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Developing Embedded Linux Device Drivers
This instructor-led course is designed to show experienced programmers how to develop device drivers for embedded Linux systems, and give them a basic understanding and familiarity with the Linux...
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$3,250 USD
Duration
4 days
Course Code
LFD435
Available Formats
Classroom, Virtual
Overview
This instructor-led course is designed to show experienced programmers how to develop device drivers for embedded Linux systems, and give them a basic understanding and familiarity with the Linux kernel. Hands-on labs with a RISC-V based emulated development target allow students to practice what is learned in class.
Skills Gained
Upon mastering this material, you will be familiar with the different kinds of device drivers used under Linux, and have an introduction to many of the appropriate APIs to be used when writing a device driver. The labs for illustrating these concepts will all be performed on ARM hardware in order to get developers familiar with cross-compiling and developing drivers for an embedded target.
Who Can Benefit
This course is for experienced developers who need to develop device drivers for embedded Linux systems.
Prerequisites
To make the most of this course, you must have:
- Knowledge of basic kernel interfaces and methods such as how to write, compile, load and unload modules, use synchronization primitives, and the basics of memory allocation and management, such as is provided by LFD420 (Kernel Internals and Development). Pre-class preparation material will be provided before class.
Course Details
Course Outline
- Introduction
- Preliminaries
- How to Work in OSS Projects **
- Cross-Development Toolchain
- QEMU
- Booting a Target Development Board from uSD
- Booting a Target Development Board over Ethernet
- Kernel Configuration, Compilation, Booting
- Device Drivers
- Modules and Device Drivers
- Memory Management andAllocation
- Character Devices
- Kernel Features
- Transferring Between User and Kernel Space
- Platform Drivers
- Device Trees
- Interrupts and Exceptions
- Timing Measurements
- Kernel Timers
- ioctls
- Unified Device Model and sysfs
- Firmware
- Sleeping and Wait Queues
- Interrupt Handling: Deferrable Functions and User Drivers
- Hardware I/O
- Direct MemoryAccess(DMA)**
- Memory Technology Devices(Flash Memory Filesystems)
- USB Drivers
- Closing and Evaluation Survey
- KernelArchitecture I
- Kernel Programming Preview
- Modules
- KernelArchitecture II
- Kernel Configuration and Compilation
- Kernel Style and General Considerations
- Race Conditions and Synchronization Methods
- Memory Addressing
- Memory Allocation
Schedule
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Jun 2, 2025 - Jun 5, 2025 (4 days)
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Reviews
Good training materials and lecture. And hands on lab and the instructor guiding was good.
it was good and very informative. Instructure covered everything in detail.
Concise and good to follow along. Although it is a lot to take in under a short period of time.
Great and very intuitive. Better than the traditional hit the wrong button/lose points.
Simply great training provider that I can go for updating/acquiring my skill sets.
