--- Barry Twycross <email@hidden> wrote:
> At 8:53 AM -0800 1/5/05, Garth Cummings wrote:
>
> >Here's a good reading list for starters:
>
> I'd also encourage you to look at examples, they're
> in the SDK, and
> the open source.
>
> Also your questions seem to be about kernel drivers
> ("kexts"), if at
> all possible you should be thinking of userland
> drivers, which aren't
> drivers at all, but just a normal user process
> accessing the device.
> These are so much easier to work with than kexts, so
> unless you have
> a very good reason for needing a kext you should
> stick to userland.
>
> A very good reason for a kext is usually that the
> device provides a
> service to the kernel, the kernel has most of those
> covered already.
> What sort of device do you have?
>
> This looks like the relevant bit of your post:
>
> At 11:38 PM -0800 1/4/05, JX the nuts wrote:
> >Fourth question: is the USBprivateDataSample a
> >resemblance of an actual mac device driver?? it
> seems
> >to me that it resembles an application. Could
> anyone
> >reccomend me any good and detailed Mac device
> driver
> >samples in any way?
>
> It may very well be an application, and unless you
> have a good
> reason, that's the way to go.
> --
> Barry Twycross
hi all!!! thanks for replying!!! by the way, could
someone tell me more on what is a userland driver? is
USBprivateDataSample a userland driver??
pls reply thks!! cheers!
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