Linux内核是一种复杂、可迁移、模块化和广泛使用的软件，在全世界过半数设备的80%左右服务器和嵌入式系统中运行。设备驱动程序在Linux系统良好运行中起到非常重要的作用。随着Linux已成为最流行的操作系统之一，为专有设备开发驱动程序的兴趣也与日俱增。
约翰·马杜著的《Linux设备驱动程序开发(影印版)(英文版)》将帮助你理解驱动程序相关基础知识，并带你完成游览Linux内核的漫长旅程。本书涵盖基于多种Linux子系统的驱动程序开发，包括内存管理、PWM、RTC、IIO和IRQ管理。本书还提供直接内存访问和网络设备驱动程序的实用方法。
在本书最后，你将会熟悉驱动程序开发的概念，并且可以从头开始为最新版内核编写任何驱动程序。

Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction to Kernel Development
Environment setup
Getting the sources
Source organization
Kernel configuration
Build your kernel
Kernel habits
Coding style
Kernel structures allocation/initialization
Classes, objects, and OOP
Summary
Chapter 2: Device Driver Basis
User space and kernel space
The concept of modules
Module dependencies
depmod utility
Module loading and unloading
Manual loading
modprobe and insmod
/etc/modules-load.d/(filename).conf
Auto-loading
Module unload
Driver skeletons
Module entry and exit point
init and exit attributes
Module information
Licensing
Module author(s)
Module description
Errors and message printing
Error handling
Handling null pointer errors
Message printing - printk0
Module parameters
Building your first module
The module's makefile
In the kernel tree
Out of the tree
Building the module
Summary
Chapter 3: Kernel Facilities and Helper Functions
Understanding container_of macro
Linked lists
Creating and initializing the list
Dynamic method
Static method
Creating a list node
Adding a list node
Deleting a node from the list
Linked list traversal
Kernel sleeping mechanism
Wait queue
Delay and timer management
Standard timers
Jiffies and HZ
Timers API
Timer setup initialization
Standard timer example
High resolution timers (HRTs)
HRT API
HRT setup initialization
Dynamic tick/tickless kernel
Delays and sleep in the kernel
Atomic context
Nonatomic context
Kernel locking mechanism
Mutex
Mutex API
Declare
Acquire and release
Spinlock
Spinlock versus mutexes
Work deferring mechanism
Softirqs and ksoftirqd
ksoftirqd
Tasklets
Declaring a tasklet
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Chanter 4: Character Device Drivers
Chapter 5: Platform Device Drivers
Chaoter 6: The Conceot of Device Tree
Chapter 7: 12C Client Drivers
Chapter 8: SPI Device Drivers
Chapter 9: Regmap API - A Register Map Abstraction
Chapter 10: IIO Framework
Chapter 11: Kernel Memory Management
Chapter 12: DMA- Direct Memory Access
Chapter 13: Linux Device Model
Chapter 14: Pin Control and GPIO Subsystem
Chapter 15: GPIO Controller Drivers - gpio_chip
Chapter 16: Advanced IRQ Management
Chaoter 17: Inout Devices Drivers
Chapter 18: RTC Drivers
Chapter 19: PWM Drivers
Chapter 20: Regulator Framework
Chapter 21: Framebuffer Drivers
Chapter 22: Network Interface Card Drivers