Amit Uttamchandani wrote:

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> On Sat, 11 Apr 2009 03:00:13 -0700

> Stefan Richter  wrote:

>> Amit Uttamchandani wrote:

>>>  3. How do I know if a driver has already been written? Right now, I

>>> simply do a grep -R trying to match several device name strings.

>> Usually, drivers are matched against some numeric IDs.

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>> You could also ask on the relevant subsystem mailinglist if anybody

>> knows of a driver for your specific device which is not in the mainline.

>

> Is there a list of sub-system maintainers? Or do I search for them in

> the git commit logs?

Better ask on mailinglists rather than individual people.  Subsystem

development mailinglists are listed in linux/MAINTAINERS of course.  The

one for networking is netdev@vger.kernel.org.
>>>  4. Tips on how to get started? I have read several example drivers but

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>>> are there any 'platinum' class drivers that you can recommend that is

>>> clear and that you recommend regularly to beginners.

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> For the drivers you are familiar with, anything

> that you would recommend?

I basically only work with drivers/ieee1394 and drivers/firewire; out of

them the latter are new and nicely written, though I don't know if they

are clear enough to beginners, or solid platinum even...

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