On 19 Sep 2003 01:20:05 -0400, "Ray Knight" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Thu, 2003-09-18 at 19:23, Per Gustav Ousdal wrote: > > Hello > > > > I figure I need to get somewhere with my C coding, and I was thinking > > that writing drivers for my unsupported AMIGA hw might be a good way of > > progressing.
I was thinking that writing DMA support for the SCSI controller on my Mac would be a good place for you to start :) > > Do you have any pointers to resources (books, websites, > > good source code, other?) that you could reccomend for a newbie to get > > him started? > > > > Regards, > > > > Per > > The best starting place is the Linux kernel code. Look at the driver > code for a similar device. For instance if your going to write an > Ethernet driver, look at the code for other Ethernet devices for your > hardware platform. > > -- > Ray Knight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I'm very much a beginner, but that's the deal, isn't it? Read source code. I got a few clues from reading the information here http://linux-mac68k.sourceforge.net/ and at the NetBSD port mailing list archives and pages. I highly recommend Alan Cox's schpeal about porting the Linux kernel to the Mac (after it was already ported to Amiga). I had no idea about how to even go about any of these tasks before I read it, and I found it very enlightening. Every now and then I read it again, and find I understand this or that part of it better. Good luck, Lincoln > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- http://www.fastmail.fm - The professional email service
