coded into themselves their manufacture number.  It is
	recommended that you at least check that you can deal with
	the product code in the linked ConfigDev structures.

   INPUTS
	currentBinding - a pointer to a CurrentBinding structure

	size - The size of the user's binddriver structure.
	    Do not pass in less than sizeof(struct CurrentBinding).

   RESULTS
	actual - the true size of a CurrentBinding structure is returned.

   SEE ALSO
	GetCurrentBinding


expansion.library/MakeDosNode


   NAME
	MakeDosNode -- construct dos data structures that a disk needs

   SYNOPSIS
	deviceNode = MakeDosNode( parameterPkt )
	D0			  A0

	struct DeviceNode * MakeDosNode( void * );

   FUNCTION
	This routine manufactures the data structures needed to enter
	a dos disk device into the system.  This consists of a DeviceNode,
	a FileSysStartupMsg, a disk environment vector, and up to two
	bcpl strings.  See the libraries/dosextens.h and
	libraries/filehandler.h include files for more information.

	MakeDosNode will allocate all the memory it needs, and then
	link the various structure together.  It will make sure all
	the structures are long-word aligned (as required by the DOS).
	It then returns the information to the user so he can
	change anything else that needs changing.  Typically he will
	then call AddDosNode() to enter the new device into the dos
	tables.

   INPUTS
	parameterPkt - a longword array containing all the information
	    needed to initialize the data structures.  Normally I
	    would have provided a structure for this, but the variable
	    length of the packet caused problems.  The two strings are
	    null terminated strings, like all other exec strings.

	    longword	description
	    --------	-----------
	    0		string with dos handler name
	    1		string with exec device name
	    2		unit number (for OpenDevice)
	    3		flags (for OpenDevice)
	    4		# of longwords in rest of environment
	    5-n 	file handler environment (see libraries/filehandler.h)

   RESULTS
	deviceNode - pointer to initialize device node structure, or
	    null if there was not enough memory.  You may need to change
	    certain fields before passing the DeviceNode to AddDosNode().

   EXAMPLES
	/* set up a 3.5" Amiga format floppy drive for unit 1 */

	char execName[] = "trackdisk.device";
	char dosName[] = "df1";

	ULONG parmPkt[] = {
	    (ULONG) dosName,
	    (ULONG) execName,
	    1,			/* unit number */
	    0,			/* OpenDevice flags */

	    /* here is the environment block */
	    16, 		/* table upper bound */
	    512>>2,		/* # longwords in a block */
	    0,			/* sector origin -- unused */
	    2,			/* number of surfaces */
	    1,			/* secs per logical block -- leave as 1 */
	    11, 		/* blocks per track */
	    2,			/* reserved blocks -- 2 boot blocks */
	    0,			/* ?? -- unused */
	    0,			/* interleave */
	    0,			/* lower cylinder */
	    79, 		/* upper cylinder */
	    5,			/* number of buffers */
	    MEMF_CHIP,		/* type of memory for buffers */
	    (~0 >> 1),          /* largest transfer size (largest signed #) */
	    ~1, 		/* addmask */
	    0,			/* boot priority */
	    0x444f5300, 	/* dostype: 'DOS\0' */
	};

	struct Device Node *node, *MakeDosNode();

	node = MakeDosNode( parmPkt );


   SEE ALSO
	AddDosNode, libraries/dosextens.h, libraries/filehandler.h


expansion.library/ObtainConfigBinding


   NAME
	ObtainConfigBinding - try to get permission to bind drivers

   SYNOPSIS
	ObtainConfigBinding()


   FUNCTION
	ObtainConfigBinding gives permission to bind drivers to
	ConfigDev structures.  It exists so two drivers at once
	do not try and own the same ConfigDev structure.  This
	call will block until it is safe proceed.

	It is crucially important that people lock out others
	before loading new drivers.  Much of the data that is used
	to configure things is statically kept, and others need
	to be kept from using it.

	This call is built directly on Exec SignalSemaphore code
	(e.g. ObtainSemaphore).

   INPUTS

   RESULTS

   EXCEPTIONS

   SEE ALSO
	ReleaseConfigBinding()

   BUGS


expansion.library/ReadExpansionByte


   NAME
	ReadExpansionByte - read a byte nybble by nybble.

   SYNOPSIS
	byte = ReadExpansionByte( board, offset )
	D0                        A0     D0

   FUNCTION
	(Not typically called by user code)

 	ReadExpansionByte reads a byte from a new-style expansion
	board.  These boards have their readable data organized
	as a series of nybbles in memory.  This routine reads
	two nybbles and returns the byte value.

	In general, this routine will only be called by ReadExpansionRom.

	The offset is a byte offset, as if into a ExpansionRom structure.
	The actual memory address read will be four times larger.
	The macros EROFFSET and ECOFFSET are provided to help get
	these offsets from C.

   INPUTS
	board - a pointer to the base of a new style expansion board.
	offset - a logical offset from the board base

   RESULTS
	byte - a byte of data from the expansion board.

   EXAMPLES
	byte = ReadExpansionByte( cd->BoardAddr, EROFFSET( er_Type ) );
	ints = ReadExpansionByte( cd->BoardAddr, ECOFFSET( ec_Interrupt ) );

   SEE ALSO
	WriteExpansionByte, ReadExpansionRom


expansion.library/ReadExpansionRom


   NAME
	ReadExpansionRom - read a boards configuration ROM space

   SYNOPSIS
	error = ReadExpansionRom( board, configDev )
	D0                        A0     A1

   FUNCTION
	(Not typically called by user code)

	ReadExpansionRom reads a the ROM portion of an expansion
	device in to cd_Rom portion of a ConfigDev structure.
	This routine knows how to detect whether or not there is
	actually a board there,

	In addition, the ROM portion of a new style expansion board
	is encoded in ones-complement format (except for the first
	two nybbles -- the er_Type field).  ReadExpansionRom knows
	about this and un-complements the appropriate fields.

   INPUTS
	board - a pointer to the base of a new style expansion board.
	configDev - the ConfigDev structure that will be read in.
	offset - a logical offset from the configdev base

   RESULTS
	error - If the board address does not contain a valid new style
		expansion board, then error will be non-zero.

   EXAMPLES

	configDev = AllocConfigDev();
	if( ! configDev ) panic();

	error = ReadExpansionBoard( board, configDev );
	if( ! error ) {
		configDev->cd_BoardAddr = board;
		ConfigBoard( configDev );
	}

   SEE ALSO
	ReadExpansionByte, WriteExpansionByte


expansion.library/ReleaseConfigBinding


   NAME
	ReleaseConfigBinding - allow others to bind to drivers

   SYNOPSIS
	ReleaseConfigBinding()


   FUNCTION
	This call should be used when you are done binding drivers
	to ConfigDev entries.  It releases the SignalSemaphore; this
	allows others to bind their drivers to ConfigDev structures.

   SEE ALSO
	ObtainConfigBinding()


expansion.library/RemConfigDev


   NAME
	RemConfigDev - remove a ConfigDev structure from the system

   SYNOPSIS
	RemConfigDev( configDev )
	              A0

   FUNCTION
	(Not typically called by user code)

	This routine removes the specified ConfigDev structure from the
	list of Configuration Devices in the system.

   INPUTS
	configDev - a valid ConfigDev structure.

   RESULTS

   EXCEPTIONS

   SEE ALSO
	AddConfigDev

   BUGS


expansion.library/SetCurrentBinding


   NAME
	SetCurrentBinding - sets static board configuration area

   SYNOPSIS
	SetCurrentBinding( currentBinding, size )
	                   A0		   D0:16

   FUNCTION
	This function records the contents of the "currentBinding"
	structure in a private place.  It may be read via
	GetCurrentBinding().  This is really a kludge, but it is
	the only way to pass extra arguments to a newly configured
	device.

	A CurrentBinding structure has the name of the currently
	loaded file, the product string that was associated with
	this driver, and a pointer to the head of a singly linked
	list of ConfigDev structures (linked through the cd_NextCD
	field).

	Many devices may not need this information; they have hard
	coded into themselves their manufacture number.  It is
	recommended that you at least check that you can deal with
	the product code in the linked ConfigDev structures.

   INPUTS
	currentBinding - a pointer to a CurrentBinding structure

	size - The size of the user's binddriver structure.  No
	    more than this much data will be copied.  If size is
	    less than the library's idea a CurrentBinding size,
	    then the library's structure will be null padded.

   SEE ALSO
	GetCurrentBinding


expansion.library/WriteExpansionByte


   NAME
	WriteExpansionByte - write a byte nybble by nybble.

   SYNOPSIS
	WriteExpansionByte( board, offset, byte )
			    A0     D0      D1

   FUNCTION
	(Not typically called by user code)

	WriteExpansionByte writes a byte to a new-style expansion
	board.  These boards have their writeable data organized
	as a series of nybbles in memory.  This routine writes
	two nybbles in a very careful manner to work with all
	types of new expansion boards.

	To make certain types of board less expensive, an expansion
	board's write registers may be organized as either a
	byte-wide or nybble-wide register.  If it is nybble-wide
	then it must latch the less significant nybble until the
	more significant nybble is written.  This allows the
	following algorithm to work with either type of board:

		write the low order nybble to bits D15-D12 of
			byte (offset*4)+2

		write the entire byte to bits D15-D8 of
			byte (offset*4)

	The offset is a byte offset into a ExpansionRom structure.
	The actual memory address read will be four times larger.
	The macros EROFFSET and ECOFFSET are provided to help get
	these offsets from C.

   INPUTS
	board - a pointer to the base of a new style expansion board.
	offset - a logical offset from the configdev base
	byte - the byte of data to be written to the expansion board.

   EXAMPLES
	WriteExpansionByte( cd->BoardAddr, ECOFFSET( ec_Shutup ),  0 );
	WriteExpansionByte( cd->BoardAddr, ECOFFSET( ec_Interrupt ), 1 );

   SEE ALSO
	ReadExpansionByte, ReadExpansionRom


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