Index

A number represents a single reference to a topic.

A number with a "+" sign represents a longer discussion of a topic.

A B C D E F H I K L M N O P Q R S U X

A
ADB family 1
ATA/ATAPI families 1
Audio family 1
Audio HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) 1

B
BSD
	and device files 1+
	and networking API 1
	file systems 1
	networking 1
`busyState` values 1+

C
Carbon Event Manager 1
Carbon Printing Manager 1
`CFDictionaryAddValue` function 1
`CFDictionaryCreateMutable` function 1
CFNetwork 1
`CFRelease` function 1
`CFRunLoopAddSource` function 1
`CFRunLoopRun` function 1
`CFStringGetCString` function 1+
Component Object Model (COM) 1
Core Audio 1
Core Foundation plug-in model 1
Core Graphics Services. See Quartz Compositor
custom device interfaces. See developing custom device-access solutions
custom user clients. See developing custom device-access solutions

D
developing custom device-access solutions 1+
device families. See I/O Kit, family device-access support
device files
	and device interfaces 1+
	defined 1
	getting a device-file path for 1+
	in driver stack 1
	overview 1+
device interfaces
	creating custom. See developing custom device-access solutions
	and device files 1+
	overview 1+
	steps for getting 1+
device interfaces
	defined 1
	in driver stack 1
device look-up functions 1+
device matching
	and communicating with the I/O Kit 1+
	and device files 1
	and notifications 1+
	creating matching dictionaries for 1+
	defined 1
	device look-up functions for 1+
	examining matching objects in 1
	getting keys and values for 1+
	steps to implement 1+
driver 1
driver matching 1
driver personalities
	defined 1
	examining for matching keys and values 1+
	keys in 1+

E
error return values
	interpreting 1+
	macros for handling 1
exclusive-access errors 1+

F
family 1
File Manager 1
file systems, BSD 1
finding devices. See device matching
FireWire DV family 1
FireWire family 1
FireWire SBP-2 family 1
functions
	`CFDictionaryAddValue` 1
	`CFDictionaryCreateMutable` 1
	`CFRelease` 1
	`CFRetain` 1
	`CFRunLoopAddSource` 1
	`CFRunLoopRun` 1
	`CFStringGetCString` 1+
	`close` 1
	`host_get_io_master` 1
	`IOBSDNameMatching` 1 2
	`IOConnectAddClient` 1
	`IOConnectAddRef` 1
	`IOConnectGetService` 1
	`IOConnectMapMemory` 1
	`IOConnectMethodScalarIScalarO` 1
	`IOConnectMethodScalarIStructureI` 1
	`IOConnectMethodScalarIStructureO` 1
	`IOConnectMethodStructureIStructureO` 1
	`IOConnectRelease` 1
	`IOConnectSetCFProperties` 1
	`IOConnectSetCFProperty` 1
	`IOConnectSetNotificationPort` 1
	`IOConnectUnmapMemory` 1
	`IOCreatePlugInInterfaceForService` 1 2
	`IODestroyPlugInInterface` 1 2
	`IODispatchCalloutFromMessage` 1
	`IOIterator` 1
	`IOIteratorIsValid` 1 2
	`IOIteratorNext` 1 2
	`IOIteratorReset` 1 2
	`IOKitGetBusyState` 1
	`IOKitWaitQuiet` 1
	`IOMasterPort` 1 2 3
	`IONotificationPortCreate` 1 2
	`IONotificationPortDestroy` 1
	`IONotificationPortGetMachPort` 1
	`IONotificationPortGetRunLoopSource` 1 2
	`IOObjectConformsTo` 1
	`IOObjectGetClass` 1 2
	`IOObjectGetRetainCount` 1
	`IOObjectIsEqualTo` 1
	`IOObjectRelease` 1
	`IOObjectRetain` 1
	`IORegistryEntryCreateCFProperties` 1
	`IORegistryEntryCreateCFProperty` 1 2+ 3
	`IORegistryEntryGetLocationInPlane` 1
	`IORegistryEntryGetName` 1
	`IORegistryEntryGetNameInPlane` 1
	`IORegistryEntryGetParentEntry` 1
	`IORegistryEntryGetPath` 1
	`IORegistryEntryInPlane` 1
	`IORegistryEntrySearchCFProperty` 1
	`IORegistryEntrySetCFProperties` 1
	`IORegistryEntrySetCFProperty` 1
	`IOServiceAddMatchingNotification` 1+ 2 3
	`IOServiceClose` 1
	`IOServiceGetBusyState` 1
	`IOServiceGetMatchingService` 1+ 2
	`IOServiceGetMatchingServices` 1 2+ 3
	`IOServiceMatching` 1 2 3
	`IOServiceNameMatching` 1 2
	`IOServiceOpen` 1
	`IOServiceWaitQuiet` 1
	`mach_port_deallocate` 1
	`mach_port_get_refs` 1
	`open` 1
	`QueryInterface` 1 2
	`SCSIAction` 1

H
HID family 1
`host_get_io_master` function 1

I
I/O Kit
	and driver-stack building 1+
	communicating with 1+
	family device-access support 1+
	framework 1
	terms and definitions 1+
I/O Registry Explorer application 1 2
I/O Registry
	defined 1
	object property-setting functions 1+
	object property-viewing functions 1+
	object-introspection functions 1+
	planes in 1
	traversal functions 1+
`Info.plist` file 1 2
`IOBSDNameMatching` function 1 2
IOCFPlugInInterface plug-in 1
`IOConnectAddClient` function 1
`IOConnectAddRef` function 1
`IOConnectGetService` function 1
`IOConnectMapMemory` function 1
`IOConnectMethodScalarIScalarO` function 1
`IOConnectMethodScalarIStructureI` function 1
`IOConnectMethodScalarIStructureO` function 1
`IOConnectMethodStructureIStructureO` function 1
`IOConnectRelease` function 1
`IOConnectSetCFProperties` function 1
`IOConnectSetCFProperty` function 1
`IOConnectSetNotificationPort` function 1
`IOConnectUnmapMemory` function 1
`IOCreatePlugInInterfaceForService` function 1 2
`IODestroyPlugInInterface` function 1 2
`IODispatchCalloutFromMessage` function 1
IOIterator objects
	and the `IOIteratorNext` function 1
	from device look-up functions 1
	reference counting of 1
	using to examine matching objects 1
`IOIteratorIsValid` function 1 2
`IOIteratorNext` function 1 2
`IOIteratorReset` function 1 2
`IOKitGetBusyState` function 1
IOKitLib API
	and in-kernel objects 1+
	busy-state functions in 1+
	custom device interface development functions in 1+
	device look-up functions in 1
	device-notification functions in 1
	I/O Registry object information functions in 1+
	I/O Registry-traversal functions in 1+
	iteration functions in 1
	matching dictionary-creation functions in 1
	object-introspection functions in 1+
	property-setting functions in 1+
	property-viewing functions in 1+
	reference-counting functions in 1+
`IOKitWaitQuiet` function 1
`IOMasterPort` function 1 2
`IONotificationPortCreate` function 1 2
`IONotificationPortDestroy` function 1
`IONotificationPortGetMachPort` function 1
`IONotificationPortGetRunLoopSource` function 1 2
`IOObjectConformsTo` function 1
`IOObjectGetClass` function 1 2
`IOObjectGetRetainCount` function 1
`IOObjectIsEqualTo` function 1
`IOObjectRelease` function 1
`IOObjectRetain` function 1
`IOProviderClass` key 1
`ioreg` tool 1 2
`IORegistryEntryCreateCFProperties` function 1
`IORegistryEntryCreateCFProperty` function 1 2+ 3
`IORegistryEntryGetLocationInPlane` function 1
`IORegistryEntryGetName` function 1
`IORegistryEntryGetNameInPlane` function 1
`IORegistryEntryGetParentEntry` function 1
`IORegistryEntryGetPath` function 1
`IORegistryEntryInPlane` function 1
`IORegistryEntrySearchCFProperty` function 1
`IORegistryEntrySetCFProperties` function 1
`IORegistryEntrySetCFProperty` function 1
`IOServiceAddMatchingNotification` function 1+ 2 3
`IOServiceClose` function 1
`IOServiceGetBusyState` function 1
`IOServiceGetMatchingService` function 1+ 2
`IOServiceGetMatchingServices` function 1 2+ 3
`IOServiceMatching` function 1 2 3
`IOServiceNameMatching` function 1 2
`IOServiceOpen` function 1
`IOServiceWaitQuiet` function 1
`io_iterator_t` object 1
`io_object_t` type 1 2+
`io_registry_entry` object 1
`io_service_t` object 1
iterators. See IOIterator objects

K
kernel space 1
`kIOMasterPortDefault` constant 1
`kIOReturnExclusiveAccess` error 1
`kIOReturnNotAttached` error 1

L
looking up devices. See device look-up functions

M
Mach ports, using for I/O Kit communication 1 2+
`mach_port_get_refs` function 1
matching dictionaries
	creating and modifying 1+
	defined 1
	for device files 1
	getting property keys for 1+
	reference counting of 1
	using Core Foundation functions to modify 1+
	using I/O Kit functions to create 1+

N
Network family 1
networking services in user space 1
notifications of device arrival and departure. See device matching, getting notifications
NSEvent object 1
nub 1

O
Open Transport 1

P
PC Card family 1
PCI and AGP families 1
personality dictionaries, examining for keys and values 1+
POSIX (Portable Operating System Interface) API 1 2 3 4
power-source information, getting from user space 1
property keys
	finding with I/O Registry Explorer 1
	in header files 1+
	in information property lists 1+
	`IOProviderClass` key 1

Q
Quartz 2D 1
Quartz Compositor 1
`QueryInterface` function 1 2
QuickDraw 1
QuickTime 1

R
reference counting
	functions in IOKitLib 1+
	of `io_object_t` objects 1
	of IOCFPlugInInterface objects 1
	of IOIterator objects 1
	of matching dictionaries 1 2

S
SCSI Architecture Model family 1
SCSI family 1
SCSI Manager 4.3 1
SCSI Parallel family 1 2
`SCSIAction` function 1
serial devices, setting up a matching dictionary for 1
Serial family 1
service 1
storage devices, setting up a matching dictionary for 1
Storage family 1

U
UPS (uninterruptible power supply) devices 1
USB family 1
user clients
	creating custom. See developing custom device-access solutions
	defined 1
	in driver stack 1
user space 1
UUID (universal unique identifier) 1

X
XML (Extensible Markup Language) 1