Awesome Linux Driver Development 
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K --> K4[perf]
K --> K5[kgdb]
K --> K6[crash]
K --> K7[eBPF]
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L --> L3[LSM Framework]
L --> L4[Hotplug]
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M --> M3[Patch Development]
M --> M4[Kernel Coding Style]
M --> M5[Mailing Lists]
M --> M6[Maintainer Review]
M6 --> N[Professional Linux Driver Developer]
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In Linux, drivers are categorized based on the type of device or functionality they manage.
- The device driver types are:
- Other Drivers
- File System Drivers
- Virtual Drivers
- Platform Drivers
- Pseudo Drivers
- User-Space Drivers
1. Kernel-Space Driver
1.1 Device Driver
- Linux Kernel Module - The Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide
2. User-Space Driver
- https://lxr.linux.no/ - Linux source code repositories.
- https://elixir.bootlin.com/ - Linux source code repositories.
- https://kernelnewbies.org/
- https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
- https://lwn.net/
- https://embetronicx.com/
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Contributions of any kind welcome, just follow the guidelines!
Thanks goes to these contributors!
