LinuxDeviceDrivers,3rdEdition@TeamDDU

Linux Device Drivers, 3rd Edition Table of Contents Preface Jon's Introduction Alessandro's Introduction Greg's Introduction Audience for This Book Organization of the Material Background Information Online Version and License Conventions Used in This Book Using Code Examples We'd Like to Hear from You Safari Enabled Acknowledgments Chapter 1. An Introduction to Device Drivers 1.1. The Role of the Device Driver 1.2. Splitting the Kernel 1.3. Classes of Devices and Modules 1.4. Security Issues 1.5. Version Numbering 1.6. License Terms 1.7. Joining the Kernel Development Community 1.8. Overview of the Book Chapter 2. Building and Running Modules 2.1. Setting Up Your Test System 2.2. The Hello World Module 2.3. Kernel Modules Versus Applications 2.4. Compiling and Loading 2.5. The Kernel Symbol Table 2.6. Preliminaries 2.7. Initialization and Shutdown 2.8. Module Parameters 2.9. Doing It in User Space 2.10. Quick Reference Chapter 3. Char Drivers 3.1. The Design of scull 3.2. Major and Minor Numbers 3.3. Some Important Data Structures 3.4. Char Device Registration ......