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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Linux for Embedded and Real-time Applications, 3rd Edition by Doug Abbott offers a detailed, hands-on discussion that takes a developer from installation through application development. Presenting ...