Re: writing device drivers (WAS: Behavior of semaphore's down/up fun....)

Sebastian Benoit (Benoit@pprz02.hrz.Uni-Marburg.DE)
Thu, 21 Nov 1996 20:58:45 +0100 (CET)


On Thu, 21 Nov 1996, Bas Mevissen wrote:

> > Hi, any experts there willing to help:
> >
> > I am a new grad learning to write linux device drivers and want to
> > understand some kernel codes related to driver programming.
> >
> > I have a question on the behavior of semaphore's down/up functions..... :
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> > Best regards.
> >
> And for 'normal' driver writers: aren't generic driver files available ?
> The Linux Kernel Hackers Guide is really outdated, so where to find good
> help for writing a (SCSI/BLOCK/CHAR) driver(-module) ?
> Regards,
> Bas.
>
> BTW. A good generic driver would help hardware vendors write a driver !

there you are :

www.fu-berlin.de/~clausi/documents/lddk/lddk.html

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