The Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide
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The Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide View on GitHub Download PDF document The Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide Peter Jay Salzman, Michael Burian, Ori Pomerantz, Bob Mottram, Jim Huang May 27, 2026 1 Getting Started 1 Introduction 1.1 Authorship 1.2 Acknowledgements 1.3 What Is A Kernel Module? 1.4 Kernel module package 1.5 What Modules are in my Kernel? 1.6 Is there a need to download and compile the kernel? 1.7 Before We Begin 1.8 QEMU-Based Development Environment 2 Kernel Headers 3 Examples 4 Hello World 4.1 The Simplest Module 4.2 Hello and Goodbye 4.3 The __init and __exit Macro
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