by : I am looking at the feasibility of using linux as a development environment
: which utilizes a special purpose PCI board.
: I am trying to scope out
: the complexity of developing a driver for a PCI board. I am not a linux
: user (yet) so I am uncertain of the level of documentation on driver
: development which accompanies the OS.
There is not very much available on that topic. The best point to start
would be the Kernel Hackers Guide if you're looking for docs.
: Is there lots of driver source
: available to use as a reference? PCI drivers in particular? Any ideas or
: pointers would be very appreciated.
Just get the kernle source and look for example at the drivers aic7xxx.c,
eata_dma.c and fdomain.c in linux/drivers/scsi
I hope that gives you some hints to start.
Mike
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