In the standard driver model for Linux, device drivers register themselves with the appropriate subsystem: PCI, USB, open firmware (device tree), platform device, and so on. The registration includes ...

Kernel device drivers are the mechanism through which the underlying hardware is exposed to the rest of the system. As a developer of embedded systems, you need to know how these device drivers fit ...

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 ...

The Blue Collar GNU/Linux embedded systems target use in EPIC (Embedded Platform for Industrial Computing) PC/104, PC/104, PC/104 Plus, and EBX single-board computers operating at –40 to +85°C. The ...

Further, any dependencies on the hardware access must be "one-way" ; calls from the hardware access layer to higher layers are specifically not allowed. In Linux, the hardware access layer will be run ...

Driver Data Structures Before we examine the functions in a device driver, we should look at some of the more important data structures that drivers make use of. With the exception of struct cdev, all ...

With two weeks remaining until the start of LinuxWorld Conference and Expo, it’s time to start getting ready. The device driver tutorial, taught by kernel developer and author Greg Kroah-Hartman ...

CNXSoft: This is a guest port by Erik Wierich, Senior Engineer at RISCstar Solutions, demonstrating a practical security ...