Linux Driver Development for Embedded Processors

If you’ve already read through “Linux Device Drivers”, it may be worth your time to read a more focused Linux driver development textbook. ARM driver development has been popular for some time now and remains relevant today. “Linux Driver Development for Embedded Processors” (ELDD for short) gives a modern look into the development of ARM drivers on Linux. ELDD has a number of selling points: Labs targeting multiple ARM processors: NXP iMX7D, Microchip SAMA5D2 and Broadcom BCM2837. Excellent Device Tree introduction with many examples. Plenty of labs using real hardware. This article dives into the details starting with processor support. ...

October 7, 2023 · 5 min