FreeBSD Device Drivers: From First Steps to Kernel Mastery

🌐 Live Site

Production URL: https://freebsd.edsonbrandi.com
Repository: https://github.com/ebrandi/FDD-book

📖 About the Book

"FreeBSD Device Drivers: From First Steps to Kernel Mastery" - is a comprehensive, community-driven guide to writing device drivers for FreeBSD. The book covers everything from basic concepts to advanced topics like interrupt handling, DMA, and performance optimization.

What You'll Learn

• Foundation & Environment: UNIX fundamentals, C programming, and development setup
• Core Driver Development: Building your first device driver and understanding kernel modules
• Advanced System Programming: Concurrency, synchronization, and memory management
• Hardware Integration: PCI drivers, interrupts, DMA, and power management
• Debugging & Optimization: FreeBSD-specific debugging tools and performance tuning
• Professional Development: Portable drivers, specialized hardware, and open-source contribution

Project Structure

FDD-book/
├── content/              # Book content (Markdown files)
│   ├── appendices/       # Appendix markdown files
│   └── chapters/         # Chapter markdown files by part
├── examples/             # Book Code Examples
│   ├── appendices/       # Source Code from appendices
│   └── chapters/         # Source Code from appendices
├── translations/         # Book content translated
│   └── pt_BR/            # Content in pt_BR
│       ├── appendices/   # 
│       └── chapters/     # 
└── scripts/              # Utility scripts

📝 Content Management

Adding New Chapters

1. Create a new markdown file in the appropriate part directory:

   content/chapters/part1/chapter-07.md

2. Add YAML frontmatter:

   ---
   title: "Chapter Title"
   description: "Chapter description"
   chapter: 7
   part: 1
   status: "draft"  # planned, draft, revised, complete
   estimatedReadTime: 15
   lastUpdated: "2025-01-14"
   author: "Author Name"
   reviewer: "Reviewer Name"
   ---

3. Write your content in Markdown format

Adding New Appendices

1. Create a new markdown file in the appendices directory:

   content/appendices/appendix-f.md

2. Add YAML frontmatter:

   ---
   title: "Appendix Title"
   description: "Appendix description"
   status: "draft"
   estimatedReadTime: 10
   lastUpdated: "2025-01-14"
   author: "Author Name"
   reviewer: "Reviewer Name"
   ---

Content Status Types

• planned: Content is planned but not yet started
• draft: Initial content written, needs review
• revised: Content reviewed and revised
• complete: Content finalized and ready for publication

🤝 Contributing

We welcome contributions! Please see our Contributing Guide for detailed information.

Ways to Contribute

• Content: Add new chapters, improve existing content
• Review: Technical review and proofreading
• Translation: Help translate the book to other languages
• Code: Improve the website and add features
• Issues: Report bugs and suggest improvements

Development Workflow

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch: git checkout -b feature/your-feature
3. Make your changes
4. Test your changes: npm run build
5. Commit your changes: git commit -m "Add your feature"
6. Push to your fork: git push origin feature/your-feature
7. Create a Pull Request

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

🙏 Acknowledgments

• The FreeBSD development community
• All contributors and reviewers
• The open-source community for tools and inspiration

📞 Support

• Website: https://freebsd.edsonbrandi.com
• Repository: https://github.com/ebrandi/FDD-book
• Issues: GitHub Issues
• Discussions: GitHub Discussions

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Author: Edson Brandi ([email protected]) Website: https://freebsd.edsonbrandi.com
Repository: https://github.com/ebrandi/FDD-book