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Summary: Reference material, ok; but a tutor it's not -
Review: I picked up this book about the beginning of my linux programming experience. It was all pretty, and the suggested material inside also led me further down learning lane. But, the book itself was not very helpful to me. I had no idea where to start, and the only tutorial in chap. 2 was ok, but had no use to anyone who wants more than "hello world". It wouldn't work without forcing insmod, then the kernel complained. Learning the Microsoft WDM was easier than this book made things... B-sides, we can all do the same things in C. All in All, i was frustrated with this book. It's free at [web address] if anyone felt like an online reference to linux drivers. Bottom Line: As others stated above; not for the beginning linux driver writer. I await the fruits of: "Writing Linux Device Drivers; Takanari Hayama" Due in mid-December. Hold out for it, maybe that'll b more in depth. I'll tell u either way -
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Summary: Very Interesting Reading
Review: I really enjoy reading this book -- it gives good insight into Linux and how it communicates with drivers and modules. It is not sufficient in the area of hardware communication. You'll need another information source for that. However, it does well in designing your software/driver.
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Summary: great book for the right person
Review: I used this book to write a device driver for my computer engineering senior project and found it to be very helpfull, but it could have been better. Almost everything you'll need to know for 2.4 kernel drivers is in the 2nd edditon. The organization of the book is more like a text book crossed with a reference book, but parts of the book attempt to be a tutorial. Maybe the 3rd edition will be better organized. I noticed lots of negative reviews on Amazon, but after reading some chapters on safari, the oreilly free book site, I decided to purchase it. If you buy this book and don't have a solid background in operating systems, computer architecture, and microprocessor interfacing you probably won't have an easy time understanding several key topics well enough to successfully write a working driver. Which will probably lead to you being mad and writing a bad review.
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Summary: Need to write a Linux driver You Need This Book
Review: I would recommend this book to anyone who is a first time Linux device driver writer. It gets right to the point. I read the first edition and had to have the second edition which covers the 2.4 kernel series. Just a Great book.
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Summary: Hope my book helps free iffusion of software and information
Review: I wrote this book, among other resons, to help free software being more accepted.
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Summary: In-depth coverage of creating block and character drivers.
Review: I've not been happy with some of the O'Reilly books I've gotten lately, but this book is an exception. While there were a few problems that should have been caught in the review, it's a truely useful book. It even looks like the index is functional. The one thing I wished it had was coverage of the VFS. However, if you need to write a character or block device driver, this book will enable you to do it.
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Summary: A "must have" book on Linux Device Drivers
Review: If you are going to write device drivers for Linux, you must have a copy of this book on your desk. Another _winner_ title from O'Reilly.
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Summary: must have
Review: If you're going to write a device driver for linux, this is the book you must have.
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Summary: Excellent book choice for anyone trying to do device support
Review: If you're looking for a good overview/reference for making device drivers happen on Linux, this book is a must-have. It covers most of the pertinent topics (incl. handling cross-platform support details) and covers them with a view on the 2.4.X kernels- whlie explaining the old functionalities all the way back to the 2.0.X kernels to enable you to write backwards compatible drivers if you so desire.
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Summary: need more work for beginner
Review: it's good to explain in code fragments. but this book only works in fragments, leaks complete and integrated code list for each example. also need more detail in compiling, installation, run, and the whole view of each example. i doubt the author has relly done his driver "scull."
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