RE: Porting from 2.4 kernel to 2.6 kernel

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Funny how this subject keeps coming up. These seem to be useful:

http://lwn.net/Articles/driver-porting/
http://linuxdevices.com/articles/AT4389927951.html
http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/feature/14910.html
http://www.topology.org/soft/lkernel.html
http://www.osdllinuxsummit.org/presentations/t3s3_Morton_using-2.6_featu
res.pdf
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9430710378.html

Not sure how current these are.

Jeff Haran
Brocade Communications Systems

> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-net-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:linux-net-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Vinay
> Venkataraghavan
> Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 4:46 PM
> To: linux-net@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Porting from 2.4 kernel to 2.6 kernel
> 
> 
> 
>  Hello guys,
>  
>  I am interested in porting a device driver from a
>  2.4
>  kernel to a 2.6 kernel. 
>  
>  Could anybody point me to some resources on where I
>  could start. Any other tips/hints will also come in
>  very handy. 
>  
>  What are the major things to look out for? Makefile
>  changes, macros etc?
>   Thanks,
>  Vinay
> 
> 
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