On Fri, Jul 30, 1999 at 11:48:47PM +0200, Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai wrote: > * Nik Clayton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [990730 23:37]: > > Is the FreeBSD Device Driver Writers Guide at > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/ddwg/ddwg.html > > > > still correct? I know there have been changes to this area of the tree > > over the past 6 months or so, but I don't know how much of that document > > is still appropriate for what we have now. > > As far as I have been able to learn and glance from Bill Paul and some other > device driver guru's too much has changed in order for it to be correct > under CURRENT. > > A rewrite is on my to-do list for the PDP, however, should people feel like > they want to rewrite it, be my guest and cc: me on any submissions so I can > include it in the PDP. Else I will start this ASAHP. How does the attached patch grab you? N -- [intentional self-reference] can be easily accommodated using a blessed, non-self-referential dummy head-node whose own object destructor severs the links. -- Tom Christiansen in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Index: ddwg.sgml =================================================================== RCS file: /home/ncvs/doc/en/tutorials/ddwg/ddwg.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.6 diff -u -r1.6 ddwg.sgml --- ddwg.sgml 1998/06/18 13:20:41 1.6 +++ ddwg.sgml 1999/07/31 18:25:12 @@ -28,6 +28,13 @@ <toc> +<sect>2.x specific + +<p>Due to changes in FreeBSD over time, this guide is only accurate as +regards FreeBSD 2.x. A replacement guide for FreeBSD 3.x and beyond +is being written. Please contact Jeroen Ruigrok <tt/<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>/ +if you would like to help with this. + <sect> Overview <p> <it>
