Re: [sigrok-devel] How to include own hardware device in libsigrok build-process?

[Matthias H. <m-s...@he...>]

Hi David,

Am 11.06.2014 um 22:47 schrieb David Roberts <Mail@DavidRoberts.Org.UK>:
> I have set out on an attempt to write my own hardware driver for a DPScopeSE. Scanning through other supported devices, it seems that the IKALOGIC Scanalogic-2 is also an HID based device that I might use as a model for hacking a new driver. 
> 
> So I 'cloned' ~/libsigrok/hardware/ikalogic-scanalogic2/ into ~/libsigrok/hardware/dpscopese/ and changed all the relevant defines to contain new identification strings, and changed the usb identity of the target device. 
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> But then I hit a brick wall. I could not work out how to include my new 'dpscopese' source code in the build-process, and I can't find any documentation that explains this. I assume it must be some input to autogen.sh or configure that generates a new Makefile, but I can't see how... can someone enlighten me, please?

The best way to do it is to use the script new-driver in sigrok-util/source. It creates a patch that can be applied with git.

If you want to do it manually, I think you need to add it to the following places:
- Makefile.am
- configure.ac
- hwdriver.c

It’s best to grep for an existing driver to find all the places in these files that need to be changed.

Bye, Matthias