Author(s):Alessandro Rubini,Jonathan Corbet
Publisher:O'Reilly
Date:June 2001
Language:English
Pages:586
File Type:PDF
File Size:7.36 MB
ISBN 10:0596000081
This is, on the surface, a book about writing device drivers for the Linux system.
That is a worthy goal, of course; the flow of new hardware products is not likely
to slow down anytime soon, and somebody is going to have to make all those
new gadgets work with Linux. But this book is also about how the Linux kernel
works and how to adapt its workings to your needs or interests. Linux is an open
system; with this book, we hope, it will be more open and accessible to a larger
community of developers.
Much has changed with Linux since the first edition of this book came out. Linux
now runs on many more processors and supports a much wider variety of hardwar
e. Many of the internal programming interfaces have changed significantly.
Thus, the second edition. This book covers the 2.4 kernel, with all of the new featur
es that it provides, while still giving a look backward to earlier releases for
those who need to support them.This is, on the surface, a book about writing device drivers for the Linux system.
That is a worthy goal, of course; the flow of new hardware products is not likely
to slow down anytime soon, and somebody is going to have to make all those
new gadgets work with Linux. But this book is also about how the Linux kernel
works and how to adapt its workings to your needs or interests. Linux is an open
system; with this book, we hope, it will be more open and accessible to a larger
community of developers.
Much has changed with Linux since the first edition of this book came out. Linux
now runs on many more processors and supports a much wider variety of hardwar
e. Many of the internal programming interfaces have changed significantly.
Thus, the second edition. This book covers the 2.4 kernel, with all of the new featur
es that it provides, while still giving a look backward to earlier releases for
those who need to support them.
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