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initHardware

This function is called by start() to provide a convenient place for the subclass to perform its initialization.

Declaration

virtual bool initHardware(
 IOService *provider);

Parameters

  • provider:

    The service provider nub for the device.

Return Value

This function should return true on a successful initialization.

Overview

In a typical implementation, a driver would implementation this function and perform a number of tasks. Those include mapping hardware resources, initializing the hardware to a known state, creating the IOAudioEngines, IOAudioControls and IOAudioStreams. Additionally it should also call setDeviceName(), setDeviceShortName(), setManufacturerName(). Upon return of this function, the device should be ready to begin vending services to the system.

See Also

Miscellaneous