Consider a hypothetical device driver.

考虑这样一个假想的设备驱动程序。

Then, open the device driver and get the file descriptor.

然后打开设备驱动器并获取文件描述符。

Also, you can use friendly name if your device driver supports it.

此外，如果您的设备驱动程序支持，则可以使用友好的名称。

Packets are enqueued for transmission and dequeued by the device driver.

数据包是由设备驱动进行入队传输和出队。

You will also be applying a patch (extra routines) to your device driver.

还需要对设备驱动程序应用一个补丁(附加例程)。

These kernel threads should be destroyed in the close of the device driver.

这些内核线程应该在设备驱动程序的close函数中进行销毁。

Why would anybody want to simulate hardware when developing a device driver?

为什么会有人想要在开发设备驱动程序时模拟硬件呢？

In this example the mad16 kernel device driver depends on the ad1848 device driver.

在这个例子里面，mad16内核设备驱动程序依赖于ad1848驱动。

For example, let's say that the foo device driver wants to register a device with devfs.

举例来说，假设foo设备驱动程序希望使用devfs注册设备。

This kernel thread should be destroyed in the close of the device driver in this pseudo code.

在下面的伪代码中，这个内核线程应该在设备驱动程序的close函数中进行销毁。

Generally speaking, the device handle is determined by the name of a particular device driver.

一般而言，设备句柄由具体设备驱动程序的名称决定。

So, what major number does the device driver developer supply with the call to register_? Dev ?

那么，设备驱动程序开发人员为调用register _——？ dev提供的主设备号应该是什么呢？

A bottom half is a way to defer work from interrupt handling to be done later in a device driver.

bottom half方法可以将设备驱动程序中的工作延迟到中断处理后执行。

Depending on your device driver, you may need to have a copy of the buffers, if the device has any.

根据设备驱动程序的不同，如果设备具有缓冲区，可能需要使用一个缓冲区的拷贝。

The access to a specific device is handled by traditional physical device driver associated with it.

对特定设备的访问由与它相关联的传统物理设备驱动程序处理。

DeviceName should be the same as the device name defined in the corresponding device driver program.

DeviceName应当与相应设备驱动程序定义的设备名称相同。

DSF is especially helpful in executing device driver kernel code where the device may not be present.

当设备可能不存在时，DSF特别有助于执行设备驱动程序内核代码。

The script USES WLAN tools and utilities to configure device driver parameters like WEP keys and SSIDs.

这个脚本使用WLAN工具和实用程序来配置设备驱动程序参数，例如WEP关键字和SSID。

When you exchange the adapter, the existing device driver supports the adapter because it is of the same type.

当您调换适配器时，现在的设备驱动程序会支持此适配器，因为它是同类型的。

This section highlights some of the important aspects of device driver porting from the 2.4 to 2.6 kernel.

本节重点介绍将驱动程序从2.4内核移植到2.6内核的一些重要方面。

To visit the device, the Linux kernel maps the device operation call to the device driver via the file system.

为了访问设备，Linux内核将设备操作调用通过文件系统映射到设备驱动程序。

NetBSD uses the cryptographic device driver (CGD) to implement an encrypted file system with a virtual device.

NetBSD 使用加密设备驱动程序 (CGD) 通过虚拟设备实现加密的文件系统。

Windows finds and then installs the iPhone device driver - the message appears as a pop-up from the System Tray.

Windows会自动找到并安装iPhone设备驱动程序——系统托盘弹出时会显示信息。

That way, when a process performs an operation on the device, the kernel knows what device driver should be referenced.

这样，进程对设备执行操作时，内核就会知道应该引用什么设备驱动程序。

A new ioctl command should be added to the device driver to control the interrupt simulation from the test application.

ioctl命令应该添加到设备驱动程序中，这样就可以从测试应用程序中控制对中断的模拟了。

Also Ubuntu and Linux in general has to deal with device driver problems. Only a few manufacturers provide Linux drivers.

我使用的打印机没有Linux驱动，而且Ubuntu和Linux总体上都要解决设备驱动问题，只有少数生产厂商提供Linux驱动。

When they are accessed, the kernel maps to the appropriate device driver by devfs device name, rather than by major number.

当它们被访问时，内核 通过 devfs 设备名称映射到合适的设备驱动程序，而不是通过主设备号。

Who has time to scour the internet for a device driver to work with hardware such as a video card or an external hard drive?

毕竟，谁有那么多的闲暇，去互联网上苦苦搜寻与显卡或外接硬盘之类硬件配套的设备驱动程序呢？

One unique feature of this module is that it takes advantage of the transparent load balancing provided by the device driver.

这个模块唯一的特性就是它利用设备驱动程序提供的透明负载均衡。

It could be in the kernel core per se, or in a device driver that is linked into the kernel either statically or dynamically.

它本身可以在内核中，也可以在静态或动态链接到内核的设备驱动例程中。