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NetWare Loadable Module Programming HOWTO

Martin Hinner, < >

Version 0.2, 04 August 2000

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This document describes how to develop NetWare Loadable Modules under Linux, using GNU CC and nlmconv(1) from GNU binutils. This is not an official Novell document; I wrote it without any help or cooperation from Novell, Inc.

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1. Introduction

• 1.1 C++ Development
• 1.2 Related Documentation
• 1.3 Copying

2. Setting Up Your Linux Box and NetWare Server

• 2.1 Novell NetWare Server
• 2.2 Linux Box With IPX/NCPFS
• 2.3 GNU C Compiler
• 2.4 nlmconv(1) from GNU binutils
• 2.5 The nlm-kit Package
• 2.6 Include Files and Documentation from the NDK
• 2.7 Access to the NetWare Server (Xconsole or rconsole)

3. First Step: Hello world

• 3.1 hello.c - Source File
• 3.2 hello.def - NLM header file
• 3.3 Makefile
• 3.4 GCC problems
• 3.5 Testing the Module

4. NLM Header file

• 4.1 AUTOUNLOAD
• 4.2 CHECK
• 4.3 CODESTART
• 4.4 COPYRIGHT
• 4.5 CUSTOM
• 4.6 DATASTART
• 4.7 DATE
• 4.8 DEBUG
• 4.9 DESCRIPTION
• 4.10 EXIT
• 4.11 EXPORT
• 4.12 FLAG_OFF
• 4.13 FLAG_ON
• 4.14 HELP
• 4.15 IMPORT
• 4.16 INPUT
• 4.17 MAP
• 4.18 MESSAGES
• 4.19 MODULE
• 4.20 MULTIPLE
• 4.21 NAMELEN
• 4.22 OS_DOMAIN
• 4.23 OUTPUT
• 4.24 PATH
• 4.25 PSEUDOPREEMPTION
• 4.26 REENTRANT
• 4.27 SCREENNAME
• 4.28 SHARELIB
• 4.29 STACK
• 4.30 STACKSIZE
• 4.31 STAMPEDDATA
• 4.32 START
• 4.33 SYNCHRONIZE
• 4.34 THREADNAME
• 4.35 TYPE
• 4.36 VERSION
• 4.37 XDCDATA

5. Message files

6. Help Files

7. XDC Data Files

8. Header Files (.h)

9. Import Files (.imp)

• 9.1 Generating Import Files Using nlmimp(1)

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