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FreeBSD Device Drivers: A Guide for the Intrepid 1st Edition

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Device drivers make it possible for your software to communicate with your hardware, and because every operating system has specific requirements, driver writing is nontrivial. When developing for FreeBSD, you've probably had to scour the Internet and dig through the kernel sources to figure out how to write the drivers you need. Thankfully, that stops now. In FreeBSD Device Drivers, Joseph Kong will teach you how to master everything from the basics of building and running loadable kernel modules to more complicated topics like thread synchronization. After a crash course in the different FreeBSD driver frameworks, extensive tutorial sections dissect real-world drivers like the parallel port printer driver.

You'll learn:
–All about Newbus, the infrastructure used by FreeBSD to manage the hardware devices on your system
–How to work with ISA, PCI, USB, and other buses
–The best ways to control and communicate with the hardware devices from user space
–How to use Direct Memory Access (DMA) for maximum system performance
–The inner workings of the virtual null modem terminal driver, the USB printer driver, the Intel PCI Gigabit Ethernet adapter driver, and other important drivers
–How to use Common Access Method (CAM) to manage host bus adapters (HBAs)

Concise descriptions and extensive annotations walk you through the many code examples. Don't waste time searching man pages or digging through the kernel sources to figure out how to make that arcane bit of hardware work with your system. FreeBSD Device Drivers gives you the framework that you need to write any driver you want, now.

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"At last, a definitive and authoritative book on FreeBSD device drivers! Kong's clear mastery of his subject shines through every page."
—Michael Lucas, FreeBSD committer and author of Absolute FreeBSD

"FreeBSD Device Drivers is an excellent guide to the APIs used to write a device driver for FreeBSD."
—John Baldwin, Kernel Developer, FreeBSD

"I'd recommend the book for anybody that needs an introduction to drivers. The walk throughs will get people up to speed, as well as introduce many of the uniquely FreeBSD quirks one needs to know to integrate with FreeBSD."
—Warner Losh, FreeBSD core team

"I am pleased to see No Starch provide a forum for books like this. They continue to produce high-quality works that read well and address subjects seldom found elsewhere."
—Richard Bejtlich, CSO of Mandiant & Founder of TaoSecurity

"I like this book. It fills a definite need, and does it well."
—Warren Block, FreeBSD committer

"This book is definitely a must have for anybody interested in how FreeBSD device drivers are designed, not to mention those who are interested in writing their very own ones for the FreeBSD operating system!"
—Romain Tartière, FreeBSD ports committer

"This book is a no nonsense, straight to the point document that helps you get to the content quickly."
—BeginLinux.com

"Definitely an excellent book with all the information you’ll need to start developing your own FreeBSD device drivers."
—xorl

"Strikes a pretty good balance for its stated purpose. Its mostly 'just the facts ma’am' style works well, but it provides plenty of references for those wanting more detail or background. This is definitely worth a read if device drivers in FreeBSD are something you need or want to know about."
—Simon Gerraty, FreeBSD Journal

About the Author

The author of Designing BSD Rootkits (No Starch Press), Joseph Kong works on information security, operating system theory, reverse code engineering, and vulnerability assessment. Kong is a former system administrator for the City of Toronto.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ 1593272049
Publisher ‏ : ‎ No Starch Press
Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 12, 2012
Edition ‏ : ‎ 1st
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 352 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781593272043
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1593272043
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.5 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 0.82 x 9.25 inches

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Customers find the book to be a wonderful read and resource, with one customer specifically praising it as a great guide for writing device drivers for FreeBSD.

"This is a really helpful book, I have read and searched forth and back the Freebsd documentation for clues for starting driver development, well..." Read more

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"...this book would get updated, but none-the-less, this is an excellent resource and a wonderful read. It truly is a good book...." Read more

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Best reading on Freebsd till the moment
Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2013
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This is a really helpful book, I have read and searched forth and back the Freebsd documentation for clues for starting driver development, well you could read the source code of the drivers as well, but is it better to read this book first as it will make things clear or you will be more familiar with the current infrastructure, this book is really is a must if you want to start digging on FBSD driver coding, I really recommend it.

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Stergios Papadimitriou
Excellent explanations on how to write FreeBSD device drivers
Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2016
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It's a great book on writing device drivers for FreeBSD. Very well explanation on
FreeBSD device driver architecture.
The study of the book is also a good academic practice on how to use
synchronisation and concurrency primitives.

I'm strongly recommend the book along with the classic
"The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD operating system"
for anyone delving in depth with operating system kernels,
using the superb FreeBSD as a case study.

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Sairam
Good book
Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2013
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Good book with working examples and easy to follow.
Use it to study the BSD driver basics.
Bit more details about the PCIe devices might be useful.

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Wonderful Read and Resource
Reviewed in the United States on June 24, 2019
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I wish to high heaven this book would get updated, but none-the-less, this is an excellent resource and a wonderful read.
It truly is a good book.
I bought the ebook, but want the print book.

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Devin V.
Awesome seller
Reviewed in the United States on December 12, 2018
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Great price and excellent condition.

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K. Thomas
What a fun story!
Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2015
What a fun story!!
Bring together a very recently divorced Sadie with her Aunt Dody, brothers Jasper and Fontaine, and Des, a real hunky emergency room doctor in Bell Harbor, Michigan and you have the makings of a good romance story. Add that Sadie brings her 4 and 6 year old children as she escapes into her aunt's dotty attitude and malapropisms and the fact that Fontaine is gay and it begins to look even more interesting. Sadie's whole family seems dedicated to double-entendres, smart remarks and stories of misspent youth, while her daughter Paige's misunderstanding of adult humor leaves you rolling on the floor laughing.
Aunt Dody and Fontaine are dedicated to matchmaking with Sadie and Des. That is greatly complicated by Sadie's emphatic decision to never fall in love or marry again and Des' role as a temporary fill-in for the regular emergency room doctor. Sadie and Fontaine both find Des tremendously attractive. Since Sadie's ex-husband Richard has successfully torn apart Sadie's self esteem, she enters into a friendship with Des afraid of her own shadow. She second-guesses both her own and Des's actions and words, always putting the worst possible spin on them.
This is a well-written light-hearted romp with a truly dysfunctional cast of characters. I loved it!

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It's a nice overview, but it only scratches the surface
Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2017
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It's a nice overview, but it only scratches the surface. However I found it to be a good introduction to the topic. It is very PC-centric, and not that useful if you are doing embedded work.

Also I feel like the author doesn't really explain the concepts that well, like for example what the various structures actually represent, like which ones are associated with the driver as a whole, which ones are specific to each instance, etc.

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George V. Neville-Neil
The inside of the insides
Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2012
Most programmers consider device drivers the darkest of the dark computer arts, but to write a good device driver what's needed is a decent template and some good documentation. The FreeBSD Operating Systems has plenty of templates, in the form of already working drivers, and with the publication of Joseph Kong's latest book, _FreeBSD Device Drivers_, now there is good documentation as well.

The book takes the reader from the simplest types of drivers, such as those used to do serial communication, up through disk, usb and network drivers, which are far more complex and require the programmer to have a greater understanding about the operating system in which they're working. The introductory chapters give enough of the required background information for writing a driver, covering areas such as memory allocation, and synchronization primitives, without preventing the reader from, very quickly, getting down to working on real code.

One of the beauties of this book is that it covers running code in a real world operating system, making it far more relevant for both students and working programmers. Many books on programming create neat and easy problems that the authors think will take the reader through the necessary steps to understanding a concept, but this book doesn't shy away from the nitty gritty details of low level code.

The book has an easy to read, narrative style which makes reading it an enjoyable experience, a seeming rarity in technical books.

I'd recommend this book to anyone who wants to truly understand what goes on, under the hood, in an operating system.

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Elmout Tartanpion
Le coeur de FreeBSD
Reviewed in France on July 2, 2013
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Que dire de ce livre, à part que c'est une perle! Toute personne qui s'intéresse au développement système de près - ou de loin - devrait le lire! Un ouvrage pointu qui à le mérite d'être clair, bien écrit, et incroyablement précis!

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Lars Andersen
How to create drivers for hardware.
Reviewed in Canada on April 3, 2019
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No dislike, I received the book earlier than expected. The book is for creating drivers for hardware written in c++. Lars Andersen

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B. W.
Good book, but not for the faint of heart
Reviewed in Germany on May 9, 2013
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This book gives interesting insights into the development of drivers for FreeBSD (or for any unix-like system). But it should be noted that knowing C is absolutely necessary to understand it. It is no book for beginners therefore. The writing style is enjoyable but very precise and sometimes a bit dry.

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Luca Ferrari
Clear, reabled, concise
Reviewed in Italy on December 5, 2017
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A must read to understand better how the FreeBSD kernel and module system works. It is short and complete of full examples, and it is a must read for a FreeBSD developer.

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Pierre Paul Jacques
Une référence dans le domaine FreeBSD
Reviewed in France on May 6, 2015
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Très bon livre que je recommende à tous.
Permet de se mettre dans la création de devices pour divers usages.

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