From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Sanjeev Lakshmanan <survivor_eagles@yahoo.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: USB device driver
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 17:46:23 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020214014623.GA26045@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20020213081956.12896.qmail@web14407.mail.yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To: <20020213081956.12896.qmail@web14407.mail.yahoo.com>
On Wed, Feb 13, 2002 at 12:19:56AM -0800, Sanjeev Lakshmanan wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I need to develop a USB device driver for a custom
> made switch. I shall give a brief description.
>
> The switch has four RJ 45 connectors for ethernet
> cables and it needs to exchange data packets of size
> 8 bytes every .5 seconds. The Transmit ethernet
> port(1,2,3,4) and Receive ethernet port(1,2,3,4)
> need to be selected for each transfer and the data
> packet which is to be sent out and received on those
> ports changes accordingly.
I don't see why you need a USB driver for a switch. Where is USB in the
above description of your device?
> Please let me know how I can start off writing the
> code for this driver.
> Also please let me know if there are any SIMILAR
> device drivers already developed and available.
>
> I am aware of the files
> usr/src/linux/drivers/usb/usb.*
> but as I have no prior experience with device
> drivers, I am unable to start off.
I think your company needs to hire some people with device driver
experience :)
> I have not yet subscribed to the list. PLease reply
> to survivor_eagles@yahoo.com
>
> Regards,
> Sanjeev.
Why did you post this to lkml and the linux-usb-users mailing lists from
two different accounts, using two different names?
Good luck,
greg k-h
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2002-02-13 8:19 USB device driver Sanjeev Lakshmanan
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