On 8/19/07, Tushar Bankar <deepkernel.root@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello everybody, > My ultimate goal is to develop the Linux device driver. > But donno exacly from where to start. Actually I started to read the book > of LDD 3rd edition by Greg . But when I do it practically ( I mean in > real-time) then only I understands that why,where and how the perticular > function is used. :-] > So can any body tell me how to develop the Linux device drivers from > scratch and which distro may be helpful to design it. Preferences among distros is a personal choice. Still some to choose from 1. Fedora Core 7 2. Ubuntu 7.04 3. Debian 5. Suse 10.x 6. Gentoo Get a kernel from kernel.org . compile it . Boot into newly build kernel. Write your modules , compiles them and run them. Good luck > > I know: Advanced C,module prgmming,socket prgmming. > Thank you in advanced. > -- play the game -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
