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Essential Linux Device Drivers is for any programmer Sreekrishnan Venkateswaran focuses on the essentials, bringing together all the concepts and techniques you need, while avoiding topics that only matter in highly specialized situations. Venkateswaran begins by reviewing the Linux 2.6 kernel capabilities that are most relevant to driver developers.
In this practical, example-driven book, one of the world’s most experienced Linux driver developers systematically demonstrates how to develop reliable Linux drivers for I2C, video, sound, PCMCIA, and different types of flash memory • Shows how Linux implements support for wireless technologies such as PCMCIA, PCI, and USB; video, audio, block, network, and wireless device drivers; user-space drivers; and drivers for virtually any device. For each, Venkateswaran explains the technology, inspects relevant kernel source files, He introduces simple device classes; then turns to serial buses such as Bluetooth, Infrared, WiFi, and cellular networking “Probably the most wide ranging and complete Linux device driver book I’ve read.” Linux now offers an exceptionally robust environment for driver development: with today’s kernels, what once required years of development time can be accomplished in days. Essential Linux Device Drivers is for any programmer with a working knowledge of operating systems and C, including programmers who have never written drivers before.
Sreekrishnan Venkateswaran focuses on the essentials, bringing together all the concepts and techniques you need, while avoiding topics that only matter in highly specialized situations. Venkateswaran begins by reviewing the Linux 2.6 kernel capabilities that are most relevant to driver developers. In this practical, example-driven book, one of the world’s most experienced Linux driver developers systematically demonstrates how to develop reliable Linux drivers for I2C, video, sound, PCMCIA, and different types of flash memory • Addresses drivers discussed in no other book, including drivers for virtually any device. For each, Venkateswaran explains the technology, inspects relevant kernel source files, and walks through developing a complete example. Linux now offers an exceptionally robust environment for driver development: with today’s kernels, what once required years of development time can be accomplished in days.
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