[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] Driver development for Maemo

[From: Collin R. Mulliner]

Hi Dieter,

Quoting Dieter Govaerts <dieter.govaerts at pandora.be>:

> 1) As is stands now, I would probably have to implement a virtual
> filesystem on the mobile device which would require me to develop the
> necessary systemdrivers for it. Is there a driver development kit
> available or is this included in the SDK?

checkout FUSE (http://fuse.sourceforge.net/), it should work on the 770 
and you
would just need to compile the fuse modules so no need to mess with the kernel
itself

> 2) Is it possible to develop such a driver in a reasonable timeframe? I
> don't want to spend a few years finishing my Master thesis. I'm not
> afraid to dig deep for this, I just want to know if it can be done by 1
> person or if its better to stick with M$ on this.

FUSE is in userspace, and since userspace is easier to debug, etc...

Collin