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Date:      Thu, 14 Mar 2002 10:37:48 -0800 (PST)
From:      Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>
To:        "Kreider, Carl" <carl.kreider@windriver.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Another kernel newbie
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0203141036340.81090-100000@InterJet.elischer.org>
In-Reply-To: <20020314124906.A25849@indy.doctordesign.com>

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check how the modules do this..
also, look at the example device driver in -current
/usr/share/examples/drivers/make_device_driver.sh
that makes and then compiles a driver.


On Thu, 14 Mar 2002, Kreider, Carl wrote:

> 
> I've been tasked with a driver for a video capture card. I've been
> following the example of the bktr driver, searched the net for
> information, bought "The Design and Implementation of the 4.4BSD
> Operating System", read the Developer's Handbook, etc.
> 
> I am working outside the kernel tree right now, in /usr/local/src
> and am ready to compile. However, sys/bus.h wants device_if.h and
> bus_if.h, which apparently are generated dynamically. How do I
> make that magic happen?
> 
> -- 
> Carl Kreider
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