From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 19 17:48:55 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id RAA27495 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 19 Dec 1996 17:48:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from mole.mole.org (marmot.mole.org [204.216.57.191]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with SMTP id RAA27476 for ; Thu, 19 Dec 1996 17:48:50 -0800 (PST) Received: (from mail@localhost) by mole.mole.org (8.6.12/8.6.12) id BAA05422; Fri, 20 Dec 1996 01:48:39 GMT Received: from meerkat.mole.org(206.197.192.110) by mole.mole.org via smap (V1.3) id sma005419; Fri Dec 20 01:48:24 1996 Received: (from mrm@localhost) by meerkat.mole.org (8.6.11/8.6.9) id RAA13133; Thu, 19 Dec 1996 17:48:20 -0800 Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 17:48:20 -0800 From: "M.R.Murphy" Message-Id: <199612200148.RAA13133@meerkat.mole.org> To: questions@freebsd.org, softweyr@xmission.com Subject: Re: embed Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > Writing device drivers for UNIX is certainly no more painful than > writing device drivers for any other OS. You at least have a kernel > debugger in FreeBSD and *rarely* ;^) have to resort to logic analyzers, > o-scopes, etc. Don't let the DOS-heads in the world frighten you about > working inside UNIX; at least you have the source to the system, and to > other drivers. > Debugger not required; kernel printf is enough :-) -- Mike Murphy mrm@Mole.ORG +1 619 598 5874 Better is the enemy of Good