Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 15:08:25 -0800
To: lwn@eklektix.com
From: Lisa Mann <lisam@ora.com>
Subject: Linux device Drivers released







FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                 CONTACT: Lisa Mann
February 30, 1998			              (707) 829-0515 ext. 230
						      lisam@oreilly.com


Latest O'Reilly Release, Linux Device Drivers, Reveals the Secrets
of Writing Successful Device Drivers

SEBASTOPOL, CA Kernel hackers beware! Anyone with a knowledge of C and
some background in UNIX system calls can now write a driver for character
devices, block devices, and network interfaces, with the latest release
from O'Reilly & Associates, Linux Device Drivers by Alessandro Rubini.

Linux Device Drivers is a practical guide for anyone who wants to support
computer peripherals under the Linux operating system or who wants to
develop new hardware and run it under Linux. Device drivers are the
essential interpreters between the device  and the applications that use
it. This new book reveals information previously available only through
word-of-mouth or in cryptic source code comments.

Linux Device Drivers is a step-by-step guide, illustrated with
full-featured examples that show driver design issues which you can compile
and run without special hardware. For those curious about how an operating
system does its job, this book provides insights into address spaces,
asynchronous events, and I/O. Linux Device Drivers also shows you how to
maximize portability among hardware platforms. The book is centered on
version 2.0, but also covers 1.2.13 and experimental versions up to 2.1.43.


"Linux Device Drivers fills a void in the published Linux support area.
Rubini's writing style is clear and direct; the examples illustrate the
concepts without being overly complicated. This is a thorough book which
guides the reader through the different types of device drivers, their
mechanisms, and issues relative to the kernal and kernal programming. Linux
Device Drivers will become a valuable, productive, and effective guide to
the considerations of writing device drivers that every Linux programmer
will want and need."Sys Admin, January 1998
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Linux Device Drivers
By Alessandro Rubini
1st Edition February 1998 (US)
456 pages, 1-56592-292-1, $29.95 (US)
sample chapter at http://www.oreilly.com


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