Re: new to network device drivers!!

Richard B. Johnson (root@chaos.analogic.com)
Tue, 13 May 2003 15:00:13 -0400 (EDT)


On Tue, 13 May 2003, Pawan Deepika wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I am new to device drivers. Can anyone suggest me
> some simple network driver examples(which deal with
> real interface)to start with. What H/W details I need
> to know to write a driver on my own.
>
> Any help in this regard is highly appreciated.
>
> Thanks & regards,
> Deepika
>
>

How about /usr/src/linux-whatever/drivers/net/pcnet32.c
This does about all the stuff that a network driver would have
to do. It's also quite readable, obviously written by people
who know how.

Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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