Linux Device Driver Tutorial

What is it?

This tutorial discusses technical issues to develop your own linux device driver. The aim of this tutorial is to provide, easy and practical examples so that everybody can understand the concepts in a simple manner. The work is divided into chapters that starts in a simple way and gradually covers more issues related to the development of Linux kernel modules.

Who is this tutorial for?

People interested in understanding more about how the Linux kernel works and developing kernel modules.

Requirements

• A computer or Virtual Machine running a linux distro (we recommend Ubuntu <3);
• GCC;
• A text editor. vim, emacs, sublime text;
• Basic knowledge of linux (you need to know how to use linux command line);
• Basic knowledge of C;

Chapters

1. Introduction
2. First Driver
3. Passing Arguments to Device Driver

License

Linux Device Driver Tutorial may be modified and distributed under the terms of the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for details.