* Linux device driver using c++!
@ 2004-02-01 12:47 Jinu M.
2004-02-01 13:00 ` Julien Rebetez
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From: Jinu M. @ 2004-02-01 12:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel
Hi All,
I am new to Linux based device driver development.
I wanted to know if it is possible to write a Linux device driver (kernel loadable module) using C++.
Regards,
-Jinu
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* Re: Linux device driver using c++!
2004-02-01 12:47 Linux device driver using c++! Jinu M.
@ 2004-02-01 13:00 ` Julien Rebetez
2004-02-01 13:02 ` Måns Rullgård
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From: Julien Rebetez @ 2004-02-01 13:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jinu M.; +Cc: linux-kernel
Jinu M. wrote:
>Hi All,
>
> I am new to Linux based device driver development.
> I wanted to know if it is possible to write a Linux device driver (kernel loadable module) using C++.
>
>Regards,
>-Jinu
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Hi
There was a discussion on it few days ago :
http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0204.1/0218.html (first
message)
I think it should answer your question.
Regards, Julien
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* Re: Linux device driver using c++!
2004-02-01 12:47 Linux device driver using c++! Jinu M.
2004-02-01 13:00 ` Julien Rebetez
@ 2004-02-01 13:02 ` Måns Rullgård
2004-02-01 13:05 ` Henti Smith
2004-02-01 17:58 ` Rafael Pereira
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From: Måns Rullgård @ 2004-02-01 13:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel
"Jinu M." <jinum@esntechnologies.co.in> writes:
> I am new to Linux based device driver development. I wanted to know
> if it is possible to write a Linux device driver (kernel loadable
> module) using C++.
It's impossible.
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Måns Rullgård
mru@kth.se
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* Re: Linux device driver using c++!
2004-02-01 12:47 Linux device driver using c++! Jinu M.
2004-02-01 13:00 ` Julien Rebetez
2004-02-01 13:02 ` Måns Rullgård
@ 2004-02-01 13:05 ` Henti Smith
2004-02-01 13:19 ` Nick Piggin
2004-02-01 17:58 ` Rafael Pereira
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From: Henti Smith @ 2004-02-01 13:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jinu M.; +Cc: linux-kernel
On Sun, 1 Feb 2004 18:17:08 +0530
"Jinu M." <jinum@esntechnologies.co.in> wrote:
> I am new to Linux based device driver development.
> I wanted to know if it is possible to write a Linux device driver
> (kernel loadable module) using C++.
It's possible, but like having sex with a cactus
very painful,
very silly,
very unsatisfactory
and no sane person would touch the cactus afterwards ;P
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* Re: Linux device driver using c++!
2004-02-01 13:05 ` Henti Smith
@ 2004-02-01 13:19 ` Nick Piggin
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From: Nick Piggin @ 2004-02-01 13:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Henti Smith; +Cc: Jinu M., linux-kernel
Henti Smith wrote:
>On Sun, 1 Feb 2004 18:17:08 +0530
>"Jinu M." <jinum@esntechnologies.co.in> wrote:
>
>
>>I am new to Linux based device driver development.
>>I wanted to know if it is possible to write a Linux device driver
>>(kernel loadable module) using C++.
>>
>
>It's possible, but like having sex with a cactus
>
>very painful,
>very silly,
>very unsatisfactory
>
>and no sane person would touch the cactus afterwards ;P
>
>
Oh yeah and if you trim off the spikes you might as well
just do it with C^Hyour hand, right?
Why haven't I ever thought of this wonderful analogy before?
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* Re: Linux device driver using c++!
2004-02-01 12:47 Linux device driver using c++! Jinu M.
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2004-02-01 13:05 ` Henti Smith
@ 2004-02-01 17:58 ` Rafael Pereira
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From: Rafael Pereira @ 2004-02-01 17:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jinu M.; +Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List
On Sun, 2004-02-01 at 10:47, Jinu M. wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I am new to Linux based device driver development.
> I wanted to know if it is possible to write a Linux device driver (kernel loadable module) using C++.
>
> Regards,
> -Jinu
This topic you posted is in the Linux Kernel Mailing List FAQ at:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/lkml/
Seacrh for this question:
"Why don't we rewrite the Linux kernel in C++?"
And you find because C++ is not used in the Linux Kernel.
Rafael.
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