Ubuntu Unleashed 2019 Edition: Covering 18.04, 18.10, 19.04

how to build and install modules, and how to compile drivers in Ubuntu. This chapter also teaches you important asp ...

other Linux distributions, includes a kernel packaged with add-on software that interacts with the ker ...

of our lives. In this chapter, we chose to use the version numbers for a recent LTS release of Ubuntu. The versio ...

a list. However, knowing that a parameter exists and might relate to something you are looking for can assis ...

application but cannot (or often does not) write the documentation. The comments the programmer puts in the ...

modules would be loaded; the kernel could be kept smaller, and adding hardware was much simpler. The typical ...

covers the tools provided to manage modules and then looks at a few examples of using them. Linux provid ...

/modules.dep. If you make changes to the file /etc/modprobe.conf, run depmod -a manually. The depmod command, its ...

To remove a module, joydev in this example, use the following: Click here to view code image matthew@sey ...

Conduct a system update when Ubuntu has not yet provided precompiled kernels Experiment with the system ...

Extraversion level—This is the number representing a collection of patches and additions made to the kernel b ...

allow multiple kernel versions to be compiled and tailored for different functions: You just change the sy ...

You issue the following command in the /usr /src/linux-4.15 directory: Click here to view code image matthew@se ...

Apply the patch like this: Click here to view code image -patch -p1 < patch_filename > mypatch. ...

Ubuntu provides a full set of .config files in the subdirectory configs, all named for the type of system ...

following: zImage—This directive compiles the kernel, creating an uncompressed file called zImage. bzImage—This ...

compiled as a module. A response of ? displays context help for that specific options, if available. ...

through the entire configuration from scratch. Instead, you can use the directive make oldconfig; it uses ...

Loadable module support Determines whether the kernel enables drivers and other nonessential code to be compiled ...

covers drivers for specific cards, chipsets, and tunable parameters for the SCSI protocol. Old CD-ROM drivers Configu ...