Jonathan Corbet

Linux Device Drivers (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Device drivers literally drive everything you're interested in--disks, monitors, keyboards, modems--everything outside the computer chip and memory. And writing device drivers is one of the few areas of programming for the Linux operating system that calls for unique, Linux-specific knowledge. For years now, programmers have relied on the classic Linux Device Drivers from O'Reilly to master this critical subject. Now in its third edition, this bestselling guide provides all the information you'll need to write drivers for a wide range of devices.Over the years the book has helped countless programmers learn:how to support computer peripherals under the Linux operating systemhow to develop and write software for new hardware under Linuxthe basics of Linux operation even if they are not expecting to write a driverThe new edition of Linux Device Drivers is better than ever. The book covers all the significant changes to Version 2.6 of the Linux kernel, which simplifies many activities, and contains subtle new features that can make a driver both more efficient and more flexible. Readers will find new chapters on important types of drivers not covered previously, such as consoles, USB drivers, and more.Best of all, you don't have to be a kernel hacker to understand and enjoy this book. All you need is an understanding of the C programming language and some background in Unix system calls. And for maximum ease-of-use, the book uses full-featured examples that you can compile and run without special hardware.Today Linux holds fast as the most rapidly growing segment of the computer market and continues to win over enthusiastic adherents in many application areas. With this increasing support, Linux is now absolutely mainstream, and viewed as a solid platform for embedded systems. If you're writing device drivers, you'll want this book. In fact, you'll wonder how drivers are ever written without it.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: O'Reilly Media
• Seitenzahl: 636
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Februar 2005
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780596517434
• Artikelnr.: 52953971

Autorenporträt

Jonathan Corbet got his first look at the BSD Unix source back in 1981, when an instructor at the University of Colorado let him "fix" the paging algorithm. He has been digging around inside every system he could get his hands on ever since, working on drivers for VAX, Sun, Ardent, and x86 systems on the way. He got his first Linux system in 1993, and has never looked back. Mr. Corbet is currently the co-founder and executive editor of Linux Weekly News (http://LWN.net/); he lives in Boulder, Colorado with his wife and two children. Alessandro installed Linux 0.99.14 soon after getting his degree as electronic engineer. He then received a Ph.D. in computer science at the University of Pavia despite his aversion toward modern technology. He left the University after getting his Ph.D. because he didn't want to write articles. He now works as a free lancer writing device drivers and, um...articles. He used to be a young hacker before his babies were born; he's now an old advocate of Free Software who developed a bias for non-PC computer platforms. Greg Kroah-Hartman has been writing Linux kernel drivers since 1999, and is currently the maintainer for the USB, PCI, I2C, driver core, and sysfs kernel subsystems. He is also the maintainer of the udev and hotplug userspace programs, as well as being a Gentoo kernel maintainer, ensuring that his email inbox is never empty. He is a contributing editor to Linux Journal Magazine, and works for IBM's Linux Technology Center, doing various Linux kernel related tasks.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Chapter 1: An Introduction to Device Drivers
Chapter 2: Building and Running Modules
Chapter 3: Char Drivers
Chapter 4: Debugging Techniques
Chapter 5: Concurrency and Race Conditions
Chapter 6: Advanced Char Driver Operations
Chapter 7: Time, Delays, and Deferred Work
Chapter 8: Allocating Memory
Chapter 9: Communicating with Hardware
Chapter 10: Interrupt Handling
Chapter 11: Data Types in the Kernel
Chapter 12: PCI Drivers
Chapter 13: USB Drivers
Chapter 14: The Linux Device Model
Chapter 15: Memory Mapping and DMA
Chapter 16: Block Drivers
Chapter 17: Network Drivers
Chapter 18: TTY Drivers
Chapter 19: Bibliography

Rezensionen

"Dieses praktische Buch ist für jeden, der unter dem Betriebssystem Linux Geräte zum Laufen bringen will oder muss und bisher wenig Ahnung über das Schreiben von Gerätetreibern besitzt, sehr hilfreich. Ein Pluspunkt für die zweite Auflage dieses Buches ist es, dass es auf der Kernelversion 2.4 beruht." -- http://www.entwickler.com, 06/2003, Josef Handel