LinkedIn – Linux Device Drivers: Reading, Writing, and Debugging 2025-6

Linux Device Drivers: Reading, Writing, and Debugging is a course on mastering the creation and maintenance of Linux device drivers published by LinkedIn Online Academy. It is a comprehensive, hands-on course designed to help developers master the creation and maintenance of Linux device drivers. The course covers the fundamentals of driver architecture, kernel modules, and the Linux kernel environment, while guiding learners in reading and understanding existing drivers, writing new drivers from scratch, and effectively debugging issues. Through hands-on exercises, students gain skills in managing character and block devices, managing kernel logs, using debugging tools, and ensuring driver stability and security.

This course is ideal for embedded system developers, Linux enthusiasts, and engineers looking to expand their expertise in low-level programming and kernel interaction. By understanding how Linux device drivers work, you can gain useful insights into the behavior of the Linux kernel and how users and developers interact with devices. In this course, Kevin Danquart explains how loadable kernel modules work, then describes the three different types of Linux device drivers – character device drivers, block drivers, and network drivers – and the aspects and uses of each.

What you will learn in Linux Device Drivers: Reading, Writing, and Debugging:

• Working with the Linux Kernel
•  How Loadable Modules Work
•  Compiling and Debugging
•  Character Device Drivers
•  Block Drivers
•  Network Drivers
•  User Space Device Drivers
•  And…

Course specifications

Publisher: LinkedIn
Instructors: Kevin Dankwardt
Language: English
Level: Advanced
Number of Lessons: 51
Duration: 2h and 57m

Course topics

Linux Device Drivers: Reading, Writing, and Debugging Prerequisites

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