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by thelukester
4634 days ago
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Novice developers should not be writing drivers in any language. If you don't have a C background, you're not going to be able to contribute much code to any OS. Besides config files and scripts, NetBSD is nearly 100% C. If you really want to get into OS programming, I recommend you start with "Computer Architecture" by Hennessy & Patterson along with a course in C programming. [1] http://www.ohloh.net/p/netbsd |
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Well, it might not be such a bad thing to write your stuff in Lua and get the lights blinking as a way to work your way up to C and mainline device driver development. If the device drivers interest the novice programmer, let's encourage that. Its not like there aren't a ton of safeguards between the novice and getting their driver in the mainline.