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Message-ID: <87y4wivujg.fsf@tassilo.jf.intel.com>
Date:	Fri, 27 Jun 2014 15:48:03 -0700
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Nawn Given <wood.quinn.s@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Writing Device Drivers

Nawn Given <wood.quinn.s@...il.com> writes:

> I recently read some post-commentary on very old Linux mailing list
> messages (announcement to 0.96.)
>
> I'm interested in how someone writes a driver for their hardware. What
> is the process (or if it's become harder to explain since the early
> 90s, what was the process back then) for Linux?

1. Open editor
2. Type code
3. Test code
4. Repeat until code works.

No substantial change since 0.96 as far as I know.

-Andi

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