freebsd-drivers

[Prev] Thread [Next]  |  [Prev] Date [Next]

Re: DDK John-Mark Gurney Wed Jul 09 05:28:17 2008

Pegasus Mc cleaft wrote this message on Tue, Apr 01, 2008 at 18:16 +0100:
>       I am interested in writing a device driver for a CANBus controller 
> card. I am 
> famillier with driver writing on other platforms but have never attempted it 
> on FreeBSD (dispite using FreeBSD for about 14 years). Is there any good 
> refernce, or a DDK, or maybe even a book that describes the various kernel 
> interfaces I will need? (PCI configuration, getting call-backs from the OS, 
> etc) I have taken a look at the "Writing drivers" section of the handbook, 
> but found the information to be rather thin. 
> 
>       Any help and direction would be greatly appreciated

I did a presentation a couple years ago at BSDcan talking about some
of the interfaces that the FreeBSD kernel provides:
http://people.freebsd.org/~jmg/drivers/

The handout is a good quick reference.

Good luck!

-- 
  John-Mark Gurney                              Voice: +1 415 225 5579

     "All that I will do, has been done, All that I have, has not."
_______________________________________________
[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-drivers
To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"


  • DDK Pegasus Mc cleaft