Hi,
try this links, directly from Linux Device Drivers 2nd Edition book. This
book is released under the GNU Free Documentation License, version 1.1 and
you can buy this book or you can read/download this book from these links ...
License: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/linuxdrive2/chapter/licenseinfo.html
HTML /book
DocBook /bookindex.xml
PDF /bookindexpdf.html
You can find answers to your questions in this book.
King regards,
--Robert V0jta
P.S. The main topic of 2nd edition is covering 2.4.x kernel series and there
are of course 2.2.x and 2.0.x explanations too ...
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