The Device Kit

The Device Kit contains software for controlling various input/output devices and for writing your own device drivers. You'll find two kinds of software documented in this chapter:

If you're interested in the interface to a joystick or serial port, you need read only about the BJoystick or BSerialPort class. If you're interested in the GeekPort interface, there's a small section that introduces the port and its three classes; look at it before turning to the particular class that interests you. If you're interesting in writing a device driver, skip the first part of the chapter and begin with Developing a Device Driver .






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