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From: sehari@iastate.edu (Babak $ehari)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: How to write a device driver in FreeBSD
Date: 12 Dec 96 21:23:07 GMT
Organization: Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Ames, Iowa.
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Hello,
I am very familiar with DOS programming, and have done some Assembly on x86
under dos computers. I would like to learn how to write device drivers
under freebsd or in general unix.
Say I have this Single speed CD ROM and the RS422 driver card that
runs it. How can I write a FreeBSD driver for it? (philips CDD 462
and CM 250 card) Oh, by the way there is a linux driver for this CD
ROM, which should help writing a Free BSD version for it.
How to tell the c compiler or any assambly compiler to look up the
content of an address which is a device.
Does the assembly program that runs under the dos run under FreeBSD unix
assuming no INT 21H is used?!
Let say I design this card for a PC and now want to write a program for
it, are there any examples out there so I can compare FreeBSD programs
and Dos program?
Any good book for advanced unix programing?
With highest regards,