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Migrating Device Drivers to the 2.6 Kernel
An anonymous reader writes "While it's all well and good to find out how to upgrade your kernel to 2.6, as this recent /. story pointed out, developers, especially device driver developers, might be more interested in the kernel's new device driver model. Over at Linux Devices, there's a new article on Migrating device drivers to Linux kernel 2.6. The short version: That little ole Hello, World! kernel module is a heckuva lot more complicated than it used to be."
Exactly what I was thinking. I suspect about 1 in a 1000 people who read /. really understand what the article is talking about, and the intended audience is even more miniscule. I kindof have to wonder why this merits front-page treament. If the people who write device drivers for fun are waiting around for /. to post an article about how to do it for the new kernel, Linux is in a lot of trouble. I suspect it is just a type of geek self-congratulations for reading a site that features articles that are technically over their heads. "Did you catch that article over on slashdot about migrating device drivers to 2.6?" "Yeah, that was pretty interesting. I had no idea it would be different. It's important information for me in case I ever want to *smug* write a driver"
These people can't even figure out <, but they feel that they're qualified to comment on linux module coding?