Linux, renowned for its robustness and flexibility, owes much of its adaptability to kernel modules. These modules are critical components that extend the kernel’s capabilities without requiring a ...

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, unless users inquire about ...

Blacklisting modules prevents them from being loaded and used, and it is sometimes an important step in keeping a system running properly. The Linux kernel is modular — composed of modules that work ...

Linuxサーバーの構築や運用保守において、ハードウェアドライバやファイルシステムなどの機能をシステムに組み込む際、依存関係のエラーに悩まされた経験はありませんか？ 具体的な管理ツールの名前や、実行時のオプション、起動時の自動化設定などの ...

Alexei Starovoitov posted some patches to allow the kernel to load regular ELF binaries (aka plain executables) as kernel modules. These modules would be able to run user-mode helper routines instead ...

I did something recently I haven’t done in a long time: I recompiled the Linux kernel. There was a time when this was a common occurrence. You might want a feature that the default kernel didn’t ...

こんにちは。3ページ目です。 興が乗ってきた気がします。いつもこの興は突然降りるので信用すると痛い目を見ます。 Makefileをもとにソフトウェアのビルド・インストールを行う。 Makefileはターゲットなどを定義する ↓カーネルのMakefileによって定義され ...

Well in my case insmod finds my module and modprobe doesn't.<BR><BR>I'm using SuSE 9.1 with a 2.4 kernel. I did a Yast online update which included a kernel update. After a restart my onboard LAN ...