As a standard feature of the Linux kernel, device tree overlays (DTOs) allow for easy enabling and configuration of features and drivers, such as those contained within the standard firmware of a ...

Chapter 9. Interfacing with Device Drivers (Continued) By Chris Simmonds. Writing a kernel device driver . Eventually, when you have exhausted all the previous user space options, you will find ...

In this second excerpt, Abbott discusses kernel modules and device drivers. In Part 1 of this excerpt the author worked through an example of a simple kernel module. In this installment, Abbott ...

Almost all Linux kernel device drivers work on more than just one type of processor. This only happens because device-driver writers adhere to a few important rules. These rules include using the ...

%n: kernel number of the device; for example, the device sda3 has a kernel number of 3. %k: kernel name for the device. %M: kernel major number for the device. %m: kernel minor number for the device. ...

Traditionally, the Linux kernel is forked several times before it hits an Android phone, usually by each stakeholder in an Android device. First, Google forks the Linux kernel into "Android common ...

Yesterday, Linux creator Linus Torvalds merged David Miller's net-next into his source tree for the Linux 5.6 kernel. This merger added plenty of new network-related drivers and features to the ...

For example, some changes will probably not make it into kernel 6.12 so that the driver for serial interfaces does not linger too long in uninterruptible code when logging via serial consoles.

As a standard feature of the Linux kernel, device tree overlays (DTOs) allow for easy enabling and configuration of features and drivers, such as those contained within the standard firmware of a ...