From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Vijay Chauhan <kernel.vijay@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-pci@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [OT] Newbie
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 10:05:05 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130220180505.GA6679@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJ61zBDE7X1V1vgkzTEBFan8rEdpqB7uuzg4Rb=6K9q1=D60Eg@mail.gmail.com>
On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 08:44:27PM +0530, Vijay Chauhan wrote:
> Hello Greg,
>
> Thanks for your reply.
>
> On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 7:47 PM, Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 07:32:03PM +0530, Vijay Chauhan wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I am newbie for PCI. I wanted to learn PCI driver programming in Linux.
> >> Please suggest me how to start. Any example (sample code) or tutorial
> >> link or book helpful for me.
> >
> > Doesn't the huge number of example drivers in the kernel sources provide
> > a wonderful place to start with?
> >
> > What specifically are you trying to do here that you need help with?
>
> Nothing specific as such, I wanted to learn starting from basic and
> easy code. drivers/pci/ directory has lots of code but I dont know the
> order. Is there any documentation? Some basic and small piece of code
> for foundation purpose. If you can suggest me one.
Don't pay attention to the drivers/pci/ directory, that is the code that
implements the PCI core, no driver needs to mess with that. For an
introduction to writing a PCI driver, please see the (outdated, but
free) Linux Device Drivers, third edition book.
Good luck,
greg k-h
prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-02-20 18:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-02-20 14:02 [OT] Newbie Vijay Chauhan
2013-02-20 14:17 ` Greg KH
2013-02-20 15:14 ` Vijay Chauhan
2013-02-20 18:05 ` Greg KH [this message]
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