Linux Kernel and Driver Development Services

Unfortunately, at present, there is no single driver that will fit all the different versions of the kernel. If a new version of the kernel is compatible with the previous one, it might be enough to make a few tweaks to the driver. If it’s not compatible, we might need to rewrite the driver completely.

Yes! If it makes sense. If you’re going to sell your device worldwide or if there is a large demand for your device or the functionality it offers, we can integrate the driver with the mainline kernel so people around the world can easily find and install it.

A driver is configured in the device tree. It’s a special file needed to enable and set up the driver. It is used by Linux kernel for managing hardware components.

A binary module can’t be used with different versions of the kernel. It must be compiled for a specific version. But the source code may be compatible with different kernel versions. If you have the source code, we can install the module using the "compile by install" method where we build the module for a new Linux version.

A good way is to create a file in the "/dev" directory. System calls like read, write, ioctl (input.output control) may be used. The file appears in the file system after we have configured a driver in the device tree.

The Linux kernel has pre-installed drivers for some popular standard interfaces such as SPI, I2C, USB, etc. You can control the device in the user-space using these interfaces.

Sure! Our Linux drivers development services include testing and bug fixing, so the drivers you get are fully tested by our team. We run automated tests for software drivers and also use manual testing methods.