Re: writing device drivers

Legacy Fishtank (garzik@havoc.gtf.org)
Wed, 26 Dec 2001 17:41:57 -0500


On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 05:42:16PM -0200, Eliezer dos Santos Magalhães wrote:
> where can I find a good paper , or something good that could teach me how to
> write device drivers ?? I really would like to know , mainly network device
> drivers , for example , how could I re-write the rtl8139 driver ?

For kernel 2.4, the -2nd- edition of _Linux Device Drivers_ is good, but
it doesn't cover nearly everything you need to know... your best
reference is existing network driver source code for recent PCI drivers.

And, are you having problems with rtl8139 or was that just an example? :)

Jeff

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