- 1. Introduction 1m 5s
- 2. Installing Kernel Dependencies 2m 9s
- 3. Creating A Hello World Module 14m 26s
- 4. Building Character Devices 29m 25s
- 5. Helpful Resources 4m 52s
- 6. File Operations Explained 6m 42s
- 7. Files, Inodes, Dentry's And Inode Operations 9m 5s
- 8. Thanks For Watching 9s
Building A Linux Kernel Module
About this course
- 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
- C programming skills is recommended
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During the time I taught myself all of this many times I found articles from 2004 and they were outdated, this makes kernel development very difficult but I learnt a trick to make it all easier which I share in this course.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
- 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
Curriculum
8 Lessons • 1H 7M
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Daniel McCarthy
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Student reviews
I really like your explanation and I would love to see how to implement real life Linux modules