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Re: Writing trivial device drivers - documentation? help?????

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From: Larry Salomon Jr.
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 13:49
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In <1992Nov13.002029.1824@msc.cornell.edu> tommy@msc.cornell.edu (Mike Thompson) writes:

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>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?

>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.

I highly recommend Steve Mastrianni's book on device driver programming and
the accompanying DevHlp library (which you - unfortunately - have to purchase
separately).  Steve can be contacted via mcimail at 5099225@mcimail.com .

Cheers,
Q
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From: os2man@panix.com (Larry Salomon Jr.)
Subject: Re: Writing trivial device drivers - documentation? help?????
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