推荐《Essential Linux Device Drivers》

可能绝大多数linux驱动程序员都读过ldd(linux device driver)一书。从第1版到第2、第3版。毕竟这类书少的可怜。虽然近两年国产的驱动开发书籍也日益增多，但是国外引进的书总感觉要高国人一筹。即便判断是错误的，但有这种错觉也合乎逻辑，因为国外的整体开发水平要比我们先进。

很早就下载了eldd(Essential Linux Device Drivers)，不过一直没有看。直到最近，StephenYee向我推荐这本书，我才算是认真读了读。这是本内容非常全面的书，连IR、wifi都有所涉及。

我并没有读完这本书，不敢做评论。还是大伙下载电子版自己看吧。

哪家出版社会引进中文版权呢，人邮？电子？还是清华？如果是图灵的话大伙就有福了，质量有保障。要是电子或清华也行，我好要本中文版^_^

反正我是不敢去翻译，我怕糟蹋巨著，呵呵。

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author

Chapter 1. Introduction
Evolution
The GNU Copyleft
Kernel.org
Mailing Lists and Forums
Linux Distributions
Looking at the Sources
Building the Kernel
Loadable Modules
Before Starting

Chapter 2. A Peek Inside the Kernel
Booting Up
Kernel Mode and User Mode
Process Context and Interrupt Context
Kernel Timers
Concurrency in the Kernel
Process Filesystem
Allocating Memory
Looking at the Sources

Chapter 3. Kernel Facilities
Kernel Threads
Helper Interfaces
Looking at the Sources

Chapter 4. Laying the Groundwork
Introducing Devices and Drivers
Interrupt Handling
The Linux Device Model
Memory Barriers
Power Management
Looking at the Sources

Chapter 5. Character Drivers
Char Driver Basics
Device Example: System CMOS
Sensing Data Availability
Talking to the Parallel Port
RTC Subsystem
Pseudo Char Drivers
Misc Drivers
Character Caveats
Looking at the Sources

Chapter 6. Serial Drivers
Layered Architecture
UART Drivers
TTY Drivers
Line Disciplines
Looking at the Sources

Chapter 7. Input Drivers
Input Event Drivers
Input Device Drivers
Debugging
Looking at the Sources

Chapter 8. The Inter-Integrated Circuit Protocol
What's I2C/SMBus?
I2C Core
Bus Transactions
Device Example: EEPROM
Device Example: Real Time Clock
I2C-dev
Hardware Monitoring Using LM-Sensors
The Serial Peripheral Interface Bus
The 1-Wire Bus
Debugging
Looking at the Sources

Chapter 9. PCMCIA and Compact Flash
What's PCMCIA/CF?
Linux-PCMCIA Subsystem
Host Controller Drivers
PCMCIA Core
Driver Services
Client Drivers
Tying the Pieces Together
PCMCIA Storage
Serial PCMCIA
Debugging
Looking at the Sources

Chapter 10. Peripheral Component Interconnect
The PCI Family
Addressing and Identification
Accessing PCI Regions
Direct Memory Access
Device Example: Ethernet-Modem Card
Debugging
Looking at the Sources

Chapter 11. Universal Serial Bus
USB Architecture
Linux-USB Subsystem
Driver Data Structures
Enumeration
Device Example: Telemetry Card
Class Drivers
Gadget Drivers
Debugging
Looking at the Sources

Chapter 12. Video Drivers
Display Architecture
Linux-Video Subsystem
Display Parameters
The Frame Buffer API
Frame Buffer Drivers
Console Drivers
Debugging
Looking at the Sources

Chapter 13. Audio Drivers
Audio Architecture
Linux-Sound Subsystem
Device Example: MP3 Player
Debugging
Looking at the Sources

Chapter 14. Block Drivers
Storage Technologies
Linux Block I/O Layer
I/O Schedulers
Block Driver Data Structures and Methods
Device Example: Simple Storage Controller
Advanced Topics
Debugging
Looking at the Sources

Chapter 15. Network Interface Cards
Driver Data Structures
Talking with Protocol Layers
Buffer Management and Concurrency Control
Device Example: Ethernet NIC
ISA Network Drivers
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
Network Throughput
Looking at the Sources

Chapter 16. Linux Without Wires
Bluetooth
Infrared
WiFi
Cellular Networking
Current Trends

Chapter 17. Memory Technology Devices
What's Flash Memory?
Linux-MTD Subsystem
Map Drivers
NOR Chip Drivers
NAND Chip Drivers
User Modules
MTD-Utils
Configuring MTD
eXecute In Place
The Firmware Hub
Debugging
Looking at the Sources

Chapter 18. Embedding Linux
Challenges
Component Selection
Tool Chains
Embedded Bootloaders
Memory Layout
Kernel Porting
Embedded Drivers
The Root Filesystem
Test Infrastructure
Debugging

Chapter 19. Drivers in User Space
Process Scheduling and Response Times
Accessing I/O Regions
Accessing Memory Regions
User Mode SCSI
User Mode USB
User Mode I2C
UIO
Looking at the Sources

Chapter 20. More Devices and Drivers
ECC Reporting
Frequency Scaling
Embedded Controllers
ACPI
ISA and MCA
FireWire
Intelligent Input/Output
Amateur Radio
Voice over IP
High-Speed Interconnects

Chapter 21. Debugging Device Drivers
Kernel Debuggers
Kernel Probes
Kexec and Kdump
Profiling
Tracing
Linux Test Project
User Mode Linux
Diagnostic Tools
Kernel Hacking Config Options
Test Equipment

Chapter 22. Maintenance and Delivery
Coding Style
Change Markers
Version Control
Consistent Checksums
Build Scripts
Portable Code

Chapter 23. Shutting Down
Checklist
What Next?
Appendix A. Linux Assembly
Debugging
Appendix B. Linux and the BIOS
Real Mode Calls
Protected Mode Calls
BIOS and Legacy Drivers
Appendix C. Seq Files
The Seq File Advantage
Updating the NVRAM Driver
Looking at the Sources
Index