Deep Dive into Linux PCIe Device Driver Development

This course focuses on the following,

Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) Fundamentals

• PCIe Bus Architecture

• PCIe Bus Terminology

• PCIe Bus Topology

• PCIe Configuration Space

• PCIe Device ID, Vendor ID

• PCIe Extended Configuration Space

• PCIe Capability Structure

• PCIe Device Class definition

Linux PCIe Sub System

• PCIe Device Representation

• Sysfs / Procfs

• PCI Device ID Structure

• pci_driver structure

• Linux Kernel PCI access APIs

Intel LPC Controller

• Functional and Register Descriptions

• ACPI Base Register

• System Management TCO Register for Watchdog

Linux PCIe SMBUS Driver

• Linux I2C Driver Architecture

• I2C / SMBus Bus, Adapater, Framework

• Linux Kernel I2C Adapter APIs

• I2C SMbus Data

• I2C Algorithm Structure

• Managed PCI Access APIs

• IO Port Access APIs

Linux PCIe Audio Driver

• Brief information about Intel High Definition Audio Controller

• Fundamentals of Linux Sound Sub Systems

• new sound card creation and initialization

• sound card registeration

• New sound device component creation

• Sound HDA Linux Kernel APIs

• Direct Memory Access Implementation Walk through

• Message Signal Interrupt Implementation Walkthrough

Linux PCIe Message Signaled Interrupts

• Message Signaled Interrupts (MSI) Fundamentals

• Linux Kernel Interrupt Handling APIs

• Linux Kernel Interrupt Handling Functional Flow

• Linux Kernel MSI Interrupt Handling APIs

Linux PCIe Direct Memory Access Fundamentals

• DMA Fundamentals

• Linux Kernel DMA APIs

• Linux Kernel DMA Mapping APIs

Linux Ethernet Driver

• PCIe Ethernet Driver Framework Fundamentals

• Realtek RTL8111 Register Descriptions

• Linux PCIe Ethernet Driver Source code walkthough

• Direct Memory Access Implementation Walk through

• Message Signal Interrupt Implementation Walkthrough

Linux PCIe Port Driver

• Linux PCIe Host Bridge Fundamentals

• PCIe Host Bridge Register Descriptions

• Linux PCIe Port Driver Source Code walkthrough

• Direct Memory Access Implementation Walk through

• Message Signal Interrupt Implementation Walkthrough