On Wed, 30 Oct 2013 17:17:44 +0100, Kai said: > One more question: Currently I'm using the book Linux Device Drivers 3rd > Edition (2005) as a reference, and it's discussing Kernel 2.6.10. Do you > think that's still okay, or should I get/buy a more recent book on this > topic, and which would you recommend?
The concepts are all valid (when you need locking, stuff like that), but many of the APIs have been changed. Fortunately, it's kernel policy that when an API is changed, we change not only the semantics, but also the signature of the function (name, number of parameters, etc), so old code will throw a compile error rather than mysteriously bomb at runtime.
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