Linux device drivers

Alessandro Rubini

ISBN 10: 0596000081 / ISBN 13: 9780596000080

Published by O'Reilly, 2001

About this Item

Wasserschaden / Verschmutzung; Leichte Abnutzungen; Gebogener Buchrücken. Provides "hands-on" information on writing device drivers for the Linux system, with particular focus on the features of the 2.4 kernel and its implementation.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Linux device drivers
• Publisher: O'Reilly
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0596000081
• ISBN 13: 9780596000080
• Binding: Softcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Fair
• Seller catalogs:
  • Computers & Internet

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Synopsis

Nwely updated to include new calls and techniques introduced in Versions 2.2 and 2.4 of the Linux kernel, a definitive resource for those who want to support computer peripherals under the Linux operating system explains how to write a driver for a broad spectrum of devices, including character devices, network interfaces, and block devices. Original. (Intermediate)

About the Author

Jonathan Corbet got his first look at the BSD Unix source back in 1981, when an instructor at the University of Colorado let him "fix" the paging algorithm. He has been digging around inside every system he could get his hands on ever since, working on drivers for VAX, Sun, Ardent, and x86 systems on the way. He got his first Linux system in 1993, and has never looked back. Mr. Corbet is the co-founder and executive editor of Linux Weekly News; he lives in Boulder, Colorado with his wife and two children.

Alessandro Rubini installed Linux 0.99.14 soon after getting his degree as an electronic engineer. He then received a Ph.D in computer science at the University of Pavia despite his aversion toward modern technology. Alas, he still enjoys digging in technology and discovering the intelligence of people who created it: that's why he now works in his apartment with three PCs, an Alpha, a SPARC, and an Apple2 -- the last without Linux. But you might find him roaming around in the north of Italy on his bike, which doesn't carry an electronic cyclometer.