Linux Device Drivers — Complete Course

Course Contents

32 Topics 47 Pages Free

Linux Fundamentals

01Introduction to Linux

02Linux Architecture (User vs Kernel)

03Linux Kernel Modules

04Module Loading and Unloading

Character Device Drivers

05Character Device Fundamentals

06Device Files and /dev Directory

07Major and Minor Numbers

08Dynamic & Static Number Allocation

09Creating Device Nodes (udev)

10Character Device Structure (cdev)

11File Operations Structure

12Reading and Writing Device Data

13Creating a Real Device Driver

14IOCTL Operations

Kernel Interfaces

15Procfs Interface (/proc)

16Sysfs Interface (/sys)

Interrupts & Deferred Work

17Interrupt Handling Fundamentals

18Interrupt Service Routines (ISRs)

19Top Half and Bottom Half

20Request and Free IRQ

21Tasklets in Linux Kernel

22Work Queues and Deferred Work

Synchronization

23Wait Queues & Process Sync

24Mutex (Mutual Exclusion Locks)

25Spinlocks and Busy-Wait

26Read-Write Spinlocks

Advanced Topics

27Linked Lists in Linux Kernel

28Kernel Threads Management

29Kernel Timers (Standard)

30High-Resolution Timers (HRT)

31Signals and IPC

32GPIO Driver Interface

Wrap-Up

✦Best Practices & Resources

Keywords

LKMcdevIRQ ISRTaskletWorkqueue MutexSpinlockprocfs sysfsGPIOHRT kthreadIOCTLudev

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