How hard is it to write a driver for a wireless network card (Ubuntu
doesn't support my card)?
I have a lot of programming experience but in high-level languages
like Python and just minimal C knowledge.
How big is the project, hard to say perhaps but could anyone guess how
many lines approximately?
Is it technically hard or just a lot of specifications to meet?
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defn noob <ci**********@y ahoo.sewrites:
How hard is it to write a driver for a wireless network card (Ubuntu
doesn't support my card)?
I have a lot of programming experience but in high-level languages
like Python and just minimal C knowledge.
How big is the project, hard to say perhaps but could anyone guess how
many lines approximately?
Is it technically hard or just a lot of specifications to meet?
We don't know. Your question is about a particular system-specific
programming task, not about the C programming language. Try asking in
one of the Linux newsgroups; I'm not sure which one would be best.
--
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keit h) ks***@mib.org <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
Nokia
"We must do something. This is something. Therefore, we must do this."
-- Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, "Yes Minister"
Keith Thompson <ks***@mib.orgw rites:
>defn noob <ci**********@y ahoo.sewrites:
>How hard is it to write a driver for a wireless network card (Ubuntu
doesn't support my card)?
I have a lot of programming experience but in high-level languages
like Python and just minimal C knowledge.
How big is the project, hard to say perhaps but could anyone guess how
many lines approximately?
Is it technically hard or just a lot of specifications to meet?
>We don't know. Your question is about a particular system-specific
programming task, not about the C programming language. Try asking in
one of the Linux newsgroups; I'm not sure which one would be best.
Please do not answer for me with "We don't know."
You may not know, even that may not be true, but I'm sure that many
readers here do know.
Moreover, while the question is about a particular system-specific
programming task, the fact that the OP states their minimal knowledge of
C and the fact that they took the effort to post to a C-based newsgroup,
clearly indicates that their question was intended to be about C.
(go on, shoot me down with standard topicality templates).
--
Chris.
Chris McDonald <ch***@csse.uwa .edu.auwrote:
Keith Thompson <ks***@mib.orgw rites:
defn noob <ci**********@y ahoo.sewrites:
How hard is it to write a driver for a wireless network card (Ubuntu
doesn't support my card)?
I have a lot of programming experience but in high-level languages
like Python and just minimal C knowledge.
How big is the project, hard to say perhaps but could anyone guess how
many lines approximately?
Is it technically hard or just a lot of specifications to meet?
We don't know. Your question is about a particular system-specific
programming task, not about the C programming language. Try asking in
one of the Linux newsgroups; I'm not sure which one would be best.
Please do not answer for me with "We don't know."
I think he was answering for we, not you or me.
On 2008-08-25 01:21:52 +0100, defn noob <ci**********@y ahoo.sesaid:
How hard is it to write a driver for a wireless network card (Ubuntu
doesn't support my card)?
I have a lot of programming experience but in high-level languages
like Python and just minimal C knowledge.
How big is the project, hard to say perhaps but could anyone guess how
many lines approximately?
Is it technically hard or just a lot of specifications to meet?
As far as I am aware, the hardest part of this kind of endevour is
actually getting the device specification in the first place.
--
"I disapprove of what you say, but I'll defend to the death your right
to say it." - Voltaire
defn noob wrote:
How hard is it to write a driver for a wireless network card (Ubuntu
doesn't support my card)?
I have a lot of programming experience but in high-level languages
like Python and just minimal C knowledge.
How big is the project, hard to say perhaps but could anyone guess how
many lines approximately?
Is it technically hard or just a lot of specifications to meet?
It would have been more fun, if you'd mentioned the wireless device
make and model. Since you said Ubuntu, you could look here. https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/interne...iswrapper.html
Paul
Chris McDonald <ch***@csse.uwa .edu.auwrites:
Keith Thompson <ks***@mib.orgw rites:
>>defn noob <ci**********@y ahoo.sewrites:
>>How hard is it to write a driver for a wireless network card (Ubuntu
doesn't support my card)?
I have a lot of programming experience but in high-level languages
like Python and just minimal C knowledge.
How big is the project, hard to say perhaps but could anyone guess how
many lines approximately?
Is it technically hard or just a lot of specifications to meet?
>>We don't know. Your question is about a particular system-specific
programming task, not about the C programming language. Try asking in
one of the Linux newsgroups; I'm not sure which one would be best.
Please do not answer for me with "We don't know."
You may not know, even that may not be true, but I'm sure that many
readers here do know.
Ok, that's a valid point. But I'm sure that many more readers in an
appropriate Linux newsgroup would be able to help. (I could help if
he asked about Perl, but I wouldn't do so here.)
Moreover, while the question is about a particular system-specific
programming task, the fact that the OP states their minimal knowledge of
C and the fact that they took the effort to post to a C-based newsgroup,
clearly indicates that their question was intended to be about C.
(go on, shoot me down with standard topicality templates).
I'm sure it was *intended* to be about C, but it was really about
device drivers, and this newsgroup isn't the best place to get the
information the OP is asking about -- though it's not a bad starting
point to find out where to post.
I think that advising the OP to ask his question in a Linux group is
the best possible help I could give him. Do you disagree?
--
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keit h) ks***@mib.org <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
Nokia
"We must do something. This is something. Therefore, we must do this."
-- Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, "Yes Minister"
In article <g8**********@e nyo.uwa.edu.au> ,
Chris McDonald <ch***@csse.uwa .edu.auwrote:
....
>
Please do not answer for me with "We don't know."
Welcome to clc. We hope you enjoy your stay.
>You may not know, even that may not be true, but I'm sure that many
readers here do know.
Welcome to clc. We hope you enjoy your stay.
>Moreover, while the question is about a particular system-specific
programming task, the fact that the OP states their minimal knowledge of
C and the fact that they took the effort to post to a C-based newsgroup,
clearly indicates that their question was intended to be about C.
(go on, shoot me down with standard topicality templates).
Welcome to clc. We hope you enjoy your stay.
defn noob wrote:
How hard is it to write a driver for a wireless network card (Ubuntu
doesn't support my card)?
I'd make sure your NIC is unsupported. http://wireless.kernel.org/ http://linux-wless.passys.nl/ https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu
How big is the project, hard to say perhaps but could anyone guess how
many lines approximately?
Is it technically hard or just a lot of specifications to meet?
The following book is a good starting point.
Linux Device Drivers, Third Edition http://lwn.net/Kernel/LDD3/
You might discuss this topic in comp.os.linux.d evelopment.syst em
or perhaps the linux-netdev mailing list.
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