In this second excerpt, Abbott discusses kernel modules and device drivers. In Part 1 of this excerpt the author worked through an example of a simple kernel module. In this installment, Abbott ...

Hope you get the basic idea of what is Linux Kernel modules and how to list the currently loaded modules in Linux Kernel. Let us move ahead and see how to view the details of a specific Kernel module.

The compilation produces several files. The file simple.ko represents the compiled kernel module. The following step illustrates inserting this module into the Linux kernel. #Loading and Removing ...

What’s more, is because module_param specifies 0644 — an octal Linux permission — there will be an entry in the /sys/modules directory that will let the root set or read the value of the key.

Although Linux does not (yet) support this binary format, the good news is that you can learn how to write kernel modules by implementing COM support for the Linux kernel.

We run bindgen on the kernel headers to generate automatic Rust FFI bindings. bindgen is powered by Clang, so we use the kernel's own build system to determine the appropriate CFLAGS.Then we write ...

Learn how to identify, fix, and prevent kernel panic errors in Linux by following some basic steps. This article covers hardware, driver, software, and configuration issues.

Blacklisting modules prevents them from being loaded and used, and it is sometimes an important step in keeping a system running properly. The Linux kernel is modular — composed of modules that ...

Installable kernel modules offer a very useful way to extend the functionality of the basic Linux kernel and add new features without having to rebuild the kernel. A key feature is that modules may be ...