From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Aug 19 12:47:17 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 801A6151C6 for ; Thu, 19 Aug 1999 12:47:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.3/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA07616; Thu, 19 Aug 1999 12:41:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199908191941.MAA07616@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Wilko Bulte Cc: FreeBSD-hackers@freebsd.org (FreeBSD hackers list) Subject: Re: recommended reading for PCI bus/drivers? In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 19 Aug 1999 20:09:56 +0200." <199908191809.UAA78676@yedi.iaf.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 12:41:15 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > I'm looking for background (reading) info on the PCI bus. Looking > for the tech detail required for writing PCI device drivers. > > I invite suggestions for books that can help me in this matter. ISBNs > would be practical I guess. Tech data on the PCI bus isn't a lot of help when it comes to writing device drivers, actually. The best reading on the latter is probably the collection in /sys/pci. If you're looking for a basic grounding, the Mindshare "PCI System Architecture" book is pretty good, and cheap enough that you won't feel that you were ripped off... -- \\ The mind's the standard \\ Mike Smith \\ of the man. \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ -- Joseph Merrick \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message