looking for simple module/driver programming examples in source tree

From: anish198519851985@gmail.com (anish singh)
To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org
Subject: looking for simple module/driver programming examples in source tree
Date: Tue, 3 May 2011 20:14:29 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <BANLkTimFcpK3+PGBkwiDMhZ=5AonU9_uRw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTimmBxjnvv4POBZanGW-wD55LaoznA@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 7:50 PM, Javier Martinez Canillas <
martinez.javier@gmail.com> wrote:

> >
> >>   i'm also interesting in collecting examples of documentation for
> >> basic kernel programming concepts.  sometimes, there are excellent
> >> examples in the source Documentation/ directory, sometimes not.
> >
>
> I think a useful work would be to keep an up-to-date version for the
> example drivers found in Linux Device Drivers 3. Despite being a few
> years old, the book is a valuable source of information regarding
> kernel drivers development.
>
> There are lots of repositories with examples updated to many kernel
> versions. A few months ago I needed the examples updated to 2.6.32 and
> found repositories for older kernels. I sent a few patches to the
> author of the most up-to-date repository I found (I think It was
> 2.6.28) but didn't have any feedback so I (also) started my own git
> tree with examples to kernel versions 2.6.32, 2.6.35 and 2.6.38.
>
Yes https://github.com/martinezjavier/ldd3 is very helpful indeed,other day
someone
was asking(on kernelnewbies IRC) for some examples not compiling in latest
kernel
and i gave this link which helped.

>
> Maybe instead having so many repositories all over the Internet trying
> to do the same. It will be good to have a kernelnewbies oficial
> repository for virtual device drivers. These drivers can be a good
> starting point for someone doing real driver development (something
> like the usb-skeleton.c for usb drivers). Also it could be a
> playground for people eager to learn and start contributing with more
> examples.
>
> --
> Javier Mart?nez Canillas
> (+34) 682 39 81 69
> PhD Student in High Performance Computing
> Computer Architecture and Operating System Department (CAOS)
> Universitat Aut?noma de Barcelona
> Barcelona, Spain
>
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