Mastering Linux Device Driver Development for General & AI-Accelerated Platforms
Linux Device Drivers

This program is designed to take participants deep into the Linux driver ecosystem, equipping them with the skills to design, develop, and debug drivers across a wide range of hardware platforms. Starting from the Linux driver architecture, participants gain a clear understanding of how drivers fit into the kernel and communicate with user space applications.

The course explores hardware buses and subsystems supported by Linux, including PCI, USB, and network interfaces, ensuring engineers can map real hardware to the kernel’s driver framework. Special focus is given to peripheral communication interfaces like I2C and SPI, enabling participants to work on sensors, controllers, and embedded devices with confidence.

Moving beyond the fundamentals, the program introduces AI-driven driver use cases, including video drivers for accelerated hardware—a must-have skillset in today’s era of AI, vision, and machine learning workloads.

 

By blending theory with hands-on driver development, this course transforms participants into engineers who can confidently extend Linux for both general-purpose and AI-accelerated hardware. Each concept is reinforced with step-by-step driver walkthroughs, where participants study real Linux drivers from the kernel tree, trace how they interface with hardware.

By the end of the training, participants will be able to design drivers for a wide range of hardware, adapt them for performance optimization, and leverage Linux as a solid foundation for next-generation intelligent systems.

  • Device Drivers defined
  • Linux Driver model
  • Types of Linux drivers
  • Driver stacks
  • Synchronous drivers defined
  • Driver registration and de-registration
  • Driver file interface
  • Device file operations
  • Driver data structures
  • Device Configuration ops
  • Wait Queues & polling
  • Memory mapping
  • DMA APIs
  • Buffer management & synchronization
  • Interrupt handling for DMA transfers
  • Device Addresses
  • Port mapped I/O
  • Interacting with port mapped devices
  • Memory Mapped I/O
  • Reserving address space MMIO
  • MMIO Access
  • Device Access side effects
  • Device access from u-space
  • Understanding Interrupts
  • Linux Interrupt handlers
  • Implementing Driver ISR
  • Need for deferred routines
  • Linux Deferred Routines
  • Interrupt event management
  • Device Tree Syntax
  • Device Tree Walk Through
  • Device Tree Bindings
  • Device Tree support in Boot Loaders
  • Using Device Tree Data in Drivers
  • I2C
  • SPI
  • GPIO
  • Understanding and hands-on with Input drivers
  • USB Topology & Terminology
  • Endpoints
  • Descriptors
  • USB Device Classes
  • USB Support in Linux
  • Registering USB Device
  • Drivers
  • Moving Data
  • Example of a USB Driver
  • PCI Device Drivers
  • Locating PCI Devices
  • Accessing Configuration Space
  • Accessing I/O and Memory Spaces
  • PCI Express
  • V4L2 Architecture
  • DRM Architecture

Understanding the Linux network driver model

Aspiring participants should ideally complete Linux Kernel Architecture & Interfaces Engineering before enrolling into Kernel course

Or Participants must be fully aware of all the concepts covered as part of the above mentioned program

  • Gain a clear understanding of Linux driver architecture, how drivers fit into the kernel, and how they expose device functionality.
  • Learn the hardware buses supported by Linux (PCI, USB, I²C, SPI, UART, etc.) and how drivers interact with them.
  • Explore the Linux camera subsystem, including video capture pipelines, V4L2 framework, and AI-based video driver development
  • Understand the role of DMA in drivers for high-speed data transfers across multimedia, networking, and AI accelerators.
  • Perform driver walkthroughs and hands-on labs to move from simple character drivers to advanced, bus-specific and subsystem-level drivers
  • Build confidence to design, implement, and debug custom Linux drivers for general-purpose and AI-accelerated hardware platforms
  • Embedded Systems Engineers who want to interface sensors, controllers, and custom hardware with Linux.
  • Kernel Developers aiming to move closer to the hardware by learning how Linux drivers expose device functionality.
  • System Programmers looking to extend Linux for new devices, optimize performance, or enable AI/accelerated hardware
  • Firmware & Hardware Engineers who need to validate and integrate their designs with Linux through proper driver support.
  • Engineers transitioning into AI, Multimedia, or Networking domains, where DMA, high-speed data transfer, and custom driver development are essential.
  • Professionals preparing for kernel-level or embedded Linux job roles, where driver expertise is a must-have skill.

This course focuses on how Linux actually enables driver development in the real world. Rather than starting in a vacuum, we deep-dive into the driver infrastructure that Linux already provides, walk through real drivers from the kernel, and then guide you to extend, adapt, and implement drivers for different hardware.

Yes. This course is designed to give you the skills that companies look for in driver engineers. By working with Linux’s driver infrastructure, studying real drivers, and building your own for buses, peripherals, and subsystems like camera/AI, you will gain the exact hands-on experience needed to apply for driver development roles. The program bridges the gap between academic knowledge and industry practice, so you’ll be confident in taking up roles where writing, adapting, and debugging Linux drivers is the core responsibility

Yes, the recommended board for this program is 

  1. Beagle Bone AI
  2. Raspberry Pi 5

Program Calendar

Details
  • Starts: 25th Oct. 2025
  • Delivery: Live, Online
  • Time: 10:30am - 1pm (Weekends)
  • Duration: 8 Weekends
  • Fee: ₹22,420/- (Inclusive of GST)
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“There are few people having sounds of knowledge in Linux, and in that very few have teaching Skills. Raghu Sir is one of the best among them. He starts the topic from very basic and ends up with complete insight, so that he justifies the time and money of both freshers and experience, I am having 3 Years of experience and I am completely satisfied with the way of teaching and topics covered”
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“There are no words to describe knowledge of Raghu Sir in operating systems and device drivers. Right now working in Mediatek and everything I gained in my life all credit goes to Raghu sir and tech Veda only. Many wishes for tech Veda 😊”
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“You are an exceptional teacher who makes learning both enjoyable and effective. Your ability to explain complex concepts clearly and provide real-life examples helps us understand and retain the material. The way you encourage questions and foster a supportive environment makes everyone feel valued and motivated to participate. Your dedication, patience, and enthusiasm for teaching truly inspire us to do our best. Thank you for all the effort you put into helping us succeed”
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