References

This page contains links to references that did not fit on the course home page.

The Text

• PDF textbook, Linux Device Drivers, 3rd Ed., on line.
• API Changes in the 2.6 kernel since the textbook
• text-only version of the book (extracted from PDF version), suitable for searching with tools like emacs and grep
• source code of examples from the textbook, Linux Device Drivers, 3rd Ed., downloaded from the author's ftp site (Beware that these are for kernel 2.6.10, and are not quite right for more recent kernels.)
  • cross referenced
  • individual files
  • examples.tar.gz

The Linux Operating System

• Linux kernel API documentation
• Linux kernel 2.6.21 sources
  • cross referenced
  • individual files

Background for Final Project

• how to set up a remote serial console
• video for Linux API
• information on HRT/Pixelsmart 512 PCI frame grabber device for which we are writing a driver
• notes on video and the HRT/Pixelsmart cards
• files from all student projects, including recent examples of frame-grabber drivfers
• various compressed tar-files, including most of the sources presented in the cross-referenced source code page.

RT Linux

• RTLinux sources
  • official FSMLabs RTLinux home page
  • with cross-references
  • individual files
  • rtlinux-3[1].2-pre2.tar.bz2
• RTLinux contributed software in bzip2+tar format

Kernel 2.6

• API Changes in the 2.6 kernel
• Porting device drivers to the 2.6 kernel
• "A look into the workings of the next new kernel" — gives an overview of differences between the 2.4 and 2.6 kernels, including a device driver writer's perspective
• Migrating to Linux kernel 2.6 -- Part 2: Migrating device drivers to Linux kernel 2.6
• The Wonderful World of Linux 2.6

General Interest

• The Open Group's Single Unix Specification API search engine
• Definition of "cargo cult programming". This interesting site, called the Jargon File, has "shotgun debugging", "voodoo programming", "black magic programming", etc. (They did not quite get the dates on cargo cults right, though. Rather than starting at the time of WW II, these cults merely revived at that time. See http://www.aznewage.com/cargocult.htm for a more historical account.) You may also want to look at Richard Feynman's talk on "Cargo Cult Science".
• GCC Inline Assembly Howto