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The 2.6 kernel contains a long list of changes which affect device driverwriters. As part of the task of porting the Linux DeviceDrivers sample code to 2.6, your humble LWN Kernel Page author isproducing a set of articles describing the changes which must be made.The articles are Kernel Page as they are written; they will also becollected here. With luck, this page will be a useful reference for thosewho must port drivers to the new kernel.

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Except when otherwise specified, all of the articles below are written byLWN editor Jonathan Corbet. The date and kernel version attached to eacharticle notes when the article was last updated.

Recent changes

The most recent changes to this series are:
  • (April 28, 2004) The Workqueue Interface updated to include create_singlethread_workqueue(), which was merged in 2.6.6.
  • (January 6, 2004) Supporting mmap() and Dealing with interrupts have been updated to reflect API changes in 2.6.1.
  • (November 25, 2003) The entire set of articles has been updated to reflect the 2.6.0-test10 kernel.

Getting started

Porting 'hello world' (February, 2003); whichcovers the changes required to update the simplest possible module to the 2.5 kernel.

Compiling external modules (November, 2003; 2.6.0-test9); how to build modules with the new module loader and kernel buildscheme.

Open an Internet browser and browse to 2. Click Downloads. Do one of the following: - Type your model number in the field Search by Model Name: and then click Search. . Open the Device Manager by right clicking “My computer” and selecting control panel. Look under Ports (COM & LPT). You should see an open port named 'USB Serial Port' Right click on the 'USB Serial Port' and choose the 'Update Driver Software' option. Next, choose the 'Browse my computer for Driver software' option. Aug 25, 2020 Connect your Android device to your computer's USB port. Right-click on Computer from your desktop or Windows Explorer, and select Manage. Select Devices in the left pane. Locate and expand Other device in the right pane. Right-click the device name (such as Nexus S) and select Update Driver Software. This will launch the Hardware Update Wizard. 0 = /dev/ttyE0 Stallion port 0 card 0. DEVICE DRIVER USING MAJOR NUMBER 42 IS NONCOMPLIANT. 43 char isdn4linux virtual modem: 0 = /dev/ttyI0 First virtual modem.

More module changes (November, 2003,2.6.0-test9) covers other changes to the module loading subsystem, including module parameters, use countmanagement, exporting symbols, and more.

Miscellaneous changes is a collection pointfor changes which are too small to justify their own article. Currentlycovered topics include kdev_t, designated initializers, andmin() and max(). It was last updated on November 3,2003 (2.6.0-test9).

Support interfaces

Char drivers and large dev_t (November 2003,2.6.0-test9); registration and management of char drivers in the new, large dev_t environment.

The seq_file interface (September 2003; 2.6.0-test6); theeasy way to implement virtual files correctly. A standalone example moduleis provided to demonstrate the use of this interface.

Low-level memory allocation (November, 2003;2.6.0-test9); changes to functions for allocating chunks of memory and pages, anda description of the new mempool interface.

Per-CPU variables (November, 2003; 2.6.0-test9); the 2.6interface for maintaining per-CPU data structures.

Timekeeping changes (November, 2003; 2.6.0-test9);changes to how the kernel manages time and time-related events.

Download streammachine driver. The workqueue interface (April, 2004; 2.6.6-rc3); adescription of the new deferred execution mechanism which replaces taskqueues (and bottom halves in general).

Creating virtual filesystems with libfs(November, 2003; 2.6.0-test9). This article, which looks at how a kernel module cancreate its own virtual filesystem, predates the driver porting series butfits in well with it.

DMA Changes (November, 2003, 2.6.0-test9); changesto the DMA support layer. There is also a quick reference page for thenew generic DMA API.

Sleeping and mutual exclusion

Mutual exclusion with seqlocks (November,2003, 2.6.0-test9); a description of how to use the seqlock (formerly frlock) capabilitywhich was merged into 2.5.60.

The preemptible kernel (November, 2003; 2.6.0-test9); alook at how kernel preemption affects driver code and what can be done towork safely in the preemptible environment.

Sleeping and waking up (November, 2003; 2.6.0-test9); newways of putting processes to sleep with better performance and without raceconditions.

Completion events (November, 2003; 2.6.0-test9);documentation for the completion event mechanism.

Using read-copy-update (November, 2003; 2.6.0-test9);working with the read-copy-update mutual exclusion scheme.

Advanced driver tasks

Tp-linkDealing with interrupts (January, 2004; 2.6.1-rc2);interrupt handling changes which are visible to device drivers.

Supporting asynchronous I/O (November, 2003;2.6.0-test9);how to write drivers which support the 2.6 asynchronous I/O interface.

Network drivers (November 2003, 2.6.0-test9); portingnetwork drivers, with an emphasis on the new dynamic net_deviceallocation functions and NAPI support.

USB driver API changes (July 2003; 2.5.75);how USB drivers have changed in the 2.5 development series. This articlewas contributed by USB maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman.

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Block drivers

Block layer overview (November, 2003; 2.6.0-test9). Theblock layer has seen extensive changes in the 2.5 development series; thisarticle gives an overview of what has been done while deferring the detailsfor subsequent articles.

A simple block driver (November, 2003; 2.6.0-test9); thisarticle presents the simplest possible block driver (a basic ramdiskimplementation) with discussion of how the basic block interfaces havechanged in 2.6. Full source to a working driver is included.

The gendisk interface (November, 2003; 2.6.0-test9); how towork with the new generic disk interface, which takes on a rather largerrole in 2.6.

The BIO structure (November, 2003; 2.6.0-test9); the newlow-level structure representing block I/O operations.

Request queues I (November, 2003; 2.6.0-test9); the basicsof block request queues in 2.6, including request processing, requestpreparation control, and DMA support.

Request queues II (November, 2003, 2.6.0-test9); advancedrequest queue topics, including command preparation, tagged commandqueueing, and the 'make request' mode of operation.

Memory management

Supporting mmap() (January, 2004 - 2.6.1-rc2);changes in how device drivers support the mmap() system call.

Zero-copy user-space access (November, 2003 -2.6.0-test9); how to get direct-access to user space to perform zero-copy I/O.If you used the kiobuf interface for this purpose in 2.4, you'llwant to look here for the 2.6 equivalent.

Atomic kmaps (November, 2003; 2.6.0-test9); quickaccess to high-memory via kmap_atomic().

Device model

A device model overview (November, 2003; 2.6.0-test10);an introductory look at the Linux device model and sysfs, with definitionsof some commonly encountered terms.

The zen of kobjects (October, 2003;2.6.0-test6); an attempt to demystify the kobject abstraction and its usein the kernel.

kobjects and sysfs (October, 2003;2.6.0-test8); a description of the interaction between the kobject type andits representation in sysfs.

kobjects and hotplug events (October, 2003;2.6.0-test6); an explanation of the kset hotplug operations and how theycan be used to control how hotplug events are reported to user space. Thisarticle was written by Greg Kroah-Hartman.

Examining a kobject hierarchy (October,2003; 2.6.0-test9); a visual exploration of the device model datastructures behind /sys/block.

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Device classes (November, 2003; 2.6.0-test10); howthe device class mechanism works.

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In order to assign real-time capability to a standard Ethernet port of an IPC controller, the Beckhoff real-time driver has to be installed on this port under Windows.

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This can be done in several ways. One option is described here.

In the System Manager call up the TwinCAT overview of the local network interfaces via Options → Show Real Time Ethernet Compatible Devices.

This have to be called up by the Menü “TwinCAT” within the TwinCAT 3 environment:

The following dialog appears:

Interfaces listed under “Compatible devices” can be assigned a driver via the “Install” button. A driver should only be installed on compatible devices.

A Windows warning regarding the unsigned driver can be ignored.

Alternatively an EtherCAT-device can be inserted first of all as described in chapter Offline configuration creation, section “Creating the EtherCAT device” in order to view the compatible ethernet ports via its EtherCAT properties (tab “Adapter”, button “Compatible Devices…”):

EtherCAT device properties(TwinCAT 2): click on “Compatible Devices…” of tab “Adapte””

TwinCAT 3: the properties of the EtherCAT device can be opened by double click on “Device . (EtherCAT)” within the Solution Explorer under “I/O”:

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After the installation the driver appears activated in the Windows overview for the network interface (Windows Start → System Properties → Network)

A correct setting of the driver could be:

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Exemplary correct driver setting for the Ethernet port
Incorrect driver settings for the Ethernet port

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In most cases an Ethernet port that is configured as an EtherCAT device will not transport general IP packets. For this reason and in cases where an EL6601 or similar devices are used it is useful to specify a fixed IP address for this port via the “Internet Protocol TCP/IP” driver setting and to disable DHCP. In this way the delay associated with the DHCP client for the Ethernet port assigning itself a default IP address in the absence of a DHCP server is avoided. A suitable address space is 192.168.x.x, for example.