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* Writing device drivers in Linux: A brief tutorial
@ 2013-04-21 22:29 Zack
  2013-04-23  9:39 ` richard -rw- weinberger
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From: Zack @ 2013-04-21 22:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: kernelnewbies

I thought this might be useful:
http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/drivers_linux

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* Writing device drivers in Linux: A brief tutorial
  2013-04-21 22:29 Writing device drivers in Linux: A brief tutorial Zack
@ 2013-04-23  9:39 ` richard -rw- weinberger
  2013-04-23 11:39   ` shampavman
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From: richard -rw- weinberger @ 2013-04-23  9:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: kernelnewbies

On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 12:29 AM, Zack <zackscary@gmail.com> wrote:
> I thought this might be useful:
> http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/drivers_linux

Sadly a very bad article.
The code presented in that article is full with errors and lacks
very basic kernel design rules.

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Thanks,
//richard

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* Writing device drivers in Linux: A brief tutorial
  2013-04-23  9:39 ` richard -rw- weinberger
@ 2013-04-23 11:39   ` shampavman
  2013-04-23 12:29     ` Robert P. J. Day
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: shampavman @ 2013-04-23 11:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: kernelnewbies

On 04/23/2013 03:09 PM, richard -rw- weinberger wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 12:29 AM, Zack <zackscary@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I thought this might be useful:
>> http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/drivers_linux
> Sadly a very bad article.
> The code presented in that article is full with errors and lacks
> very basic kernel design rules.
>
> --
> Thanks,
> //richard
>
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You can get really good with understanding linux drivers by going 
through the LDD-3
Its available online for free as well .
Follow that book as its the most up to date version

Regards
Shampavman

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* Writing device drivers in Linux: A brief tutorial
  2013-04-23 11:39   ` shampavman
@ 2013-04-23 12:29     ` Robert P. J. Day
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Robert P. J. Day @ 2013-04-23 12:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: kernelnewbies

On Tue, 23 Apr 2013, shampavman wrote:

> On 04/23/2013 03:09 PM, richard -rw- weinberger wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 12:29 AM, Zack <zackscary@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> I thought this might be useful:
> >> http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/drivers_linux
> > Sadly a very bad article.
> > The code presented in that article is full with errors and lacks
> > very basic kernel design rules.

  the most up-to-date drivers book out there is probably this one:

http://elinuxdd.com/

rday

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