From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from exprod5og107.obsmtp.com (exprod5og107.obsmtp.com [64.18.0.184]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0EBBCB70A3 for ; Sat, 4 Dec 2010 02:42:21 +1100 (EST) Message-ID: <4CF90EA1.7040806@ge.com> Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2010 15:37:05 +0000 From: Martyn Welch MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Guillaume Dargaud Subject: Re: Getting the IRQ number (Was: Basic driver devel questions ?) References: <201012011115.00960.dargaud@lpsc.in2p3.fr> <201012021847.09367.dargaud@lpsc.in2p3.fr> <1291321371.32570.415.camel@pasglop> <201012031558.35557.dargaud@lpsc.in2p3.fr> In-Reply-To: <201012031558.35557.dargaud@lpsc.in2p3.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On 03/12/10 14:58, Guillaume Dargaud wrote: > Why is there not a word about the functions platform_*_register in my various > driver books ? LDD 3rd ed (O'Reilly), Writing LDD (Cooperstein) or LKD > (Love)... Is it something specific to powerpc and the books are oriented x86 ? > What's a good source, besides grepping the kernel to no end ? > I have yet to find a Linux Device Driver book that isn't heavily skewed towards x86. Some of this stuff is either specific to powerpc or relevant a subset of non-x86 platforms. I think Google, the linuxppc-dev mailing list, related IRC channel and lxr.linux.no have been the sources I've mostly used learning about Linux on powerpc. -- Martyn Welch (Principal Software Engineer) | Registered in England and GE Intelligent Platforms | Wales (3828642) at 100 T +44(0)127322748 | Barbirolli Square, Manchester, E martyn.welch@ge.com | M2 3AB VAT:GB 927559189