Re: user-space device drivers - hurd

2005-09-15 Thread Sergio Lopez
Hello, El jue, 15-09-2005 a las 08:13 -0700, Shakthi Kannan escribió: > 3. I want to try to strip down the gnumach kernel and > drivers to a minimal. Or is the default one the > minimum? I'd appreciate developers' inputs and their > experience they had on what makes GNUMach slow and > what needs

Re: user-space device drivers - hurd

2005-09-15 Thread Shakthi Kannan
Hi, --- Marco Gerards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Somehow the > kernel figures out > which driver is responsible for the device with a > specific name. Thanks for this hint. In gnumach-1-branch/i386/i386at there is a conf.c file where this name is registered. I overlooked it the last time :).

Re: user-space device drivers - hurd

2005-09-14 Thread Marco Gerards
Shakthi Kannan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Hi, > But, I am looking for some basic (hello world?) > example to understand how the device interfaces in GNU > Hurd: > > http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/gnumach-doc/mach_10.html#SEC89 > > interact with its particular GNU mach driver > probe/open/close

Re: user-space device drivers - hurd

2005-09-14 Thread Thomas Schwinge
On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 07:41:33AM -0700, Shakthi Kannan wrote: > I am trying to understand the device driver interface > between GNU Mach 1.3 and GNU Hurd (using Debian K8 on > x86). > But, I am looking for some basic (hello world?) > example to understand how the device interfaces in GNU > Hurd:

user-space device drivers - hurd

2005-09-14 Thread Shakthi Kannan
Greetings! I am trying to understand the device driver interface between GNU Mach 1.3 and GNU Hurd (using Debian K8 on x86). Driver files in i386/i386at in gnumach-1-branch get compiled. But, I am looking for some basic (hello world?) example to understand how the device interfaces in GNU Hurd: