Java or Linux Device Drivers 3rd Edition

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Author: Herbert Schildt

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Linux Device Drivers, 3rd Edition

Author: Jonathan Corbet

This book, a classic entering its third edition, is a must-read for anyone who wants to support computer peripherals under the Linux operating system, wants to run new hardware under Linux, or is simply interested in Linux kernel programming in general. Linux Device Drivers reveals information-heretofore shared only by word of mouth or in cryptic source code comments-on how to write drivers for a wide range of devices.

The authors of the book are leaders in the Linux community. Jonathan Corbet is an occasional kernel contributor and the executive editor of the highly regarded LWN.net news and information site. Alessandro Rubini is a contributor to Linux code and a central figure in the vibrant Italian Linux community. Greg Kroah-Hartman is the current kernel maintainer for the USB, PCI, and driver core subsystems documented in this book.

This new edition has been competely updated for Version 2.6.10 of the Linux kernel. This version of the kernel has rationalized and simplified several ways of doing common tasks, such as plug and play, interaction with user space through the sysfs filesystem, and management of multiple devices on standard buses.

You don't have to be a kernel hacker to understand and enjoy Linux Device Drivers; all you need is an understanding of C and some background in Unix system calls. You'll learn how to write drivers for character devices, block devices, and network interfaces, guided by full-featured examples you can compile and run without special hardware. The PCI, USB, and tty (terminal) subsystems each get their own chapter. For those who are curious about how an operating system does its job, this book provides insights into address spaces, asynchronous events, and I/O.

Table of Contents:

1	An introduction to device drivers	1
2	Building and running modules	15
3	Char drivers	42
4	Debugging techniques	73
5	Concurrency and race conditions	106
6	Advanced char driver operations	135
7	Time, delays, and deferred work	183
8	Allocating memory	213
9	Communicating with hardware	235
10	Interrupt handling	258
11	Data types in the kernel	288
12	PCI drivers	302
13	USB drivers	327
14	The Linux device model	362
15	Memory mapping and DMA	412
16	Block drivers	464
17	Network drivers	497
18	TTY drivers	546