I've created stub page http://elinux.org/Device_drivers
On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 12:26 AM, Tim Bird <tim.b...@am.sony.com> wrote: > On 10/1/2012 4:43 AM, Constantine Shulyupin wrote: >> >> Hi, >> I develop LDT - Linux Driver Template. It can used as starting pint of >> development custom device driver and for learning development of Linux >> device drivers. >> >> Documentation: https://github.com/makelinux/ldt/blob/master/README.md >> >> The driver uses following Linux facilities: module, platform driver, >> file operations (read/write, mmap, ioctl, blocking and nonblocking >> mode, polling), kfifo, completion, interrupt, tasklet, work, kthread, >> timer, misc device, proc fs, UART 0x3f8, HW loopback, SW loopback, >> ftracer. >> >> To test the driver just run >> git clone git://github.com/makelinux/ldt.git&& cd ldt&& ./ldt-test >> >> >> You feedback, suggestions, discussions, recommendations patched will >> be greatly appreciated! >> > I don't write many drivers, but this seems like it's very useful > as example code. I think there might even be value in mainlining > it. In my opinion, a lot of copy-and-paste happens in kernel > development, but it's hard to know if the code being copied > really implements the "best practices" for using the different > facilities and APIs in the kernel. (I was disappointed when > I found out that the scull device driver sample from the > Linux Device Drivers book wasn't mainlined.) > > Have you tried to mainline this? > > Whether it gets mainlined or not, it's probably worth referencing > as example code. Maybe we should put up a wiki page directing > people to it? > -- Tim > > > -- Constantine Shulyupin http://www.MakeLinux.com/ Embedded Linux Systems, Device Drivers, TI DaVinci _______________________________________________ Celinux-dev mailing list Celinux-dev@lists.celinuxforum.org https://lists.celinuxforum.org/mailman/listinfo/celinux-dev
