In the standard driver model for Linux, device drivers register themselves with the appropriate subsystem: PCI, USB, open firmware (device tree), platform device, and so on. The registration includes ...

In this excerpt, Chapter 9, from the book, the author describes how kernel device drivers interact with system hardware and how developers can write device drivers and use them in their applications.

Title: Practical Linux Programming: Device Drivers, Embedded Systems and the InternetAuthor: Ashfaq A. Khan Publisher: Charles River Media ISBN: 1-58450-096-4 Price: $49.95 I became quite curious when ...

Linux for Embedded and Real-time Applications, 3rd Edition by Doug Abbott offers a detailed, hands-on discussion that takes a developer from installation through application development. Presenting ...

With the former conglomerate driver broken into two distinct libraries, one has the basic ingredients necessary for implementing this solution. The hardware access library can be packaged to run in ...

Kernel development has special requirements. If you're taking the device driver tutorial at LinuxWorld Conference and Expo, here's how to get your laptop ready to go.

CNXSoft: This is a guest port by Erik Wierich, Senior Engineer at RISCstar Solutions, demonstrating a practical security ...

Driver Data Structures Before we examine the functions in a device driver, we should look at some of the more important data structures that drivers make use of. With the exception of struct cdev, all ...