Kernel drivers are the bridge between the Linux operating system and the hardware components of a computer. They play a crucial role in managing and facilitating communication between the OS and ...

Taiwanese chipmakers Via Technologies and XGI Technology have released the source code of various drivers in an attempt to improve Linux support for their products. Both companies, in announcing the ...

After years of hinting, Nvidia announced yesterday that it would be open-sourcing part of its Linux GPU driver, as both Intel and AMD have done for years now. Previously, Linux users who wanted to ...

[Johannes 4GNU_Linux] has been filming a video series on how to write Linux device drivers for a couple of years now, but luckily, you won’t need that long to watch them or to create your own driver.

Linux is soaring in popularity as an operating system (OS) in both the commercial and technical environments. One thing lagging behind, though, is the availability of drivers for data acquisition and ...

On Monday this week, kernel developer Greg Kroah-Hartman removed the drivers for Android from the Linux kernel’s staging tree, thus insuring that–for now–Android is not headed for the mainstream Linux ...