Re: Writing device drivers

[shampavman <shampavman.cg@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 06/12/2013 07:06 PM, Victor Rodriguez wrote:

On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 8:11 AM, shampavman <shampavman.cg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi all,

I've followed up LDD3 and started off with writing device drivers . As

usual i've started with char drivers given in that book and also started

to make minor modifications to learn it better and so on.

Now i would like to know how to take it forward and start writing

drivers for a profession.

I know its too early to call myself a guy writing device drivers but how

do i take if forward from here so that i can become one.

Is the only solution to pick up a device which does not work on linux

and get it working? Are there any other ways as well?

Shampavman

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Hi Shampavman

There are many ways to became a Linux Device Driver Developer. 

-> New Embedded platforms ; There are many platforms with none official Linux kernels ( came to my mind some with HDMI like DN2800MT)

I had to state my other problem here. Without actual hardware to work on its not possible to do much right.
In such a scenario what can i do?

-> Fix and test the current development kernel. Check on Bugzilla the thousands of bugs that haven't been fixed ( waiting for you ) 

here again the same thing, Unless I have the right hardware i dont know what the heck works and what doesn't . Or is there another way to work around this limitation?

Hope it helps 

Regards

Victor Rodriguez

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