[linuxkernelnewbies] Linux Kernel Course Notes

[Peter Teoh]

http://www.cs.fsu.edu/~baker/devices/notes/ Andy Wang and Ted Baker share responsibility for teaching this term. Andy's materials are in PowerPoint (.ppt) and Microsoft Word formats. Ted's are in HTML. Topics Days Course Overview (ppt) Chapter 1 (ppt) Chapter 2 (ppt) Chapter 3 (ppt) Chapter 4 (ppt) Chapter 5 (ppt) Chapter 6 (ppt) Chapter 7 (ppt) Chapter 8 (ppt) Chapter 9 (ppt) Chapter 10 (ppt) Chapter 11 (ppt) Chapter 12 - PCI and other buses - (ppt) (html supplement, with links to examples in bttv driver) Chapter 13 (ppt) Notes on safety of kernel timers (html) Chapter 14 - The Linux Device Model (html) Chapter 15 - Memory Mapping and DMA (html) Chapter 16 - Block Devices (html) Chapter 17 - Network Drivers (html) Notes on the HRT/PixelSmart Device Driver (html) Video4Linux links NAPI documentation NAPI documentation (more) "newer, newer NAPI" documentation lwn.net article by Jonthan Corbet on on API changes in the 2.6 kernel series. You really need to read this, since most of these changes are not reflected in the textbook. Linux 2.6.25 Kernel Scheduling (html) Linux spinlock implementation Rusty's Unreliable Guide to Locking 2007 Topics Days API changes in the 2.6 kernel series Course Overview (ppt) Chapter 1 - An Introduction to Device Drivers (ppt) Chapter 2 - Building and Running Modules (ppt) Chapter 3 - Char Drivers (ppt) Chapter 4 - Debugging Techniques (ppt) Chapter 5 - Concurrency and Race Conditions (ppt) Chapter 6 - Advanced Char Driver Operations (ppt) Chapter 7 - Time, Delays, and Deferred Work (ppt) Chapter 8 - Allocating Memory (ppt) Chapter 9 - Communicating with Hardware (ppt) Chapter 10 - Interrupt Handling (ppt) Chapter 11 - Data Types in the Kernel (ppt) Chapter 12 - PCI Drivers (ppt) Chapter 13 - USB Drivers (ppt) md drivers (ppt) Chapter 14 - The Linux Device Model (html) Chapter 15 - Memory Mapping and DMA (html) Chapter 16 - Block Devices (html) Chapter 17 - Network Drivers (html) Notes on the HRT/PixelSmart Device Driver (html) Video4Linux links NAPI documentation NAPI documentation (more) -- Week 4 -- Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday -- Week 5 -- Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday -- Week 6 -- Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 2006 Topics Days Chapter 1 - Introduction to Device Drivers Chapter 2 - Building and Running Modules Chapter 3 - Char Drivers Chapter 4 - Debugging Techniques Chapter 5 - Concurrency and Race Conditions Chapter 6 - Advanced Char Driver Operations Chapter 7 - Time, Delays, and Deferred Work Chapter 8 - Allocating Memory Chapter 9 - Communicating with Hardware Chapter 10 - Interrupt Handling Chapter 12 - PCI Drivers Chapter 13 - USB Drivers Linux spinlock implementation Linux system call implementation Rusty's Unreliable Guide to Locking -- Week 1 -- Class meeting #1 Class meeting #2 Class meeting #3 Class meeting #4 -- Week 2 -- Class meeting #5 Class meeting #6 Class meeting #7 -- Week 3 -- Class meeting #8 Class meeting #9 Class meeting #10 -- Week 4 -- Class meeting #11 Class meeting #12 Class meeting #13 -- Week 5 -- Class meeting #14 Class meeting #15 Class meeting #16 Class meeting #17 Class meeting #18 -- Week 6 -- Class meeting #19 Class meeting #20 Class meeting #21 See Assignments and Calendar pages for descriptions of assignments and due dates.