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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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