> On 11/3/10 2:56 PM, Rick Macklem wrote: > >>> Is there any documentation on best practices for writing a FreeBSD > >>> driver? > >> Not really. :-/ > >> > > Just a dumb obvious suggestion. Imho, there is no better doc. than > > some > > well written code, so maybe someone familiar with the drivers can > > suggest > > one (or two) that they consider well written and use the current > > conventions > > as "examples"? > > we try every now and then to put good examples in /usr/share/examples > but I think what's there is hopelessly out of date. > Yep, that's the inevitable problem with this kind of doc. What I was suggesting was to list a couple of the current drivers in src/sys as good examples of "best practice" and hope they stay current, if they're in the kernel source tree and being used for current hardware. But, just a suggestion (and the "list" could/will get out of date someday), rickReceived on Wed Nov 03 2010 - 21:12:52 UTC
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