Date: 27-Nov-2009 URL: global/training/catalog/courses/RHD-221.xml

Red Hat Linux Device Drivers (RHD-211)

The Red Hat Linux Device Drivers course is designed to teach experienced programmers how to develop device drivers for Linux systems. Upon completion of the course, students will understand the Linux architecture, hardware and memory management, modularization, and the layout of the kernel source, and will have practiced key concepts and skills for development of character, block, and network drivers.

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Who Can Benefit

Developers of hardware device drivers who need to ramp up quickly on how to develop drivers for Linux.

Prerequisites

To succeed fully in this course, students should be able to:

Have experience in C programming
Have completed RHD-143 - Red Hat Linux Programming Essentials or have equivalent knowledge and skills

Skills Gained

Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:

How device drivers work with the Linux Kernel
How to configure and install the kernel
Compiling and loading a module and exporting symbols
Working with character and block device drivers
Memory Management
IOCTLs
Data Transfer Between User and Kernel Space
Memory Management
Tracing and Debugging
Time Management, Wait and Task Queues

Related Courses

After:

Red Hat Linux Programming Essentials (RHD-143)

Course Content

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