Terry Lambert wrote: > Sergey Lyubka wrote: [ ... ] > > Linux community has an excellent 'Linux Device Drivers', > > 'Understanding The Linux Kernel' etc; [ ... ] > It's just not possible to hit a moving target (or in this case, > to document code that won't at least sit still at the interfaces).
Note also that Linux has made a positive commitment to a stable DDI/DKI, so it's possible to write a device driver's book (and I will agree that the Linux Device Drivers book is an *excellent* book). They've also made a positive commitment to not changing kernel interface gratuitously; it's at least possible to start a book on the -stable branch of Linux, and then only need to "fact check" it against the most recent -stable version of Linux, before publishing with the most recent release CDROM in the jacket envelope. Part of this maturity no doubt arises because of their need to support many platforms simultaneously, rather than having a single "reference platform" that drags the other platforms, screaming, into unfamiliar and non-generic APIs. But part of it is just their commitment to provide a stable platform on which work not related to the developement of Linux itself can be based. -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
