Computer Science Canada Software drivers |
| Author: | Martin [ Thu May 26, 2005 9:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Software drivers |
Does anyone have a basic understanding of how software drivers for hardware works (such as the drivers for a printer), or at least knowledge of somewhere I could go to find out about this stuff? |
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| Author: | md [ Thu May 26, 2005 10:55 pm ] |
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basically the drivers send the appropriate signals to the hardware (usually using registers mapped to lower memory addresses [<1M]). If you're interested in low level type stuff I recomend Operating Systems: Design and Implementation 2nd edition; lots of good info on how operating systems and drivers and stuff work |
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