Hi, device drivers come in two types. Kernel modules, and there is independant device drivers for devices such as cups, gnome-speech, etc which give additional support. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Debee Norling" <NorlingDeborah@xxxxxxxx> To: "Saqib Shaikh" <S.Shaikh at sussex.ac.uk>; <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 5:39 PM Subject: RE: Understanding hardware support > Saqib, > > Thank you so, so much for taking time to answer these questions. > > Yes, I have been reading Linux Documentation project information, and your > response clarified much of what I have already read. > > So are you saying that a module is the same thing as a device driver and > that this driver can become part of the kernel (if it is compiled with the > kernel)? And are you also saying the same module also can be external, that > is, a user can choose to have it running or disabled? > > If I have finally got it right, then much of what I've been reading > suddenly makes a whole lot more sense. > > You are correct about my motives; I don't want a fully working system, > because I do want to solve problems. My only frustration was in not being > able to find information about some very basic details. There is plenty of > beginner-oriented material about UNIX out there, but it typically shows you > twenty ways to display the date, and tells you nothing about how to get a > system working. More advanced docs tell you about system internals, > assuming you already know the basics. > > > --Debee > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
