Re: Beagleboard and Panda Board Drivers

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On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 4:02 PM, Dave Hylands <dhylands@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Nick,
>
>
> On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 7:45 PM, Nick Krause <xerofoify@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> I would like to read the code for these drivers and am not sure where
>> the code for them is.
>> If someone can send me the directory that would be great as I am not
>> sure where the
>> code is.
>
> You're going to find that the drivers are spread out around the tree (well
> mosstly in the drivers tree)
>
> The way I would go about this is to build a kernel for the board in
> question. Make sure it has all of the drivers installed.
>
> Then go and look in your build tree. There will be a .o file for each source
> file that was compiled into the kernel (or made into a module).
>
> Then you'll know exactly which source files were actually compiled into the
> kernel that you built.
>
> Once you understand how .config files work, you can also figure out which
> source files would be compiled, but you can leave that for later.
>
> --
> Dave Hylands
> Shuswap, BC, Canada
> http://www.davehylands.com
The issue isn't that I could do that if I HAD the board that's why I am asking,
otherwise I  would do this on my own.
Nick

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