Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 10:22:00 -0600 From: "Eric L. Hernes" <erich@lodgenet.com> To: Robert Withrow <witr@rwwa.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Wanted: Examples of ``good practice'' device drivers. Message-ID: <199511301622.KAA01227@jake.lodgenet.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 29 Nov 1995 21:00:15 EST." <199511300200.VAA26997@spooky.rwwa.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Robert Withrow writes: >I've been writing device drivers and kernel code for the >last 20 years or so, on lots of OS's including several >versions of SYSV. I'm now faced with converting some >SVR4 drivers I wrote a few years ago to FreeBSD, a >version of OS I know essentially nothing about the >internals of. So, while I don't need to learn *how* >to write a ``unix device driver'', I do need to learn >how to write a *FreeBSD* device driver. > I've started on a drivers writers guide. I'd say you've got quite a bit more experience than I though... My doc just covers bolting a driver into the kernel, and mentions the entry points. The doc is at http://www.freebsd.org/~erich/ddwg/ddwg.html, or I can mail a postscript version. As it sits now it is applicable to 2.0 2.0.5 and 2.1, but is about to become dated w.r.t -current ;( eric. -- erich@lodgenet.com erich@rrnet.com
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?199511301622.KAA01227>