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Book:   Linux Device Drivers
Subject:   Linux Device Drivers Review
Date:   2000-06-27 02:45:00
From:   Franz Korntner
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Personally, one of the problems with Linux is the absence of proper documentation. I guess that this is partly caused by the fact that developers consider the source to be the ultimate documentation. Although there is nothing wrong with that point of view, it does complicate the learning curve and development time.


As the Linux kernel source is huge, writing modules and drivers is a long and tedious job, especially if it is your first. Eventually you will pull the old 'copy-modify-and-paste

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