Linux Kernel and Device Driver Programming by Mohan Lal Jangir

Linux Operating System has grown tremendously in the last two decades since its inception. Linux which started as researchers' and students' experimental OS is no longer limited to universities now. Almost all industries are widely using Linux as their preferred OS. Therefore, knowing Linux is one of the core requirements for any system engineer regardless of the industry or domain.

Linux kernel, largely due to the complexity involved, remains a mysterious area for many. The proposed book is a must read for someone who wants self-learning  and practising Linux kernel and device driver programming. The book is based on Linux 2.6 kernel and explains kernel programming and device driver examples from scratch in step-by-step method making it very simple even for beginners. With this book, anyone with C programming and basic Linux knowledge can quickly become kernel and device driver programming. The book deals with device driver development of real hardware. Therefore, the reader can himself develop a device driver as he progresses through the book. The sample hardware is carefully chosen such that either most of the users already have or can purchase it at a very low price.

The book includes the following topics:

User space to kernel communication

Kernel debugging

Timing and interrupts

Concurrency, locking and contexts

Character, Block (USB) and Network (PC) device drivers

Each chapter has worked out examples for each topic/sub-topic.