23.05.2018, 09:06, "Greg KH" <greg@xxxxxxxxx>: > On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 10:25:51PM -0400, Hugo Lefeuvre wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I've been reading documentation about linux drivers development for >> quite a while now, but never did anything really useful of it. Lack of >> time, but most importantly lack of projects to apply this knowledge. >> Now I've got some spare time ahead of me, and it seems to be the >> right moment to start a kernel driver project. >> >> ... but I don't know exactly what kind of device driver I want to >> write, and what kind of device I want to work on. > > It's best to find a device you care about, that does not work on Linux, > to do something like this, as you are going to be working on it for a > while. > > But the problem is, as you are finding out, that almost everything > already "just works" in Linux. Turns out Linux supports more hardware > than any other operating system, sorry :) :) I think seen the drivers/staging section in the kernel source. you can find a driver in the development phase. for example, some new generation embedded modules and electronic devices don't work on Linux. ps = raspian Regards Ozgur > Try digging around in shops that sell "odd hardware", that might be the > best way to find something like this. > > good luck! > > greg k-h _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
