======================================== The Linux 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 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 xilinx/index xillybus zorro hte/index .. only:: subproject and html Indices ======= * :ref:`genindex`