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- From: john.navas@uttsbbs.uucp (John Navas)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.programmer
- Subject: RE: WRITING TRIVIAL DEVIC
- Message-ID: <2665.18.uupcb@uttsbbs.uucp>
- Date: 15 Nov 92 12:14:00 GMT
- Reply-To: john.navas@uttsbbs.uucp (John Navas)
- Organization: The Transfer Station BBS, Danville, CA - 510-837-4610/837-5591
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- tommy@msc.cornell.edu (Mike Thompson) writes:
-
- > Okay, I've finally learned that OS/2 is not quite the perfect OS
- > for lab environments. Maybe I long for a bit of the control of DOS
- > days. Anyway, I have to write my own device driver to access
- > memory mapped controllers on a digital to analog (No - of course
- > the manufacturer has no intention of creating DD in the forseeable
- > future).
- > I need help. I've got the development kits for OS/2 1.2 and 2.0.
- > They include some minimal examples of device drivers, but no real
- > documentation. Can someone tell me where to get adequate
- > documentation to write a trivial device driver (it will be really
- > stupid). Book suggestions? Pay for more software from IBM?
-
- As for a book, I highly recommend "Writing OS/2 Device Drivers" by
- Raymond Westwater (this is from memory, but the author's last name is
- definitely correct) -- it's 1.3 vintage, but works fine with 2.0.
-
- I do not recommend "Writing OS/2 2.0 Device Drivers in C" by Steve
- Mastriani, because it's not much use without the author's rather
- expensive library. (The code disk for the book is freely available on
- CompuServe OS2DF1 -- a good place for OS/2 device driver help -- but
- it doesn't include the library.)
-
- Of course you'll want the IBM "Physical Device Driver Reference". The
- best way to get it (and a whole lot more besides) is to sign up for
- the free IBM WorldWide Developers Assistance Program on CompuServe (GO
- OS2DAP), and then order the $15 Professional Developers Kit CD-ROM.
-
- Best regards,
- John
-
- p.s. You'll need MASM to assemble your driver.
-
-