Can't Build New Device Driver
Chris Johns
chrisj at rtems.org
Sat Mar 1 00:25:32 UTC 2008
Robert S. Grimes wrote:
> Angelo Fraietta wrote:
>> Robert S. Grimes wrote:
>>
>> 1 - Developing the Device Driver
>> 2 - Including it in the main RTEMS tree so it will build when you build
>> RTEMS
>>
>> If it is the former, I would not worry about including in the RTEMS tree
>> until you have it working. Just develop the device driver separately and
>> link it with your app. This way you don't need to worry about bootstrap,
>> automake, and the likes. Once you have the device driver working, then
>> you can work at including it in the RTEMS tree.
>>
> I had not even considered this option! It certainly sounds like a way
> of avoiding all that stuff I don't understand. It certainly would help
> with respect to keeping my project on schedule! It also sounds a wise
> approach for a couple of drivers I'll need to do that are custom,
> proprietary, and otherwise not of interest to the community.
>
This is excellent advice. I develop all new drivers this way plus I develop
the test code I use to test the driver as the application. After the driver
ends up in RTEMS I still have a way to test it.
Regards
Chris
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