Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 13 Jul 2004 20:16:53 +0200 | From | Espen Fjellvær Olsen <> | Subject | Re: [2.6] Module writing? |
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Robin Holt wrote:
>What are you specifically thinking of doing? Is there a part of the >kernel you are specfically interested in? I might be able to point >you at some projects that could use some help. They presume that >the person doing the work has some experience in programming. The >kernel pieces are fairly well hammered on by many experience kernel >programmers, but alot of the drivers need some attention. > >If I were you, I think I would try to find a set of drivers that >has not been getting updated recently and look to contribute to the >cleanup effort in those drivers. > >Good Luck, >Robin Holt > >On Tue, Jul 13, 2004 at 06:29:29PM +0200, Espen Fjellvær Olsen wrote: >
> I have started to write some kernel modules for fun now, but they are a > bit empty :) > it's just some printk's and some other simple things. > > I wonder if there are any good howtoes out on the Net somewhere, I've > read a bit on: http://tldp.org/LDP/lkmpg, but I'm afraid it's a bit > outdated(?) > > I'm only doing this for fun(at this time, maybe it becomes serious > when i become a bit older;) ) so i don't want to spend any > money on a book, or on an course. > > > Best regards > Espen Fjellvfær Olsen > eldiablo@svorka.net > Norway > > > > I'm new to all this with kernel hacking, so writing any drivers would be quite difficult for me i think. I'm just trying to learn where to start, and what to start with, I'm not a guru in C, but I'm learning ;) But if anyone have a driver which need some looking after I could gladly look at the TODO or something :)
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