Harry wrote: > Hi, > > I'm an experienced C/C++ applications developer but an absolute newbie > in the field of Linux internals, device drivers, etc... so would > greatly appreciate your kind getting-started help. > > Basically, I need to write the equivalent of an Ethernet/NIC driver > for a proprietary hardware (non-ethernet). > > 1. Now, what kind of system setup would you guys recommend for this? > I'm currently inclined to use Fedora 9, but is there anything else... > that has better tools / support for this line of work?
Gentoo is kinda nice 'cause it has a good tool to rebuild your kernel (genkernel) which will make switching between kernels fantastically easy. > Am I, by any chance, signing up for extra-ordinarily difficult work > here? If you plan to get this actually committed to the main Linux kernel someday in the future, yes. If not, it's just a bucket of joy! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
