Re: [OT] Newbie

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On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 08:44:27PM +0530, Vijay Chauhan wrote:
> Hello Greg,
> 
> Thanks for your reply.
> 
> On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 7:47 PM, Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 07:32:03PM +0530, Vijay Chauhan wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I am newbie for PCI. I wanted to learn PCI driver programming in Linux.
> >> Please suggest me how to start. Any example (sample code) or tutorial
> >> link or book helpful for me.
> >
> > Doesn't the huge number of example drivers in the kernel sources provide
> > a wonderful place to start with?
> >
> > What specifically are you trying to do here that you need help with?
> 
> Nothing specific as such, I wanted to learn starting  from basic and
> easy code. drivers/pci/ directory has lots of code but I dont know the
> order. Is there any documentation? Some basic and small piece of code
> for foundation purpose. If you can suggest me one.

Don't pay attention to the drivers/pci/ directory, that is the code that
implements the PCI core, no driver needs to mess with that.  For an
introduction to writing a PCI driver, please see the (outdated, but
free) Linux Device Drivers, third edition book.

Good luck,

greg k-h
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