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Technical Q&As: Hardware & Drivers
Fibre Channel uses a serial architecture to connect mass storage devices to servers and other computers. Fibre Channel interfaces are available for Xserve hardware, and Fibre Channel is the primary interface for Xserve RAID hardware. Developers can use I/O Kit and Mac OS X APIs to create drivers for Fibre Channel hardware and to access files in a SAN.

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ExpressCard Prevents System Sleep (HTML)
QA1517: Describes how some ExpressCard cards can prevent system sleep and how to fix the problem.
2007-02-28
The "packages" node in the device tree (HTML)
HW90: Describes the "packages" node in the Open Firmware device tree.
2006-02-22
Sending SCSI or ATA commands to storage devices (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1179: Explains that Mac OS X does not implement SCSI or ATA pass-through for many mass storage devices.
2005-05-10
Generating an NMI Without a Programmer's Switch (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1264: Explains how to generate a non-maskable interrupt (NMI) on CPUs without programmer's switches.
2004-04-26
Installing an I/O Kit KEXT Without Rebooting (HTML)
QA1319: Describes the state of the art of installing I/O Kit kernel extensions (KEXTs) without requiring a restart.
2003-10-28
Mapping kernel memory to user space on Mac OS X 10.2 (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1197: Describes a change to mapping kernel memory to user space affecting Mac OS X 10.2 and later.
2002-09-13
SCSIAction and IOSCSIUserClient on Mac OS X 10.2 (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1201: Describes migrating to a new API for SCSI Parallel devices starting with Mac OS X 10.2.
2002-09-13
IODeviceTree & the IORegistry (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1120: Describes the IODeviceTree plane in the Mac OS X IORegistry.
2002-02-13
Power Management; Policy Maker vs. Power Controller (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1121: Describes the differences between a Power Management Policy Maker and a Power Management Power Controller.
2002-02-13
IOKit Framework Headers (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
QA1107: Describes the differences between the headers in IOKit.framework and the I/O Kit headers in Kernel.framework.
2002-01-15
The dreaded "incompatible flag -framework" error (HTML)
QA1096: Explains how to eliminate the incompatible flag -framework error in Project Builder.
2001-12-05
Is the Open Firmware device tree object oriented? (HTML)
HW80: Discusses the object-oriented attributes of the Open Firmware device tree.
1999-11-15
Sample code for allocating an amount of dictionary space (HTML)
HW71: Discusses the allocation and the setting of memory for Dictionary space in Open Firmware.
1999-10-11
What is the "dump" word and how do I use it? (HTML)
HW68: Describes the function of the Open Firmware word "dump" and how it can be used.
1999-10-11
What numeric base is the default for the Open Firmware user interface? (HTML)
HW65: Describes how the default numeric base used by the Open Firmware user interface is hexadecimal.
1999-10-11
Determining Open Firmware configuration variables (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
HW56: Discusses how to determine the Open Firmware variables on a system.
1999-03-29
Expansion ROM device properties (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
HW50: Describes the Open Firmware properties that should be included in a boot device's expansion ROM.
1999-03-29
Why did the name of the PCI bridge change? (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
HW59: Explains the name change of the PCI bridge to the generic name "pci" in Open Firmware.
1999-03-29
Are interrupts enabled while Open Firmware is running? (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
HW44: Explains that interrupts are disabled when Open Firmware is running.
1999-02-15
What are configuration variables in Open Firmware? (HTML) (日本語 HTML)
HW38: Defines the configuration variables in Open Firmware.
1999-02-15
PCI Type 1 Cycles (HTML)
HW26: Describes the circumstances when the PowerMac generates a Configuration Type 1 command.
1995-07-15