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Date:      Mon, 24 Jun 1996 21:14:31 GMT
From:      James Raynard <fqueries@jraynard.demon.co.uk>
To:        Mannan_Mohammed@ccm.ch.intel.com
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Documentation for Device Drivers
Message-ID:  <199606242114.VAA01718@jraynard.demon.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <Wed, 19 Jun 96 16:18:12 PDT_16@ccm.fm.intel.com> (message from Mannan Mohammed on Wed, 19 Jun 96 16:09:00 PDT)

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>      I need to write a device driver for a (PCI) network (ethernet) adapter
>      for FreeBSD. First of all, is there any documentation that will help
>      me get started. Is there any book that I can buy that covers device
>      drivers for FreeBSD (or UNIX).

You'll find a guide to writing FreeBSD device drivers, which includes
a bibliography, at http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/

>      Secondly, is there any place I can
>      get sample source code for a device driver for FreeBSD.

The entire FreeBSD source code, including all the device drivers, is
publically available.

>      PS: BTW, I just ordered the CD for FreeBSD. If the CD contains
>      any documentation, please let me know.

Look for the files ending in .c ;-)

-- 
James Raynard, Edinburgh, Scotland
james@jraynard.demon.co.uk



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