| .. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 |
| |
| ============================== |
| Driver implementer's API guide |
| ============================== |
| |
| The kernel offers a wide variety of interfaces to support the development |
| of device drivers. This document is an only somewhat organized collection |
| of some of those interfaces — it will hopefully get better over time! The |
| available subsections can be seen below. |
| |
| .. class:: toc-title |
| |
| Table of contents |
| |
| .. toctree:: |
| :maxdepth: 2 |
| |
| driver-model/index |
| basics |
| infrastructure |
| ioctl |
| early-userspace/index |
| pm/index |
| clk |
| device-io |
| dma-buf |
| device_link |
| component |
| message-based |
| infiniband |
| aperture |
| frame-buffer |
| regulator |
| reset |
| iio/index |
| input |
| usb/index |
| firewire |
| pci/index |
| cxl/index |
| spi |
| i2c |
| ipmb |
| ipmi |
| i3c/index |
| interconnect |
| devfreq |
| hsi |
| edac |
| scsi |
| libata |
| target |
| mailbox |
| mtdnand |
| miscellaneous |
| mei/index |
| mtd/index |
| mmc/index |
| nvdimm/index |
| w1 |
| rapidio/index |
| s390-drivers |
| vme |
| 80211/index |
| uio-howto |
| firmware/index |
| pin-control |
| gpio/index |
| md/index |
| media/index |
| misc_devices |
| nfc/index |
| dmaengine/index |
| slimbus |
| soundwire/index |
| thermal/index |
| fpga/index |
| acpi/index |
| auxiliary_bus |
| backlight/lp855x-driver.rst |
| connector |
| console |
| dcdbas |
| eisa |
| isa |
| isapnp |
| io-mapping |
| io_ordering |
| generic-counter |
| memory-devices/index |
| men-chameleon-bus |
| ntb |
| nvmem |
| parport-lowlevel |
| pps |
| ptp |
| phy/index |
| pwm |
| pldmfw/index |
| rfkill |
| serial/index |
| sm501 |
| surface_aggregator/index |
| switchtec |
| sync_file |
| tty/index |
| vfio-mediated-device |
| vfio |
| vfio-pci-device-specific-driver-acceptance |
| virtio/index |
| xilinx/index |
| xillybus |
| zorro |
| hte/index |
| wmi |
| dpll |
| wbrf |
| crypto/index |
| |
| .. only:: subproject and html |
| |
| Indices |
| ======= |
| |
| * :ref:`genindex` |
