Developing Embedded Linux Device Drivers (LFD435)

I like the hands-on, interactive experience provided by Leo.

My questions were answered with great satisfaction.

I really liked the labs, they were spread out throughout each day, rather than 6 hours of lectures, and then some labs.

Good explanation of Linux concepts.

I really enjoyed the course overall. The instructor was very pleasant and thorough. I appreciated the happy atmosphere, and willingness to answer questions. The instructor clearly knows the material, and was able to pass on his knowledge.

I liked the way everything was broken down, and if we needed to go into more detail on some of the background info, we could with the appendices.

We got down into the weeds, and he explained how things worked. I’m walking away know the ‘how’, ‘what’ and ‘why of device drivers, instead of leaving it up to abstractions, and trusting that things just work. I’m also now considering writing my own personal module/driver for my Linux machine at home, just to tinker.

I like the hands-on labs

Instructor was friendly and helpful. We were given sufficient time to do the labs.

The class covered a lot of the material required to write my own Linux kernel drivers from scratch. Additionally covered a lot of other SW engineer knowledge, specifically from a Linux perspective. The quantity and depth of knowledge were both appropriate.

Instructor was great at talking at a pace I could understand, answering questions, and being friendly enough where I didn’t feel embarrassed asking questions I thought were dumb.

I liked learning a lot of new concepts that I had never known about. The explanations were pretty clear, and he would provide examples of when some functionality or approach would be used, such as when a driver built into the kernel would be advantageous or disadvantageous to simply building a kernel module. Things like this, where the instructor brings in real-world applications and experiences, is a fantastic resource.

I liked seeing the labs work when I tested them. I will definitely try this out more on my own.

The well-rounded approach. Generally, anyone who is familiar with Linux and C programming could take this course, and understand most of it.

I learnt a lot about Kernel-level programming, and was able to freely ask the instructor for further information on topics that piqued my interest.

I appreciate that the instructor has real-world experience with driver development and kernel programming. It is helpful to hear about these experiences. I also liked the on–the-fly diagrams that the instructor created, to supplement the training manual.

I liked the use of QEMU for the course, it gave me some exposure for using QEMU to emulate hardware.

The instructor was thoroughly versed in the subject matter, and delivered the course at a comfortable pace.

The supplied solutions were well conceived, and will be immensely useful when revisiting this course.

John provided a great class on Linux driver development for embedded systems. He was able to answer all questions throughout the week, and presented the class with good humor and professionalism. I would recommend him as a trainer without hesitation.

I like that the course covered all the important topic areas, but also had plenty of depth in each area.

The format of teaching concepts and principles, followed by labs. The lab solutions are great, I believe essential, and from my experience they work.