This book is for any programmer with a working knowledge of operating systems and C, including programmers who have never written drivers before. Sreekrishnan Venkateswaran focuses on the essentials, bringing together all the concepts and techniques you need, while avoiding topics that only matter in highly specialized situations.

    - Addresses drivers discussed in no other book, including drivers for I2C, video, sound, PCMCIA, and different types of flash memory
    - Demystifies essential kernel services and facilities, including kernel threads and helper interfaces
    - Teaches polling, asynchronous notification, and I/O control
    - Introduces the Inter-Integrated Circuit Protocol for embedded Linux drivers
    - Covers multimedia device drivers using the Linux-Video subsystem and Linux-Audio framework
    - Shows how Linux implements support for wireless technologies such as Bluetooth, Infrared, WiFi, and cellular networking
    - Describes the entire driver development lifecycle, through debugging and maintenance
    - Includes reference appendixes covering Linux assembly, BIOS calls, and Seq files

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 A Peek Inside the Kernel
Chapter 3 Kernel Facilities
Chapter 4 Laying the Groundwork
Chapter 5 Character Drivers
Chapter 6 Serial Drivers
Chapter 7 Input Drivers
Chapter 8 The Inter-Integrated Circuit Protocol
Chapter 9 PCMCIA and Compact Flash
Chapter 10 Peripheral Component Interconnect
etc.