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 ...

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.

[Johannes 4GNU_Linux] has been filming a video series on how to write Linux device drivers for a couple of years now, but luckily, you won’t need that long to watch them or to create your own… ...

The dummy driver demonstrates the structure of a device driver, but it lacks interaction with real hardware since it only manipulates memory structures. Device drivers are usually written to interact ...

The subject of module and device driver programming is way more extensive than we’ve been able to cover here. Hopefully, this introduction has piqued your interest and you’ll want to pursue the topic ...

Device drivers can cause headaches for anyone. A driver is a hardware program that ensures that cameras, printers, and other gadgets connected to our computers work without problems. In the past ...