Building drivers from scratch

[Tony Nelson]

At 9:42 AM -0700 8/4/05, Josh Utter wrote:
>Greetings all,
>
>Just opening the door to the Linux world, and since I'm doing so with a
>specific goal in mind (as opposed to just letting my curiosity carry me)
>I am hoping to get some direction.  I have device in mind that I'd like
>to build which would interface with my computer, so I'm wondering what
>books I might want to start with to learn how to make drivers from
>scratch (USB, but I'm not certain yet).  Any suggestions?

Somewhat of a guess, but if it is a low-speed USB device (per USB 1.1 spec)
you might want to make it HID class, which should allow you to access if
from userspace (no driver).
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