Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2004 11:20:47 -0700 From: Avleen Vig <lists-freebsd@silverwraith.com> To: idownes@slingshot.co.nz Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: where to get info to write basic usb driver for own device? Message-ID: <20040704182047.GD72520@silverwraith.com> In-Reply-To: <E1Bh6Xf-0005UW-02@mailsrv2.tranzpeer.net> References: <E1Bh6Xf-0005UW-02@mailsrv2.tranzpeer.net>
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On Sun, Jul 04, 2004 at 12:53:39PM +0000, idownes@slingshot.co.nz wrote: > So what I guess what I am asking is how hard would this be? (I have a > reasonable knowledge of C and Java and have been using FreeBSD for a > couple of years but have never written a device driver (for any OS)) Do I > actually need to write a driver or can I use something already existing? > Where would I get information on how to do this? So far I've been looking > at the existing drivers; ugen, ufm etc., the programmers handbook and am > starting to look at libusb...? > Sorry for the long message. Any pointers etc. would be greatly > appreciated. I am actually in a similar situation. I know some C, and want to write a device driver for a USB device (web cam), but I have no idea where to start. I've searched for a "beginners guide to writing device drivers" but failed miserably :-( -- Avleen Vig Systems Administrator Personal: www.silverwraith.com EFnet: irc.mindspring.com (Earthlink user access only)
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