Re: Writing Drivers
> This is probably a dumb question, but here goes. > > I want to write a driver for some custom hardware we use here. I've done > this Windows NT and (earlier) MS-DOS, so the concept doesn't scare me. > > What I need is a starting point. Besides trawling through the code, are > there any standard references or texts I could check out? Not really. The code is your best reference, although you should be sure to ask around here for help/advice, since there are plenty of people that can help you. -- ... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt] V I C T O R Y N O T V E N G E A N C E To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
RE: Writing Drivers
Yip , a nice description here ... http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/ the last 3 links on the page On 09-Oct-00 Christopher F. Moran wrote: > This is probably a dumb question, but here goes. > > I want to write a driver for some custom hardware we use here. I've done > this Windows NT and (earlier) MS-DOS, so the concept doesn't scare me. > > What I need is a starting point. Besides trawling through the code, are > there any standard references or texts I could check out? > > Thanks, > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message -- Unix Software Developer/Engineer E-Mail: Johan Kruger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 09-Oct-00 Time: 11:44:50 All good things come to those who ... runs FreeBSD -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
Writing Drivers
This is probably a dumb question, but here goes. I want to write a driver for some custom hardware we use here. I've done this Windows NT and (earlier) MS-DOS, so the concept doesn't scare me. What I need is a starting point. Besides trawling through the code, are there any standard references or texts I could check out? Thanks, To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message