• Learn Linux kernel development basics;
• Build your own Linux kernel module;
• Understand userspace device types;
• Use MMIO to communicate with the IMX UART peripheral!

Before beginning the tasks, please check out the lecture slides & notes here.

This is a list of curated sources of information to help you study kernel development on your own:

• EmbeTronicX tutorials: Usually it's pretty hard to find up-to-date tutorials on how to write drivers. While some core APIs have been the same for years, there's always one thing that changes every few releases and deprecates previously written materials. These 40+ bite-sized lessons are great for learning about the core systems you interact with while writing modules.
• Linux Weekly News: A news website containing discussions about new kernel features. Chances are that at some point you'll find a stack overflow answer linking back to one of these articles. In case you're worried about the paywalled articles, know that each week you get a composite release of recent articles (past 7 days). While this is still paywalled, the previous week's articles become free.
• Phoronix: Yet another news website, but more focused on hardware.