device drivers

[krisri]

is that necessary to have electronic based knowledge for writing the device drivers programs plz answer this one

[banjo67xxx]

is that necessary to have electronic based knowledge for writing the device drivers programs plz answer this one

You need to know a lot of detail about the kernel, interrupts, IRQs, timing, chipsets, etc, so I would assume that electronics would be very useful. Its definitely in the realms of "rocket science"

[satheesh]

hi
        its better for u to have electronic knowledge . i wont say its must but it will be really helpfull in programming for device drivers.