On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 10:23 AM, Greg Freemyer <
greg.freemyer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 1:06 AM, nidhi mittal <
nidhimittal19@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> i m sorry but can someone give a direct clarification ....
>> i m unable to get my answer ...
>> its going in different directions ...but not able to get me through my doubt
>> ...
>> i m sorry may be my understanding is lacking somewhere ...
>>
>
> Nidhi,
>
> I don't think anyone here knows.
>
> When writing a block device driver, the typical approach is to find
> one that is close to what you need then clone it and implement your
> changes.
>
> So at present you've done a fine job of asking a very detailed
> question which hopefully would get you an answer on either the ide or
> scsi mailing lists, but I assume your not comfortable asking on those
> lists yet. I follow the ide list (libata and drivers/ide on one
> shared list).
>
> If you explain at a high level what kind of driver you are trying to
> write and what kind of hardware etc. someone here might be able to
> tell you of a similar driver already in the kernel. And if your
> question is not clear, maybe help you re-frame the question until it
> makes since from a linux kernel perspective. At that point you can
> re-ask it on the appropriate kernel list.
>
> Greg