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Old 12-07-2011
Learn Linux File System and Device Drivers

I am to start working on two project on Linux Device Drivers and other on File System.
So I got the book "Understanding Linux Kernel" by Daniel and Marco.
But I am confused as how to proce
Will anybody pls let me know how to go to about studying the chapter in this book? I mean the order in which the chapters need to be covered to get a proper understanding of the device drivers and file systems.
Pls let me know some good book/articles on writing real life linux device drivers basically for GPIO, I2C, SPI and File systems.
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Old 12-08-2011
Try reading it start to finish, and asking more specific questions if you have difficulty with it.
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