LINUX DEVICE DRIVERS

Linux System programming

Program, Process, Process IDs

Processs Priorities,Process States, CPU Scheduling

Process Management API ? fork, vfork, exec

Zombie and Orphan Process

Pthread Programming and Thread Attributes

Process Synchronization Techniques

Semaphores, Mutex, Spinlock, Memory Barriers

Interprocess Communication Techniques

Pipe, FIFO, Signals, Shared Memory

Timer API ? Jiffies, kernel Timmers, wait queues, sleeps

Interrupt and Exception API ? Tasklets, Workqueues

Kernel Debugging ? kgdb, printk, jprobs, kprobs

Linux Device Drivers Programming

Introduction to Device Drivers

Device Number, Major and Minor Numbers

Inbuild and Mudular Drivers

User Space and Kernel Space Communication

Dev directory and device files

Character, Block and Network Driver

Advanced Driver API ? fcntl, ioctl

Unified Device Model (udev)

Proc File System, sys file system

usbfs file system

Character Device Driver Programming

Block Device Driver Programming

Serial Port Driver Programming

Parallel Port Driver Programming

USB Device Driver Programming

Network (Ethernet) Driver Programming

Flash Drive Driver Programming

Linux Network Programming

Networking Architecture in Linux

TCP/IP defacto model and layer in kernel

Client ? Server Programming API

TCP, UDP, RAW, UNIX, FTP,TFTP

VOIP Protocol Programming

Arithmatic Server, Concurrent Server

Broadcast Server Programming

Wireless Architecture and Programming

ARM 9/ARM11? Linux Programming

ARM Architecture and ARM Processor family

ARM Microcontroller ICs in Market

ARM Development Boards and features

FriendlyARM Development Boards

Mini2440, Mini6410, Mini210 Development Boards

Raspberry Pi Development Board

Beagle Bone Development Board

Bootloader Configuration and Compilation for ARM

Kernel Configuration and Compilation for ARM

File System Configuration and Compilation for ARM

Porting Linux / Android OS on Development Boards

DNW Tools, USB Push, Hyper Terminal Tool