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

[Paul]

Pieter Palmers <pieterp at joow.be>, 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 There is the LDD book, which is very good btw, but it's outdated almost 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 at pobox.com

> If I were a commercial HW developer needing to develop a driver for the 
> first time, this would certainly be an issue.
> 
> Greets,
> 
> Pieter
>