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Old 10-25-2010
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Originally Posted by Chrisdot
I have no idea how to make brand new code. What is more - I haven't found any tutorials containing writing network drivers based on new net_structure. All of them are old. That is the purpose to searching on unix.com forum for help.
As suggested before, you can find better source code inside the linux kernel itself than by browsing the internet for random code to try and hope it works.
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Old 10-25-2010
Tell me exactly where I can find it.
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Old 10-25-2010
If you have kernel source installed, /usr/src/linux or something similar.
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Old 10-26-2010
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Originally Posted by Chrisdot
Tell me exactly where I can find it.
If you go to The Linux Home Page at Linux Online you can download full kernel sources from there. They also have a free ebook, Linux Device Drivers, available here: Linux Device Drivers, 2nd Edition: Online Book, which has a chapter on network drivers.

HTH,

Rob.
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Old 10-26-2010
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They also have a free ebook, Linux Device Drivers, available here: Linux Device Drivers, 2nd Edition: Online Book, which has a chapter on network drivers.
That version of LDD is out-of-date. Many of the examples do not work on the 2.6.* kernel. LDD 3rd edition is available online here.
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Old 10-26-2010
Thanks for the update and the link. Appreciated.
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Old 10-26-2010
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That version of LDD is out-of-date. Many of the examples do not work on the 2.6.* kernel. LDD 3rd edition is available online here.
This ebook (3rd edition) is also little bit outdated if we consider net_device structure (chapter 17 - network drivers).
At this moment that structure is different since 2009. However they say:
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See the LWN 2.6 API changes page for information on subsequent changes.
It is only mentioned that struct differ from old one, which all examples are based on.

I have not found on the internet any examples of network drivers written with new net_structure and believe me I am searching few days. Unfortunatelly link passed by fpmurphy is also describing driver based on old net_structure.

I got only "/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.31-14" - headers. No *.c files.
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