Press Release
March 10, 1998
Latest O'Reilly Release, Linux Device Drivers
SEBASTOPOL, CA--Kernel hackers beware! Anyone with a knowledge of C and
some background in UNIX system calls can now write a driver for character
devices, block devices, and network interfaces, with the latest release
from O'Reilly & Associates, Linux Device Drivers by Alessandro Rubini.
Linux Device Drivers
is a practical guide for anyone who wants to support computer
peripherals under the Linux operating system or who wants to develop new
hardware and run it under Linux. Device drivers are the essential
interpreters between the device and the applications that use it. This new
book reveals information previously available only through word-of-mouth or
in cryptic source code comments.
Linux Device Drivers is a step-by-step guide, illustrated with
full-featured examples that show driver design issues which you can compile
and run without special hardware. For those curious about how an operating
system does its job, this book provides insights into address spaces,
asynchronous events, and I/O. Linux Device Drivers also shows you how
to maximize portability among hardware platforms. The book is centered on
version 2.0, but also covers 1.2.13 and experimental versions up to 2.1.43.
"Linux Device
Drivers fills a void in the published Linux support area.
Rubini's writing style is clear and direct; the examples illustrate the
concepts without being overly complicated. This is a thorough book which
guides the reader through the different types of device drivers, their
mechanisms, and issues relative to the kernal and kernal programming.
Linux Device Drivers will become a valuable, productive, and
effective guide to the considerations of writing device drivers that every
Linux programmer will want and need."-Sys Admin, January 1998
About the Author
Alessandro Rubini installed Linux 0.99.14 soon after getting his
degree as Electronic Engineer. He received a PhD in Computer Science at the
University of Pavia despite his aversion to modern technology. Alas, he still
enjoys digging in technology and discovering the intelligence of people who
created it; that's why he now works in his apartment with three PCs, an Alpha,
a SPARC, and an Apple-the last without Linux. But you might find him roaming
around in the north of Italy on his bike, which doesn't carry an electronic
cyclometer. He lives in Pavia, Italy.
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Linux Device Drivers
By Alessandro Rubini
1st Edition February 1998 (US)
456 pages, 1-56592-292-1, $29.95 (US)
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