Linux Device Driver

Linux Device Driver

[Saurabh Jain]

Hello everyone!

I am new to  Linux Kernel . i studied a  about CFS and processes a little
bit. I want to write Device Drivers for Linux Kernel . Can any body tell me
from where i should start?
I completely new to this field , i do not know how to start and from where
to start?
Any recommended book ?
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Linux Device Driver

[Lucas Tanure]

http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2013/07/write-linux-kernel-module/
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Linux Device Driver

[leo kirotawa]

Book I would recommend: Linux Devices Drivers [1]. And to get familiar
with kernel stuff [2]


[1] https://lwn.net/Kernel/LDD3/
[2] http://eudyptula-challenge.org/

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On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 11:16 AM, Saurabh Jain <saurabh4768jain@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello everyone!
>
> I am new to  Linux Kernel . i studied a  about CFS and processes a little
> bit. I want to write Device Drivers for Linux Kernel . Can any body tell me
> from where i should start?
> I completely new to this field , i do not know how to start and from where
> to start?
> Any recommended book ?
>
> _______________________________________________
> Kernelnewbies mailing list
> Kernelnewbies at kernelnewbies.org
> http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
>



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Linux Device Driver

[Lucas Tanure]

Yeah, but https://lwn.net/Kernel/LDD3/ it's a little bit old.
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Linux Device Driver

[leo kirotawa]

As they say, kernel code is the better and updated
source/documentation. There is no an updated book.

 =)

On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 11:37 AM, Lucas Tanure <tanure@linux.com> wrote:
> Yeah, but https://lwn.net/Kernel/LDD3/ it's a little bit old.



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Linux Device Driver

[Le Tan]

I think Documentation/kernel-docs.txt may be useful to you.

Le Tan

2014-05-05 22:37 GMT+08:00 Lucas Tanure <tanure@linux.com>:
> Yeah, but https://lwn.net/Kernel/LDD3/ it's a little bit old.
>
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Linux Device Driver

[Sima Baymani]

Rumours say an updated version of LDD3 is coming, due to be published this
autumn:
http://www.amazon.com/Linux-Device-Drivers-Jessica-McKellar/dp/1449371612/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1398859695&sr=1-1&keywords=linux+device+drivers

Happy days =)


On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 4:53 PM, Le Tan <tamlokveer@gmail.com> wrote:

> I think Documentation/kernel-docs.txt may be useful to you.
>
> Le Tan
>
> 2014-05-05 22:37 GMT+08:00 Lucas Tanure <tanure@linux.com>:
> > Yeah, but https://lwn.net/Kernel/LDD3/ it's a little bit old.
> >
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> > Kernelnewbies at kernelnewbies.org
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Linux Device Driver

[Kashyap Gada]

Hello,

Try out this website, it has some 18 lessons which will surely get you up
and started.
http://www.opensourceforu.com/2010/11/understanding-linux-device-drivers/


On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 8:31 PM, Sima Baymani <sima@kth.se> wrote:

> Rumours say an updated version of LDD3 is coming, due to be published this
> autumn:
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Linux-Device-Drivers-Jessica-McKellar/dp/1449371612/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1398859695&sr=1-1&keywords=linux+device+drivers
>
> Happy days =)
>
>
> On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 4:53 PM, Le Tan <tamlokveer@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I think Documentation/kernel-docs.txt may be useful to you.
>>
>> Le Tan
>>
>> 2014-05-05 22:37 GMT+08:00 Lucas Tanure <tanure@linux.com>:
>> > Yeah, but https://lwn.net/Kernel/LDD3/ it's a little bit old.
>> >
>> > _______________________________________________
>> > Kernelnewbies mailing list
>> > Kernelnewbies at kernelnewbies.org
>> > http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
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Linux Device Driver

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Mon, 5 May 2014, Sima Baymani wrote:

> Rumours say an updated version of LDD3 is coming, due to be published this autumn:
> http://www.amazon.com/Linux-Device-Drivers-Jessica-McKellar/dp/1449371612/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=13988
> 59695&sr=1-1&keywords=linux+device+drivers
>
> Happy days =)

  after checking with the powers-that-be, i can confirm that, yes,
there is an upcoming LDD4, as you can see from that amazon page.

rday

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Linux Device Driver

[Saurabh Jain]

Hey , thank u so much for ur reply ....thanx for help....


On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 2:20 PM, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>wrote:

> On Mon, 5 May 2014, Sima Baymani wrote:
>
> > Rumours say an updated version of LDD3 is coming, due to be published
> this autumn:
> >
> http://www.amazon.com/Linux-Device-Drivers-Jessica-McKellar/dp/1449371612/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=13988
> > 59695&sr=1-1&keywords=linux+device+drivers
> >
> > Happy days =)
>
>   after checking with the powers-that-be, i can confirm that, yes,
> there is an upcoming LDD4, as you can see from that amazon page.
>
> rday
>
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