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daemons
klogd 2nd
syslogd
data
explicitly sizing
physical packet transport
transferring with DMA
unaligned, portability and
data attribute (firmware)
data functions (USB)
data structures
file operations
portability of
data types
for explicitly sizing data
inptr_t (C99 standard)
int
interface-specific
loose typing for I/O functions
mixing different
standard C types
u8, u16, u32, u64
uint8_t/unit32_t
dataalign program
datasize program
dd utility and scull driver example
deadline schedulers (I/O)
deadlocks avoiding 2nd [See also locking]
debugging [See also troubleshooting]
concurrency
using a debugger
using Dynamic Probes
interrupt handlers
with ioctl method
kernels
monitoring
by printing
by querying
support
using kgdb
levels (implementation of)
using LTT
locked keyboard
by printing
by querying
system faults
system hangs
using User-Mode Linux
declaration of array parameters
DECLARE_TASKLET macro
default attributes (kobjects)
default_attrs field (kobjects)
DEFAULT_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL
DEFAULT_MESSAGE_LOGLEVEL
del_timer_sync function
delaying execution of code 2nd
deleting
attributes 2nd
devices
drivers
mappings (DMA)
/proc files
queues
symbolic links
dentry field (file structure)
dependency
platform
version
dereferencing memory addresses
descriptors (USB)
design [See also configuration]
concurrency
policy-free drivers
of scull
desktops
PCI
[See PCI]
USB
[See USB]
destroying urbs (USB)
destructor function (kmem_cache_create)
/dev directory
/dev nodes
char devices and
/dev/random device
/dev/urandom device
dynamic major number allocation
/dev tree
dev_alloc_skb function
dev_id pointer (installing shared handlers)
dev_kfree_skb function 2nd
dev_mc_list structure
dev_t i_rdev (inode structure field)
development community (kernel), joining
development kernels
device attribute (firmware)
DEVICE variable
deviceID register (PCI)
devices [See also drivers]
access to files
adding
allocation of numbers
attributes
caching problems
char drivers
[See char drivers]
classes of 2nd
cloning
concurrency
control operations
deleting
drivers
dynamic
dynamic allocation of major numbers
FIFO
file operations on
files
functions
hotpluggable
identifying type with ls command
initialization
input (hotplugging)
internal representation of numbers
ioctl method
ISA
iteration
Linux device model 2nd
buses
classes
firmware
hotplug events
hotplugging
kobjects
lifecycles
low-level sysfs operations
methods
names of
network
network drivers
numbers (printing)
operations
reading and writing
reading data from
registration 2nd
SCSI
scullpipe (example)
scullsingle
seeking
single-open 2nd
structures (embedding)
truncating on open
USB
[See USB]
writing
control sequences to
data to
DEVPATH variable
*dir_notify method
direct I/O 2nd [See also I/O]
implementation
direct memory access
[See DMA]
directories
/dev
entries (file structure)
of kernel headers
misc-progs source 2nd
/proc file hierarchy connections
/proc/tty/driver
sysfs
low-level operations
tty driver
USB
tty drivers
disable_dma function
disable_irq function
disabling
interrupt handlers
packet transmissions
print statements
disclosure of data
disconnect function (USB) 2nd
disks
files versus open files
freeing
registration
distribution, writing drivers for
DMA (direct memory access) 2nd 3rd
block requests and
mappings (scatter-gather)
PCI devices and
registering usage
ring buffers
DMA-capable memory zone
SLAB_CACHE_DMA flag and
dma.h header file
dma_addr_t setup_dma field (USB)
dma_addr_t transfer_dma field (USB)
DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL symbol 2nd
dma_free_coherent function
DMA_FROM_DEVICE symbol 2nd 3rd
DMA_NONE symbol 2nd
dma_spin_lock
DMA_TO_DEVICE symbol 2nd
DMAC (DMA controller)
dmesg command
do-it-yourself probing
do_close function
do_gettimeofday function
do_ioctl method 2nd
do_IRQ function
double underscore (__) functions
double-address cycle mappings (PCI)
doubly linked lists (portability) 2nd
down function
DRIVER_ATTR macro
driver_unregister function
drivers
adding
asynchronous notification and
attributes
block
[See block drivers]
command-oriented
deleting
devices
file operations
FireWire
functions
I2O
ioctl numbers for
iteration
lddbus
mechanism
policy versus
separation from policies
modules
network
connecting to kernels
functions
interrupt handlers for
ioctl commands
link state (changes in)
MAC addresses (resolution of)
multicasting
opening
snull
statistics
sbull
initialization
request method
SCSI
scull
[See scull]
scullc (example)
scullp (example)
scullv (example) 2nd
security issues
short (example)
accessing I/O memory
implementing interrupt handlers
installing interrupt handlers
probing
shortprint
structures (embedding)
tty
buffers
directories
functions
line settings
pointers
struct termios
tty_driver structure
tty_operations structure
tty_struct structure
user-space
dynamic devices
Dynamic Probes debugging tool
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