Reddit reviews Writing Linux Device Drivers: a guide with exercises

Shit, sorry for not replying sooner, I just saw this response - I don't check on here very much.

Thanks for the reply, I'd given up on this thread. I'll look into those resources you mention. The target OS is Linux, so that makes things a bit simpler i guess.

Do you have any opinion on the relative merits of these 3 driver books: (I've heard the bottom one 'Essential Linux Device Drivers' is getting a bit old now (targets a fairly old kernel) but I don't know if that matters

• Writing Linux device drivers - https://www.amazon.com/Writing-Linux-Device-Drivers-exercises/dp/1448672384
  
  
• Linux Device Drivers - https://www.amazon.com/Linux-Device-Drivers-Jonathan-Corbet/dp/0596005903/ref=pd_sim_14_3?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0596005903&pd_rd_r=HDGD63XMCS3P704FX1GA&pd_rd_w=0KE8K&pd_rd_wg=sASgF&psc=1&refRID=HDGD63XMCS3P704FX1GA
  
  
• Essential Linux device drivers - https://www.amazon.com/Essential-Device-Drivers-Sreekrishnan-Venkateswaran/dp/0132396556/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_3?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0132396556&pd_rd_r=HDGD63XMCS3P704FX1GA&pd_rd_w=rMxiK&pd_rd_wg=sASgF&psc=1&refRID=HDGD63XMCS3P704FX1GA