Table of Contents
Preface
Section 1: Kernel Core Frameworks for Embedded Device Driver Development
Chapter 1: Linux Kernel Concepts for Embedded Developers
Technical requirements
The kernel locking API and shared objects
Spinlocks
Mutexes
The try-lock method
Waiting, sensing, and blocking in the Linux kernel
Work deferring mechanisms
SoftIRQs
Tasklets
Workqueues
Workqueues – a new generation
Linux kernel interrupt management
Designing an interrupt handler
Summary
Chapter 2: Leveraging the Regmap API and Simplifying the Code
Technical requirements
Introduction to regmap and its data structures – I2C, SPI, and MMIO
Accessing device registers
Quick recap on Linux kernel IRQ management
Regmap IRQ API and data structures
Summary
Chapter 3: Delving ...
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