Programming in C & UnIX for 15 years, would like to switchover to Linux, Help needed

Dear Linux Experts:

Doing Programming in C & UNIX and VC++ for 15 years, interested to move
to Linux Networking, Bought couple of Linux books, Interested in doing
some project by writing some sample Kernel Module and an application to
access that Module, Can some experts suggest me what kind of project I
can do, I am verymuch interested in Linux Networking?. Can somebody
give me a clue (kind of some driver/module and some application which
talks to that Module/driver). My heartful thanks in advance and thanks
for your valuable time.

The otherway I can read the existing code in Linux and understand about
particular driver, which part of driver is the easy to understand,
looking for some code attached with Hardware?.

Also If I want to add some Hardware to IBM PC, what kind of Hardware I
can buy from Fry's/BestBuy/CompUSA.

Thanks a lot.
GS.

On Thu, 07 Jul 2005 19:04:23 -0700, GS wrote:

> Dear Linux Experts:
>
> Doing Programming in C & UNIX and VC++ for 15 years, interested to move
> to Linux Networking, Bought couple of Linux books, Interested in doing
> some project by writing some sample Kernel Module and an application to
> access that Module, Can some experts suggest me what kind of project I
> can do, I am verymuch interested in Linux Networking?. Can somebody
> give me a clue (kind of some driver/module and some application which
> talks to that Module/driver). My heartful thanks in advance and thanks
> for your valuable time.
>
> The otherway I can read the existing code in Linux and understand about
> particular driver, which part of driver is the easy to understand,
> looking for some code attached with Hardware?.
>
> Also If I want to add some Hardware to IBM PC, what kind of Hardware I
> can buy from Fry's/BestBuy/CompUSA.
>
> Thanks a lot.
> GS.

O'Reilly has a bood on linux kernel programming. What hardware you can add
depends a little on what it is - disk drives, cd/rw, dvd's, etc. are
generic enough that they work. Printers and scanners can be a bit dicey -
Epson scanners are well supported, and HP and Epson printers (any
PostScript printer is also cool). Winmodems are a little iffy - some will
work and some don't. Webcams are a total crap shoot. There are 'hardware
compatibility' pages maintained at the sites for most major distributions.
You'll probably be interested in www.distrowatch.com www.yolinux.com and
www.tldp.org.

In <(E-Mail Removed) .com>, GS wrote:

> Dear Linux Experts:
>
> Doing Programming in C & UNIX and VC++ for 15 years, interested to move to
> Linux Networking, Bought couple of Linux books, Interested in doing some
> project by writing some sample Kernel Module and an application to access
> that Module, Can some experts suggest me what kind of project I can do, I
> am verymuch interested in Linux Networking?. Can somebody give me a clue
> (kind of some driver/module and some application which talks to that
> Module/driver). My heartful thanks in advance and thanks for your valuable
> time.
>

For device driver programming, _Linux Device Drivers_ by Rubini and Corbet
(published by O'Reilly) is a good choice, and you can read the 2nd
edition (which covers up to 2.4 kernels) for free online:

http://www.xml.com/ldd/chapter/book/

There is a third edition now available which is updated with information
on the 2.6 kernel.

--
Not to have been a dupe, that will have been my best possesion, my best
deed, to have been a dupe, wishing I wasn't, thinking I wasn't, knowing
I was, not being a dupe of not being a dupe.
--Samuel Beckett, The Unnamable

Guys:

Thanks for replies. I have those Books, I am looking for small project
which I would like to do at home, can somebody suggest me small
project, I would liek to write a module and insert into Kernel amd my
application should access that nodule, I am looking for some project
like that, can somebody suggest me.

Also what kind of Hrdware I can add it and get to know how that works,
like I can add a another NIC card and I can connect both NIC back to
back and see some communication and learn the Networking stack.

Thanks in advance.