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Date: Sun, 02 Feb 1997 12:18:10 -0500
To: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com>
From: dennis <dennis@etinc.com>
Subject: Re: Device Driver: Almost home(?)
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At 10:12 PM 2/1/97 -0800, you wrote:
>OK,
>here is a shell script that writes a pseudo device driver 
>and integrates it into your kernel.
>I also attach a real device driver writing script that does the same
>thing
>
>they both use the GENERIC config as a starting point..
>you run them as:

I prefer the:

Copy_a_similar_driver && search_and_replace_in_vi  method.....

Please, for the sake of sanity, make a pledge to keep the script up to
date...LINUX has
a "skeleton" driver that (at one point) was just enough out of date to
drive anyone using
it a little crazy!

Dennis