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 ...

Discover Tyr, the innovative new Linux kernel DRM graphics driver developed in Rust for modern ARM Mali CSF-based GPUs.

Describe the fundamentals of Linux Kernel driver development, the basic components of a Linux Kernel driver, and utilities use to build and load Linux Kernel Modules. Develop modifications to the ...

Linus Torvalds officially announced the stable release of the Linux kernel 6.15 on May 25, 2025. Its arrival was delayed for a few hours, Torvalds said, "because of a last-minute bug report resulting ...

The kernel, drivers, and modules all run in kernel space, a dedicated and restricted region of memory that is strictly out-of ...

haha you’re speaking my soul. i prefer to build my own kernel and winnow it down to a reasonable set of built-in drivers. i still have a lot of things as modules, but i like to have disk and ...

Up until about 10 years ago I wrote a lot of Linux device drivers. The last one I wrote was in '03, needless to say I'm out of practice (and out of date, that was for a 2.4 kernel). I've got 2 ...

NVIDIA has published the source code of its Linux kernel modules for the R515 driver, allowing developers to provide greater integration, stability, and security for Linux distributions.

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.

Editor's Note: Linux remains an attractive option for embedded systems developers. In fact, industry surveys such as the Embedded Market Study by UBM (EDN's parent company) consistently show interest ...