Hello, On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 8:24 PM, Robert P. J. Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 11 Aug 2008, Matthias Kaehlcke wrote: > >> El Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 12:25:51PM -0400 Robert P. J. Day ha dit: >> > http://elinuxdd.com/index.html >> > >> > and about to read it cover to cover. anyone else already been >> > down that road? thoughts? >> >> i bought it a couple of months ago and am working myself through it. >> imo it is a book for people who already have knowledge about basic >> kernel mechanisms like synchronization, process management, page >> cache, ... and want to dig deeper in driver specific issues. the >> book introduces most of the basic stuff, but i think if i was a >> complete newbie i'd be rather confused. i would recommend to read it >> after having worked through "Linux Device Drivers" and optionally >> "Linux Kernel Development". the book contains a lot of useful >> information about subsystems (pci, usb, net, wifi, ...) and driver >> implementation. > Have had it for half a year now, had skimmed it through after it arrived.
It proved inmensely useful when I started doing some touchscreen driver development. Saved me hours of surfing and the "virtual mouse" driver helped me prototype a system where the touchscreen hardware wasn't ready yet. (BTW, I have the driver available and committed to OpenEmbedded). Anytime you dive into a new subsystem, this book helps, Regards, -- Leon -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
