From owner-freebsd-drivers@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 8 19:55:48 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3331106564A for ; Tue, 8 Apr 2008 19:55:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rk_hunnicutt@yahoo.com) Received: from web37606.mail.mud.yahoo.com (web37606.mail.mud.yahoo.com [209.191.87.89]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AB2378FC26 for ; Tue, 8 Apr 2008 19:55:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rk_hunnicutt@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 32468 invoked by uid 60001); 8 Apr 2008 19:29:07 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Message-ID; b=R2+RR1W0UIeQB6fx3m4royD5WsQK/+3vswgk0sFDEBoXKk1n47UKkNJyTn0PWK6ZkH2s9OGjAeL8z3nFfieJ25YCFRuFik3id+H5LP+He/1diBMoolo1DSR6w52om3+m7P7oTDG2e0btM7W3UzCbyeS4aeOmih5iSYN8z/ZdxE0=; X-YMail-OSG: gSybAOYVM1lWCbIADO66GdtB3qBv5BmMTqCMYQTmcf6VlhAFI3OzorJucwZvTuVxn_XoCLir0MZf1kHF1tJuN.kA0OjoF1lZUiF9C_6m0F5zSAm0ygiWzfcDZ.7tlg-- Received: from [70.166.18.214] by web37606.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:29:07 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailRC/902.40 YahooMailWebService/0.7.185 Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2008 12:29:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Rick Hunnicutt To: freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <535058.32207.qm@web37606.mail.mud.yahoo.com> X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:04:23 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: New driver writer X-BeenThere: freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Writing device drivers for FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:55:49 -0000 Hello all, I'm writing a BSD PCI character driver and have many questions. I have the architecture handbook and it answers some questions but leaves much unaddressed. For example, the parameters on the open/close/read/write calls don't seems to be address. Am I expected to dig around the code base to decipher their purpose or have I missed a vital area of documentation? Thank you for your help. Rick ____________________________________________________________________________________ You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost. http://tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/text5.com