This is, on the surface, a book about writing device drivers for the Linux system.

That is a worthy goal, of course the flow of new hardware products is not likely

to slow down anytime soon, and somebody is going to have to make all those

new gadgets work with Linux. But this book is also about how the Linux kernel

works and how to adapt its workings to your needs or interests. Linux is an open

system with this book, we hope, it will be more open and accessible to a larger

community of developers.-This is, on the surface, a book about writing device drivers for the Linux system.

That is a worthy goal, of course　the flow of new hardware products is not likely

to slow down anytime soon, and somebody is going to have to make all those

new gadgets work with Linux. But this book is also about how the Linux kernel

works and how to adapt its workings to your needs or interests. Linux is an open

system　with this book, we hope, it will be more open and accessible to a larger

community of developers.