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Developing Linux Device Drivers (LFD430) Training in Mercedes, Texas

This course will teach you how to develop device drivers for Linux systems, grounded with a basic familiarity and understanding of the underlying Linux kernel.

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What you'll learn

This course will teach you how to develop device drivers for Linux systems, grounded with a basic familiarity and understanding of the underlying Linux kernel. You will learn: The different kinds of device drivers used in Linux ... The appropriate APIs through which devices (both hardware and software) interface with the kernel. ... Necessary modules and techniques for developing and debugging Linux drivers ... And more.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of basic kernel interfaces and methods such as how to write, compile, load and unload modules, use synchronization primitives, and the basics of memory allocation and management

Course Outline

Introduction

Preliminaries

Device Drivers

Modules and Device Drivers

Memory Management and Allocation

Character Devices

Kernel Features

Transferring Between User and Kernel Space

Interrupts and Exceptions

Timing Measurements

Kernel Timers

ioctls

Unified Device Model and sysfs

Firmware

Sleeping and Wait Queues

Interrupt Handling: Deferrable Functions and User Drivers

Hardware I/O

PCI

Platform Drivers**

Device Trees**

Direct Memory Access (DMA)

Network Drivers I: Basics

Network Drivers II: Data Structures

Network Drivers III: Transmission and Reception

Network Drivers IV: Selected Topics

USB Drivers

Power Management

Block Drivers

** These sections may be considered in part or in whole as optional. They contain either background reference material, specialized topics, or advanced subjects. The instructor may choose to cover or not cover them depending on classroom experience and time constraints.

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