History Some form of module support has been around since Linux 1.2. However, modern kernels can be built to include support for things or support them as modules.

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 ...

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.

Linux seller evicts closed-source modules from open-source Linux, but provides customers a download option. Written by Stephen Shankland, Contributor Aug. 1, 2006, 4:12 a.m. PT ...

What are Linux modules? Kernel modules are chunks of code that are loaded and unloaded into the kernel as needed, thus extending the functionality of the kernel without requiring a reboot. In fact ...

The distributed security module is part of DSI. The purpose of implementing DSM is to enforce access control and to provide labeling for the IP messages across the nodes of the cluster with the ...

“For Linux distribution providers, the open-source modules increase ease of use. They also improve the out-of-the-box user experience to sign and distribute the NVIDIA GPU driver.

Our album is now fully playable as a loadable Linux kernel module.” In other words, because why not? The album is called Cycles Per Instruction and the kernel module can be found on GitHub.

The linux/kernel.h and linux/module.h header files are the two most basic for any module development, and you are likely to need them for any module you write. It is best if these headers (unlike ...

Our objective in this chapter is to introduce the basics of Linux device drivers. We’ll begin with the concept of installable kernel modules. Then we’ll look at the basic device driver APIs in the ...