Driver system

Forum thread started by oueshcousin on Mon, 2005-03-07 16:56

The big problem on *NIX OSes is the inexistence of a standard format for drivers. Drivers are for a newbie only installable by a complete system re-installation. Idea is to include a devices-manager that allow users to add/remove drivers by some simple clicks like windows.

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Driver system

by myob - 2005-03-07 19:20

Err, you haven't got a damn clue about BeOS, do you?

BeOS already manages drivers properly. A Device Manager is unessacery, and indeed impossible with the current driver model. Installing a driver involves dropping one binary in the right place - the installer will usually do it for you.

Driver system

by decaf - 2005-03-07 20:40

Drivers are easy to install under BeOS. In fact most of the time you don't even have to reboot. Media drivers -> restart Mediaservices. Network drivers -> restart Network services. Display drivers still need reboot though.

Driver system

by h_ank - 2005-03-09 02:00

oueshcousin: BeOS is not a *NIX system. That is an assumption that many people have and from it stems many false expectations.

Re: Driver system

by oueshcousin - 2008-07-21 13:02

I think OpenBeOS anyway needs a standard-format for the driver config-files (where to move such file? , is a system reboot required? etc...), for making possible a future "driver installation wizard" that automatically seeks for the config file (e.g the *.inf).

Because I think novice desktop users should never have to handle the terminal, modify config files, launch a *.sh file, move some files or other boring and hasardous things.

Re: Driver system

by mmu_man - 2008-07-21 13:37

There already is a driver_settings API for kernel mode drivers (Haiku makes it available to userland as well IIRC) which works well enough.