Building drivers from scratch

[Mike McGrath]

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> [mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Josh Utter
> Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 11:43 AM
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> Subject: Building drivers from scratch
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> Greetings all,
> 
> Just opening the door to the Linux world, and since I'm doing 
> so with a specific goal in mind (as opposed to just letting 
> my curiosity carry me) I am hoping to get some direction.  I 
> have device in mind that I'd like to build which would 
> interface with my computer, so I'm wondering what books I 
> might want to start with to learn how to make drivers from 
> scratch (USB, but I'm not certain yet).  Any suggestions?
> 
> TIA
> 
> - josh
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If you are looking to avoid a book or how to and just jump into the code
check out:

./drivers/usb/usb-skeleton.c

in the Linux kernel source.  Its a skeleton driver to help get you
started with USB development.

	-Mike