[haiku-development] Re: Driver development - how to install a new driver
- From: Axel Dörfler <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 23:40:50 +0100
Christian Packmann wrote:
>> Actually, the kernel now uses node monitoring to detect driver
>> updates; "rescan" should be a no op.
> Oh. The transcript of your presentation at WalterCon 2006 indicated that
> rescan was supposed to be used.
That part hadn't been implemented in 2006 yet :-)
>> BTW the code for the legacy driver support is in src/system/kernel/
>> device_manager/legacy_drivers.*
> Uhm, what is the distinction for "legacy driver"? I modeled my new
> driver after poke because I thought it would use any new model, being in
> the Haiku repo. Is there any driver which is a.) simple and b.) a good
> representation of "how it shall be done"?
Legacy drivers are using the BeOS driver model. This is what most
drivers are still using; and since the new driver architecture isn't
really finalized yet, there is nothing wrong in using that one for now.
Bye,
Axel.
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