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Linux Device Driver Development

Linux Device Driver Development

By : John Madieu
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Linux Device Driver Development

Linux Device Driver Development

4.4 (7)
By: John Madieu

Overview of this book

Linux is by far the most-used kernel on embedded systems. Thanks to its subsystems, the Linux kernel supports almost all of the application fields in the industrial world. This updated second edition of Linux Device Driver Development is a comprehensive introduction to the Linux kernel world and the different subsystems that it is made of, and will be useful for embedded developers from any discipline. You'll learn how to configure, tailor, and build the Linux kernel. Filled with real-world examples, the book covers each of the most-used subsystems in the embedded domains such as GPIO, direct memory access, interrupt management, and I2C/SPI device drivers. This book will show you how Linux abstracts each device from a hardware point of view and how a device is bound to its driver(s). You’ll also see how interrupts are propagated in the system as the book covers the interrupt processing mechanisms in-depth and describes every kernel structure and API involved. This new edition also addresses how not to write device drivers using user space libraries for GPIO clients, I2C, and SPI drivers. By the end of this Linux book, you’ll be able to write device drivers for most of the embedded devices out there.
Table of Contents (23 chapters)
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Preface
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Preface
Who this book is for
What this book covers
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Section 1 -Linux Kernel Development Basics
Section 1 -Linux Kernel Development Basics
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Kernel Development
Chapter 1: Introduction to Kernel Development
Setting up the development environment
Configuring and building the Linux kernel
Building and installing modules
Summary
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Chapter 2: Understanding Linux Kernel Module Basic Concepts
Chapter 2: Understanding Linux Kernel Module Basic Concepts
An introduction to the concept of modules
Building a Linux kernel module
Handling module parameters
Dealing with symbol exports and module dependencies
Learning some Linux kernel programming tips
Summary
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Chapter 3: Dealing with Kernel Core Helpers
Chapter 3: Dealing with Kernel Core Helpers
Linux kernel locking mechanisms and shared resources
Dealing with kernel waiting, sleeping, and delay mechanisms
Understanding Linux kernel time management
Implementing work-deferring mechanisms
Kernel interrupt handling
Summary
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Chapter 4: Writing Character Device Drivers
Chapter 4: Writing Character Device Drivers
The concept of major and minor
Character device data structure introduction
Creating a device node
Implementing file operations
Summary
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Section 2 - Linux Kernel Platform Abstraction and Device Drivers
Section 2 - Linux Kernel Platform Abstraction and Device Drivers
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Chapter 5: Understanding and Leveraging the Device Tree
Chapter 5: Understanding and Leveraging the Device Tree
Understanding the basic concept of the device tree mechanism
Representing and addressing devices
Handling resources
Summary
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Chapter 6: Introduction to Devices, Drivers, and Platform Abstraction
Chapter 6: Introduction to Devices, Drivers, and Platform Abstraction
Linux kernel platform abstraction and data structures
Device and driver matching mechanism explained
Summary
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Chapter 7: Understanding the Concept of Platform Devices and Drivers
Chapter 7: Understanding the Concept of Platform Devices and Drivers
Understanding the platform core abstraction in the Linux kernel
Dealing with platform devices
Platform driver abstraction and architecture
Example of writing a platform driver from scratch
Summary
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Chapter 8: Writing I2C Device Drivers
Chapter 8: Writing I2C Device Drivers
I2C framework abstractions in the Linux kernel
The I2C driver abstraction and architecture
How not to write I2C device drivers
Summary
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Chapter 9: Writing SPI Device Drivers
Chapter 9: Writing SPI Device Drivers
Understanding the SPI framework abstractions in the Linux kernel
Dealing with the SPI driver abstraction and architecture
Learning how not to write SPI device drivers
Summary
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Section 3 - Making the Most out of Your Hardware
Section 3 - Making the Most out of Your Hardware
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Chapter 10: Understanding the Linux Kernel Memory Allocation
Chapter 10: Understanding the Linux Kernel Memory Allocation
An introduction to Linux kernel memory-related terms
Demystifying address translation and MMU
Working with I/O memory to talk to hardware
Memory (re)mapping
Summary
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Chapter 11: Implementing Direct Memory Access (DMA) Support
Chapter 11: Implementing Direct Memory Access (DMA) Support
Setting up DMA mappings
Introduction to the concept of completion
Working with the DMA engine's API
Putting it all together – Single-buffer DMA mapping
A word on cyclic DMA
Understanding DMA and DT bindings
Summary
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Chapter 12: Abstracting Memory Access – Introduction to the Regmap API: a Register Map Abstraction
Chapter 12: Abstracting Memory Access – Introduction to the Regmap API: a Register Map Abstraction
Introduction to the Regmap data structures
Handling Regmap initialization
Using Regmap register access functions
Regmap-based SPI driver example – putting it all together
Leveraging Regmap from the user space
Summary
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Chapter 13: Demystifying the Kernel IRQ Framework
Chapter 13: Demystifying the Kernel IRQ Framework
Brief presentation of interrupts
Understanding interrupt controllers and interrupt multiplexing
Diving into advanced peripheral IRQ management
Demystifying per-CPU interrupts
Summary
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Chapter 14: Introduction to the Linux Device Model
Chapter 14: Introduction to the Linux Device Model
Introduction to LDM data structures
Getting deeper inside LDM
Overview of the device model from sysfs
Summary
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Section 4 - Misc Kernel Subsystems for the Embedded World
Section 4 - Misc Kernel Subsystems for the Embedded World
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Chapter 15: Digging into the IIO Framework
Chapter 15: Digging into the IIO Framework
Introduction to IIO data structures
Integrating IIO triggered buffer support
Accessing IIO data
Dealing with the in-kernel IIO consumer interface
Writing user-space IIO applications
Walking through user-space IIO tools
Summary
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Chapter 16: Getting the Most Out of the Pin Controller and GPIO Subsystems
Chapter 16: Getting the Most Out of the Pin Controller and GPIO Subsystems
Introduction to some hardware terms
Introduction to the pin control subsystem
Dealing with the GPIO controller interface
Getting the most out of the GPIO consumer interface
Learning how not to write GPIO client drivers
Summary
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Chapter 17: Leveraging the Linux Kernel Input Subsystem
Chapter 17: Leveraging the Linux Kernel Input Subsystem
Introduction to the Linux kernel input subsystem – its data structures and APIs
Allocating and registering an input device
Using polled input devices
Generating and reporting input events
Handling input devices from the user space
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Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

Code in text: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: "We can lock/unlock the spinlock using the spin_lock() and spin_unlock() inline functions, both defined in include/linux/spinlock.h."

A block of code is set as follows:

struct mutex {
    atomic_long_t owner;
    spinlock_t wait_lock;
#ifdef CONFIG_MUTEX_SPIN_ON_OWNER
    struct optimistic_spin_queue osq; /* Spinner MCS lock */

When we wish to draw your attention to a particular part of a code block, the relevant lines or items are set in bold:

struct fake_data {
    struct i2c_client *client;
    u16 reg_conf;
    struct mutex mutex;
};

Any command-line input or output is written as follows:

[342081.385491] Wait queue example
[342081.385505] Going to sleep my_init
[342081.385515] Waitqueue module handler work_handler
[342086.387017] Wake up the sleeping module

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