Date: Wed, 2 Aug 95 18:44:53 MDT From: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert) To: erich@jake.lodgenet.com (Eric L. Hernes) Cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: device driver writers guide Message-ID: <9508030044.AA24117@cs.weber.edu> In-Reply-To: <199508022232.RAA13169@jake.lodgenet.com> from "Eric L. Hernes" at Aug 2, 95 05:32:15 pm
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> Is anyone interested in this type of thing. I know that the > kernel is a very sacred place (unlike linux). But there may > be people who have (possibly proprietary) drivers for other > platforms (SCO comes to mind) that would be interested in > FreeBSD if they could get they're drivers ported. > > I've been toying with the idea of writing this for a while now. > The scope would be more on how to build a driver for FreeBSD, not > unix in general. Meaning BSD specific entry points, config-ing > the kernel, device drivers as lkms, etc. > > I have more or less an outline which I intend to work from. > If there is interest, I'll help round it out for the handbook. > If not, I'll just write it up for my personal notes. I would be *very* interested in one of these existing. One of the issues in BSD is lack of documentation for internal system interfaces. VM would be a good place to start, as would vn_ for kernel level file I/O and bXXX, the block I/O interface. Terry Lambert terry@cs.weber.edu --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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