The modules.builtin file lists all modules that are built into the kernel and is used by modprobe when trying to load one of these modules. Note that $(uname -r) in the commands below provides the ...

The first step to manage Linux kernel modules is to know what modules are available and loaded on your system. You can use the lsmod command to list the currently loaded modules, their size, and ...

At the end of all these efforts we have not only learned how to write kernel modules and add new binary file formats to Linux, we have also learned to embrace the freedom of accepting the richness ...

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 ...

13 thoughts on “ Linux Fu: Kernel Modules Have Privileges ” ... Again, just talking about the kernel modules that would be loaded ALL THE TIME anyway. This is about your hard drive, ...

You might think of modules as the kernel equivalent of User Space processes. Modules are particularly useful for things like device drivers and file systems. Given the range and diversity of hardware ...

Once the module is loaded, press Ctrl-C inside the GDB window to pause the kernel, and look at the module_list pointer. The last module loaded should be at the head of the list. You can use a simple ...

With this second excerpt, Abbott discusses kernel modules and device drivers in Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5 and Part 6. In this final installment of the excerpt, Abbott continues this ...