From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 28 18:51:30 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16F0C37B401 for ; Mon, 28 Apr 2003 18:51:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from jive.SoftHome.net (jive.SoftHome.net [66.54.152.27]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4DDE343F3F for ; Mon, 28 Apr 2003 18:51:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from davoid@softhome.net) Received: (qmail 16318 invoked by uid 417); 29 Apr 2003 01:51:27 -0000 Received: from slide-.softhome.net (HELO softhome.net) (172.16.2.21) by shunt-smtp-out-0 with SMTP; 29 Apr 2003 01:51:27 -0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (uid 417) by softhome.net with local; Mon, 28 Apr 2003 19:51:27 -0600 From: davoid@softhome.net To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 19:51:27 -0600 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Sender: davoid@softhome.net X-Originating-IP: [24.202.234.243] Message-ID: Subject: beginning driver development X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 01:51:30 -0000 Hello, I am a junior programmer, and I have to write a driver for a USB wireless network card( I've heard it's an Atmel-based card -- Network Everywhere NWU11b ). I know of 3 different drivers for this card that are said to work on Linux, I will therefore inspire myself from them, of course. However this _is_ my first contact with a kernel from a developer's point of view, and I don't know how to start. Can you help me? Thanks! Andrei