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Published inApr 2022
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John Madieu
John Madieu
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John Madieu is an embedded Linux and kernel engineer living in Paris, France. His main activities consist of developing device drivers and Board Support Packages (BSPs) for companies in domains such as IoT, automation, transport, healthcare, energy, and the military. John is the founder and chief consultant at LABCSMART, a company that provides training and services for embedded Linux and Linux kernel engineering. He is an open source and embedded systems enthusiast, convinced that it is only by sharing knowledge that we can learn more. He is passionate about boxing, which he practiced for 6 years professionally, and continues to channel this passion through training sessions that he provides voluntarily.
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Section 4 - Misc Kernel Subsystems for the Embedded World

This section will touch upon the IIO framework, pin control and GPIO systems, and other important feature-rich concepts. In this section, you will also gain an in-depth understanding of GPIOs mapped to interrupts and their processing mechanisms, describing every kernel data structure and API involved. Finally, you’ll learn how to deal with input devices drivers. It goes without saying that user-space handlings of the enumerated subsystems will be introduced in this section as well.

The following chapters will be covered in this section:

  • Chapter 15, Digging into the IIO Framework
  • Chapter 16, Getting the Most Out of the Pin Controller and GPIO Subsystems
  • Chapter 17, Leveraging the Linux Kernel Input Subsystem
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Author (1)

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John Madieu

John Madieu is an embedded Linux and kernel engineer living in Paris, France. His main activities consist of developing device drivers and Board Support Packages (BSPs) for companies in domains such as IoT, automation, transport, healthcare, energy, and the military. John is the founder and chief consultant at LABCSMART, a company that provides training and services for embedded Linux and Linux kernel engineering. He is an open source and embedded systems enthusiast, convinced that it is only by sharing knowledge that we can learn more. He is passionate about boxing, which he practiced for 6 years professionally, and continues to channel this passion through training sessions that he provides voluntarily.
Read more about John Madieu