Re: Linux PCI driver.

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On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 09:50:44AM +0200, testlaster wrote:
> Hey Guys
> 
> Im writing a PCI driver in Linux ( Lubuntu ). Now its not an entire 
> driver its really just a little program that will latch onto a space of 
> ram and dump the entire content of the ram into a file.
> I have done this before in a Unix/Linux based OS and it took me quite a 
> while to figure it out.
> 
> So at startup the configuration for the PCI is already done so I wont 
> have to do any of that myself.
> I really just need to set a pointer to a register.
> 
> My problem is that I cant find the functions to do that for linux.
> I cant find similar functions to things like :
> PCI_ATTACH()
> pci_attach_device();
> mmap_device_memory();
> 
> I think that is really all I need at the moment.
> Anybody have some ideas of where I can start looking?

Have you read the book, Linux Device Drivers, 3rd edition, it's free
online and has a whole chapter on PCI that should answer these questions
for you.

If not, please feel free to post your code and we will be glad to review
it.

thanks,

greg k-h

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