Small Linux-based devices often need to load firmware before a filesystem is available. A new kernel feature would replace driver-specific code with a general API for getting all needed firmware up ...

Editor's Note: Linux remains an attractive option for embedded systems developers. In fact, industry surveys such as the Embedded Market Study by UBM (EDN's parent company) consistently show interest ...

A new interface for implementing device drivers outside the kernel has one project saving about 5,000 lines of code. The concept of supporting user-space drivers has appeared on LWN a few times before ...

Although 6.15.4 is a stabilization patch, it reinforces trends and priorities in the kernel’s evolution. Network-first ...

NVIDIA has published the source code of its Linux kernel modules for the R515 driver, allowing developers to provide greater integration, stability, and security for Linux distributions. The source ...

A computer cannot meet its requirements unless it communicates with its external devices. An interrupt is a communication gateway between the device and a processor. The allocation of an interrupt ...

While not necessarily an easy thing to learn, the ability to reverse engineer embedded device firmware is an incredibly useful skill. Reverse engineering firmware allows you to analyze a device for ...

Your USB peripherals may be making your PC vulnerable to hackers. The data security firm Eclypsium reports that the majority of Windows and Linux-based peripherals use “unsigned” firmware that leaves ...