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Linux Device Drivers - Part 13 : More on Device Numbers

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In this session, we are going to discuss following topics     1. Allocating and freeing Device Numbers     2. Best way to allocate Device Numbers     3. Disadvantage of dynamic assignment of device numbers     4. Allocating device numbers to scull device driver Source code of Linux Device Driver examples of O'reilly can be downloaded from below link http://examples.oreilly.com/linuxdrive3/ Watch video here:

Linux Device Drivers Part - 12 : Major and Minor Numbers in Linux Device Driver Programming

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In this session we will discuss following topics 1. Books to refer for Linux Device Driver Programming 2. Our mail Goal to achieve in up coming sessions 3. Steps to follow while Linux Device Driver Programming Under this particular topic we will learn about      Gathering information about a Linux Device Driver      Gathering information of SCULL Device Driver      Identifying and defining Major and Minor Number       Representation of Device numbers You can download a softcopy of LDD http://www.oreilly.com/openbook/linuxdrive3/book/ Watch video here :