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Writing UNIX Device Drivers

Writing UNIX Device Drivers

Author(s):
  • George Pajari
    • Author: George Pajari
    • ISBN:9788177584363
    • Price: Rs. 350.00
    • Pages:336
    • Imprint:AW Professional
    • Binding:Paperback
    • Status:Available


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    So you want to write a UNIX device driver. Or perhaps you just want to learn a bit more about a topic that has historically been the exclusive domain of systems gurus and programming wizards. In either case, this book is written expressly for you.Writing UNIX Device Drivers provides application programmers with definitive information on writing device drivers for the UNIX operating system. It explains, through working examples, the issues related to the design and implementation of these important components of application programs.

    Written by an acknowledged expert, the book uses full source code listings of real devices to explain the underlying concepts.

    Table of Content

    1. What is a Device Driver?
    2. Character Driver I: A Test Data Generator
    3. Character Drivers II: An A/D Converter
    4. Character Drivers III: A Line Printer
    5. Block Drivers I: A Test Data Generator
    6. Block Drivers II: A RAM Disk Driver
    7. Block Drivers III: A SCSI Disk Driver
    8. Character Drivers IV: The Raw Disk Driver
    9. Terminal Drivers K: The COM I Port
    10. Character Drivers V: A Tape Drive
    11. STREAMS Drivers I: A Loop-Back Driver
    12. Streams Drivers II: The COM I Port (Revisited)
    13. Driver Installation
    14. Zen and the Art of Device Driver Writing
    15. Writing Drivers for System V Release 4

    Salient Features

    • Complete source code is provided for drivers
    • Covering System V Releases 3 and 4
    • This book provides essential practical advice for all UNIX application programmers