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• On-Site, 100% Hands-On. 100% Customized to Your Exact Needs.
• This Linux Device Drivers Course is for Software Developers and other Technology Professionals (Network Administrators, Support Personnel, Technicians, Technical Management, etc.) who need to rapidly and thoroughly master how to write, debug, support, and troubleshoot Linux kernel code and Linux device drivers.
• A key benefit for this course: all of the software used is yours to keep and to use personally and/or in your organization as required.
• Course Prerequisites: Experience with at least one operating system such as Windows, Mac OS X, Netware, or UNIX.
• Course Outline
  1. Introduction to GNU/Linux Kernel Internals and Device Drivers
  1. User-Mode Device Drivers
  2. Kernel-Mode Device Drivers
  3. Kernel Version Numbers
  2. Development Environment
  1. Installation
  2. Development Tools
  3. Debugging Tools
  3. User-Mode Access to Devices
  1. open, close, read, write
  2. ioctl
  3. ioperm, iopl, inb, outb
  4. mmap, munmap
  4. Kernel Source Code
  1. Installing Kernel Source Code
  2. Tour of Source Tree
  3. Header Files
  4. Driver Source
  5. Reading an Existing Driver
  5. Building a Driver into the GNU/Linux Kernel
  1. Driver Source Code
  2. Driver Configuration Info
  3. Kernel Configuration
  4. Kernel Building
  5. Testing a New Kernel
  6. Kernel Modules
  1. mod utils
  2. Building
  3. Installing/Removing
  4. Parameter Info
  5. Layered Modules
  7. The /proc Interface
  1. Using /proc
  2. Registration
  3. Reading from /proc
  4. Writing to /proc
  8. The sysctl Interface
  1. Using sysctl
  2. Registration
  3. Reading/Writing
  9. Device Registration
  1. Character Device Registration
  2. Block Device Registration
  3. Network Device Registration
  4. Other Registration Options
  10. Device Open/Close
  1. struct file_operations
  2. struct inode
  3. struct file
  4. open and release
  11. Device Synchronization
  1. Semaphores
  2. Spin Locks
  3. Atomic Operations
  12. Device I/O Control
  1. ioctl vs /proc vs sysctl
  2. ioctl Macros
  3. ioctl function
  13. Time and Timers
  1. Time of Day
  2. jiffies
  3. Short Delays
  4. Long Delays
  5. Kernel Timers
  14. Blocking and Non-Blocking I/O
  1. Wait Queues
  2. Blocking I/O
  3. Non-Blocking I/O
  4. SIGIO
  15. Memory Management
  1. kmalloc
  2. get_free_pages
  3. vmalloc
  4. kmem_cache
  16. Character Device Read/Write
  1. Getting Data from User-Space
  2. Starting I/O
  3. Waiting for I/O Completion
  4. Sending Results to User-Space
  17. Block Device Read/Write
  1. Block vs Char Read/Write
  2. Block Device Global Variables
  3. Request Handing
  4. Creating a RAM Disk
  18. PCI Bus
  1. PCI Utilities
  2. Registration
  3. Configuration
  4. Hot Plug
  19. USB Bus
  1. USB Utilities
  2. Registration
  3. Configuration
  4. Hot Plug
  20. I/O Ports
  1. /proc and I/O Ports
  2. Resource Registration
  3. Reading/Writing
  21. I/O Memory
  1. /proc and I/O Memory
  2. Resource Registration
  3. Reading/Writing
  22. Interrupts
  1. /proc and Interrupts
  2. Resource Registration
  3. Interrupt Service Routines
  4. Tasklets
  23. Direct Memory Access/Bus Mastering
  1. Consistent Mapping
  2. Streaming Mapping
  3. Scatter/Gather Mapping
  24. Where to go from here

Updated 2009 Jan 12
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