General concepts

This information at an overview level describes concepts that apply across different device drivers and kernel features.

How devices are accessed by Linux
Applications on Linux® access character and block devices through device nodes, and network devices through network interfaces.
Devices in sysfs
Most of the device drivers create structures in sysfs. These structures hold information about individual devices and are also used to configure and control the devices.
Kernel and module parameters
Kernel and module parameters are used to configure the kernel and kernel modules.

Parent topic: Device Drivers, Features, and Commands on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4