How To Start PCI Drivers

Hi all
This is sreeram

Present I am working as embedded sw developer. expecialy on PCI device Drivers But I dont have knowledge on pci drivers. I got job recently thats why i have basic knowledge on character drivers only.can u send me the sources about PCI device drivers. And some of websites also i need regarding PCI to get knowledge on that.

plesae if u know any thing abot PCi post,it will help for me.

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Originally Posted by sreeram Hi all This is sreeram Present I am working as embedded sw developer. expecialy on PCI device Drivers But I dont have knowledge on pci drivers. I got job recently thats why i have basic knowledge on character drivers only.can u send me the sources about PCI device drivers. And some of websites also i need regarding PCI to get knowledge on that. plesae if u know any thing abot PCi post,it will help for me.

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-- PCI: Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) <- 'A standard that describes how to connect the peripheral components of a system together in a structured and controlled way. The standard describes the way that the system components are electrically connected and the way that they should behave. This chapter looks at how the Linux kernel initializes the system's PCI buses and devices.' pci.ids file <- 'List of PCI ID's to be placed in '/usr/share/pci.ids'. You should update your distribution id's periodically if you change pci devices with newer ones or the distributions 'pc.ids' are dated. If you have 'pciutils' installed then use 'update-pciids' script.

HTH!

Most, if not all, of the machinery necessary to access PCI hardware should already be present on most Linux PC-architecture kernels (and if not, can be easily added). Most likely, you only need to access the existing kernel PCI services from your own driver. That is part of the basis of the whole PCI concept. The online book Linux Device Drivers, 3rd Edition has a full chapter dedicated to PCI drivers.

--- rod.