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

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/

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