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Migrating Device Drivers to the 2.6 Kernel

Posted by michael on from the modprobe dept.

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."

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  1. Upgrade now? by zoobot · · Score: -1, Troll

    I just spent a week upgrading to 2.6.. whew. What a frigg'n nightmare.

    1. Re:Upgrade now? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      don't forget to sign, Bill.

  2. Flamebait? Read the article, for $DEITY's sake. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Read the goddamn article, you wankers. Then ask yourself, is it more complicated or not? The code is basically similar!

    1. Re:Flamebait? Read the article, for $DEITY's sake. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
      Added: require module_init(), module_exit() and #define module_license()

      Removed: #define MODULE


      Wow, now only rocket scientists can write device drivers you fuckwit.