Debugging Modules Once you have UML up and running, it's time to play. I've written a very simple kernel module for testing. It uses four devices, /dev/gentest [0-3]. The module treats each device a ...

The Linux kernel mailing list (LKML) has returned to the oft-discussed topic of binary kernel modules. Considered by some to be a violation of the open source license used by the Linux kernel ...

A security module registers a set of security_operations function callbacks with the kernel by calling the function register_security (). If that fails, it means that some other security module ...

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 ...

Members of the open source community are working on a new security-focused project for the Linux kernel. Named Linux Kernel Runtime Guard (LKRG), this is a loadable kernel module that will perform ...

What is the kernel module for VirtualBox? Kernel takes care of your processor and other resources when you start VirtualBox on a host computer.

New Linux kernel "lockdown" module to limit high-privileged users -- even root -- from tampering with some kernel functionality.

Well, I have tried to install the Nvidia drivers and this is what I have done:downloaded the following files:kernel tar.gzGLX tar.gzThen I unzipped them and issued the following commands:make ...

Once loaded, modules are identified by their base name only. A module may, and usually does, contain references to external symbols such as printk. How do these external references get resolved?