Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > On Sat, 11 Apr 2009 03:00:13 -0700 > Stefan Richter <stefanr at s5r6.in-berlin.de> wrote: >> Amit Uttamchandani wrote: >>> 3. How do I know if a driver has already been written? Right now, I >>> simply do a grep -R trying to match several device name strings. >> Usually, drivers are matched against some numeric IDs. ... >> You could also ask on the relevant subsystem mailinglist if anybody >> knows of a driver for your specific device which is not in the mainline. > > Is there a list of sub-system maintainers? Or do I search for them in > the git commit logs? Better ask on mailinglists rather than individual people. Subsystem development mailinglists are listed in linux/MAINTAINERS of course. The one for networking is netdev at vger.kernel.org. >>> 4. Tips on how to get started? I have read several example drivers but >>> are there any 'platinum' class drivers that you can recommend that is >>> clear and that you recommend regularly to beginners. ... > For the drivers you are familiar with, anything > that you would recommend? I basically only work with drivers/ieee1394 and drivers/firewire; out of them the latter are new and nicely written, though I don't know if they are clear enough to beginners, or solid platinum even... -- Stefan Richter -=====-=-=== -=-= -==-= http://arcgraph.de/sr/
