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 ...

In the 2.5 kernel development series, Rusty Russell rewrote the way Linux kernel modules work. In previous kernels, the majority of the module loading logic was stored in user space. With Rusty's ...

As of the 2.5.31 kernel, there were 88 different function pointers needed. The majority of these functions not needed by most security models, but they must be implemented, or the kernel will not work ...

Kernel contributor Andrew Morton suggested that the kernel developers "give people 12-months warning (time to work out what they're going to do, talk with the legal dept, etc.) then make the ...

The kernel module does pretty much the same, ... The post seems to be several years old, the module is built against kernel 4.15. Does the example code even work on anything recent?

The timeframe for shipping the GKI to consumers is "Android 12," and since this core kernel work only happens on new devices, all eyes will be on the Pixel 6 to see how ambitious Google's first ...

The Linux kernel is modular — composed of modules that work together but are largely independent of each other. New functionality can be added when a kernel module is loaded, but there are times ...

If you’ve done any wireless work with hobby electronics you probably recognize this part. The green PCB is an RFM12B wireless board. They come in a few different operating bandwidths, the 433… ...

Image: Nvidia. It would be useful for someone to do a temperature check of Hell because after years of queries and requests, Nvidia has released on GitHub the source code for its GPU kernel ...

Keep in mind that modules execute in Kernel Space at Privilege Level 0 and thus are capable of bringing down the entire system. A Module Example Create a new Eclipse Makefile project in the ...