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Where can I systematically study how to write Mac OS X device drivers?

Asked 2009-08-25T08:33:03.363
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I'm looking for an exhaustive, university-level book or guide to study in order to gain the ability of writing Mac OS X device drivers. I'm totally ignorant on this OS, but I'm already skilled on Linux.

Is there any Mac OS X counterpart for book "Linux Device Drivers"?

The best guide should introduce OS internals too, makes clear kernel space and userland differences and so on.

Thanks in advance

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Amit Singh's wonderful book Mac OS X Internals: A Systems Approach has an extensive section on kernel extensions, the IOKit and drivers. It's the best general resource on OS X internals that I know of, but it doesn't cover the latest system updates; it only covers up to the 10.4 release (Tiger).

answered 2009-08-25T08:42:37.570

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