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- From: KENKAHN@PKSMRVM.VNET.IBM.COM (Kenneth A. Kahn)
- Message-ID: <19921113.094441.683@almaden.ibm.com>
- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 92 12:41:54 EST
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.programmer
- Subject: Re: Writing trivial device drivers - documentation? help?????
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- In <1992Nov13.002029.1824@msc.cornell.edu> Mike Thompson writes:
- >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?
- >
- >Second request: Does anyone have an example device driver (in masm) fully
- >functional they would make available to me. I need examples of DevHlp calls
- >to get mapping of physical memory. Any help most greatly appreciated.
- >
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- Get a copy of "Writing OS/2 2.0 Device Drivers in C" by Steve Mastrianni.
- He has a *lot* of examples including a sample Device Driver. If you have
- access to Compuserve, he has uploaded a copy of the DISK with all the examples
- to the OS2SUPPORT library.
-