[gentoo-embedded] How do writing a wireless network driver?

[gentoo-embedded] How do writing a wireless network driver?

[Bob Paddock]

I have some custom wireless hardware that I need to write
a driver for, was hoping you could point me in some direction
to get started?
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Re: [gentoo-embedded] How do writing a wireless network driver?

[Nicolas MASSÉ]

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On Sunday 07 May 2006 01:37, Bob Paddock wrote:
> I have some custom wireless hardware that I need to write
> a driver for, was hoping you could point me in some direction
> to get started?

I never wrote a driver, but I found two interesting books :

Linux Device Drivers, 2nd Edition
By Alessandro Rubini & Jonathan Corbet
2nd Edition June 2001
0-59600-008-1, Order Number: 0081
586 pages
http://www.xml.com/ldd/chapter/book/

Title: Understanding the Linux Kernel 
First Edition: October 2000 
ISBN: 0-596-00002-2
Pages: 702
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/linuxkernel/

I hope it will help you.

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Re: [gentoo-embedded] How do writing a wireless network driver?

[Henrik Brix Andersen]

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On Sun, May 07, 2006 at 08:29:45AM +0200, Nicolas MASSÉ wrote:
> Linux Device Drivers, 2nd Edition
> By Alessandro Rubini & Jonathan Corbet
> 2nd Edition June 2001
> 0-59600-008-1, Order Number: 0081
> 586 pages
> http://www.xml.com/ldd/chapter/book/

There's a newer version of this book which is available for free at
http://lwn.net/Kernel/LDD3/ - if you find it useful, you should
consider supporting the authors by buying a hard copy.

Regards,
Brix
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