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Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 17:46:23 -0800
From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Sanjeev Lakshmanan <survivor_eagles@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: USB device driver
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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