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From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Pratyush Das <reikdas@gmail.com>
Cc: kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org
Subject: Re: HID Driver
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2019 13:09:38 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190314200938.GA16742@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAFzLTsnGkpq4J5ooodg22L_vhvHAfe8NHYeJyYNL7qTTAxLADw@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, Mar 14, 2019 at 11:18:34PM +0530, Pratyush Das wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a device operated via an Arduino UNO board. I would like to write a
> driver for it so that my computer running linux recognises it natively.
> 
> I have no experience writing drivers. Where should I start to specifically
> do something like this? Are there any templates or guides for drivers for
> this sort of thing specifically?
> 
> Do I need to start over from scratch - learning how to write drivers? If
> so, could you recommend any resources in particular which would take me on
> the path to write drivers for HIDs in particular(to begin with)?

You should not need to write any kernel driver for Linux to support a
HID device, it's all included already.

HAve you tried using your device on Linux?  What did, or did not, work
for you?

thanks,

greg k-h

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  reply	other threads:[~2019-03-14 20:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-03-14 17:48 HID Driver Pratyush Das
2019-03-14 20:09 ` Greg KH [this message]
2019-03-15 12:53   ` Pratyush Das
2019-03-15 14:20     ` Greg KH
2019-03-15 14:58     ` Yann Droneaud

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