Anatomy of Linux Loadable Kernel Modules

Jul 23, 2008, 03:30 (0 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by M. Tim Jones)

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"Dynamically alterable means that you can load new functionality into the kernel, unload functionality from the kernel, and even add new LKMs that use other LKMs. The advantage to LKMs is that you can minimize the memory footprint for a kernel, loading only those elements that are needed (which can be an important feature in embedded systems)."

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