On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 7:50 PM, Javier Martinez Canillas <martinez.javier@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Â i'm also interesting in collecting examples of documentation for
>> basic kernel programming concepts. Âsometimes, there are excellent
>> examples in the source Documentation/ directory, sometimes not.
>
I think a useful work would be to keep an up-to-date version for the
example drivers found in Linux Device Drivers 3. Despite being a few
years old, the book is a valuable source of information regarding
kernel drivers development.
There are lots of repositories with examples updated to many kernel
versions. A few months ago I needed the examples updated to 2.6.32 and
found repositories for older kernels. I sent a few patches to the
author of the most up-to-date repository I found (I think It was
2.6.28) but didn't have any feedback so I (also) started my own git
tree with examples to kernel versions 2.6.32, 2.6.35 and 2.6.38.
Yes https://github.com/martinezjavier/ldd3Âis very helpful indeed,other day someone
was asking(on kernelnewbies IRC) for some examples not compiling in latest kernel
and i gave this link which helped.
Maybe instead having so many repositories all over the Internet trying
to do the same. It will be good to have a kernelnewbies oficial
repository for virtual device drivers. These drivers can be a good
starting point for someone doing real driver development (something
like the usb-skeleton.c for usb drivers). Also it could be a
playground for people eager to learn and start contributing with more
examples.
--
Javier MartÃnez Canillas
(+34) 682 39 81 69
PhD Student in High Performance Computing
Computer Architecture and Operating System Department (CAOS)
Universitat AutÃnoma de Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
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