Building A Linux Kernel Module
Overview
Course Description
What you'll learn
- You will learn how to build a linux kernel module
- You will learn how to build a character device
- You will learn essential linux skills
Requirements
- C programming skills is recommended
Description
Have you ever wanted to create your very own Linux kernel module and start writing kernel code?
Well this step by step course is designed to teach you just that, we start off by installing all the dependencies we need, then we create the simplest kernel module we can a "Hello World" module that just prints "Hello World" from kernel space.
Finally we create a character device module that allows user programs to send data to us and read data from us. Think "/dev/random"
During the time I taught myself all of this many times I found articles from 2004 and they were outdated, this makes kernel development very difficult but I learnt a trick to make it all easier which I share in this course.
This course is designed to clear up all the misconceptions every detail of what we are doing is explained in depth and nothing is left out
Taught by an expert that that has created kernel modules professionally in the work place. Primarily virtual file system modules
Who this course is for:
- Beginner Kernel Developers
What you'll learn
Requirements
No course requirements
Who this course is for
Course Content
- Lecture 1 - Introduction 01:05 Preview
- Lecture 2 - Installing Kernel Dependencies 02:09 Preview
- Lecture 3 - Creating A Hello World Module 14:26 Preview
- Lecture 4 - Building Character Devices 29:25
- Lecture 5 - Helpful Resources 04:52
- Lecture 6 - File Operations Explained 06:42
- Lecture 7 - Files, Inodes, Dentry's And Inode Operations 09:05
- Lecture 8 - Thanks For Watching 00:09
About the instructor
- 4.88 Instructor Rating
- 11 Reviews
- 388 Students
- 12 Courses
Daniel McCarthy
Dragon Zap Instructor
I am a software engineer that has been programming for 14+ years. My experience is vast and covers web development all the way to compiler and interpreter development. I have also developed bootloaders and kernels that can boot from the FAT(File Allocation Table) filesystem.I have developed two programming languages of my own. One is called Craft language. The other is called Marble which is a web language like PHP. I am currently developing a C compiler.
I have experience in the following programming languages: C, C++, Java, x86 Assembly language, PHP, HTML5, JAVASCRIPT, CSS, Craft, Marble
I also have programmed Linux kernel modules professionally in the workplace.
These days I am focused on providing my years of expertise to students to help them grow as professional software engineers.
Student feedback
- Stars 5
- Stars 4
- Stars 3
- Stars 2
- Stars 1
0.00
Course Rating
Reviews
Rate This Course
What would you rate this course?
-
Related Courses
Not sure?
Every course comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee