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Writing a Linux Driver
The main goal of this article is to learn what a driver is, how to implement a driver for Linux and how to integrate it into the operating system—an article for the experienced C programmer.
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I like this one
Good introduction, I think, for those who is not familiar with Linux drivers at all.
Thanks a lot to the author. I enjoyed the article.
This article twice uses the
This article twice uses the term "protected mode" where it should be using the term "supervisor mode".
Protected mode is a mode of the Intel x86 processor which provides various protection features, such as memory protection and the ability to disable privileged instructions. Under Linux, all software runs in protected mode, but user applications run at a different privilege level to the kernel.
Of course this article is quite out of date (though surprisingly much of it is still relevant) but on this point it was wrong even back when it was written.
sidebar & port table ?
where is the sidebar & port table that were discussed in this article..?
links and sidebars
This is not the magazine so there are no "sidebars" Check the links in the articles they have what you are looking for.
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