[linux-audio-dev] Re: Getting out of the software game

Pieter Palmers <pieterp@email-addr-hidden>, on Thu Mar 15, 2007 [12:56:26 PM] said:
> There is one thing that I found particularly frustrating about the lack
> of fixed API's: These fluctuations make it difficult to learn driver
> programming due to the lack of up-to-date documentation. Or the
> abundance of not-up-to-date documents. I don't know which one is the
> most problematic.
>
> There is the LDD book, which is very good btw, but it's outdated almost
> as soon as it is published. Google then helps you find a lot of emails
> in mailing lists but you still have to figure out whether they apply or
> not. And the 'just ask, somebody will answer' has it's limitations too.
>

        Hi;

        I recommend lwn.net; one of its editors Corbet is an author
of LDD, and their coverage of kernel issues including API changes
is excellent. Go to:

http://lwn.net/Kernel/Index/

        And search down for 'Device drivers', among countless other
resources.

Paul
set@email-addr-hidden

> If I were a commercial HW developer needing to develop a driver for the
> first time, this would certainly be an issue.
>
> Greets,
>
> Pieter
>
Received on Fri Mar 16 12:15:01 2007