Developing Linux Device Drivers (LFD430)

This course will cover 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 Linux driver development and debugging, and much more. By the end of this online Linux device driver course you should be able to develop device drivers for Linux systems, grounded in a basic familiarity and understanding of the underlying Linux kernel.
 

This course is for experienced developers who want to learn how to develop device drivers for Linux systems.
 

To make the most of this course you must have:
• 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, such as is provided by LFD420 Linux Kernel Internals and Development. Pre-class preparation material will be provided before class.

• Introduction
• Preliminaries
• How to Work in OSS Projects **
• 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**
• 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
• Closing and Evaluation Survey
• Kernel Architecture I
• Kernel Programming Preview
• Modules
• Kernel Architecture II
• Kernel Configuration and Compilation
• Kernel Style and General Considerations
• Race Conditions and Synchronization Methods
• Memory Addressing
• Memory Allocation