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Old 08-07-2003, 01:04 PM   #1
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drivers?


hey, i was curoius to know how someone goes about writing a driver for something? not like i'm attempting to try it i'm just curoius to understand how you can get a piece of hardware and then divine somehow programming code that controls it. how do people generally go about something liek this?
 
Old 08-07-2003, 02:20 PM   #2
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heres a few links on different things, so i guess all i can say to you is read
http://www.xml.com/ldd/chapter/book/
http://database.sarang.net/study/lin...m/devices.html
http://wihok.8m.com/linux/rhl53.htm
http://www.linux-mag.com/1999-10/gear_01.html
 
Old 08-07-2003, 03:35 PM   #3
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thanks man, i will totally check these out
 
  


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