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Simple way to Develop your own drivers for LINUX!
By : Elizabeth Find more article by Elizabeth on Programming
Tuesday the 3rd, July 2001 at 02:51 PM (EDT)
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We know sometimes our manufacturer doesnt provide us drivers for Linux, well, you dont have to worry about that now, there is a chance for you to generate one, and the good thing is, "YOU DONT HAVE TO BE GOOD IN LINUX PROGRAMMING", just a general knowledge will take you there.

WinDriver for Linux is a device driver development toolkit, which enables you to develop Linux device drivers for PCI / ISA / ISAPnP and EISA hardware (including serial and parallel ports), without having to be familiar with the Linux kernel. All development is done in the user mode using your regular development environment. A Linux driver written using WinDriver is source compatible to Solaris, Windows 2000/NT, ME/98/95, Windows CE, NT Embedded and VxWorks. Just recompile and run!

How does it work?
WinDriver is based on a generic device driver which resides in the Linux kernel. Your application calls WinDriver kernel module through a user mode API, reducing the startup curve needed to learn and understand the Linux internals. WinDriver enables you to write and debug all your hardware access code in the user mode via graphical user interface, eliminating the need for long and tedious kernel code writing and debugging.

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It's not difficult , am i right?

  
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