Forum: Kernel

dear frens, i am in delima so if somecan help please do i gonna be dead soon what are these lines of codes do in c programming? 1) #if...

Hi I just attempted to compile a kernel for the first time, but when I boot, I get the message Kernel Panic: No init found. Try passing init=...

Hi, I've tried to patch the 2.6.12.2 kernel in order to use the iptables -m layer7 classifier. I followed the instructions from...

hi all, i wanted to know if i should update my kernel. if it's worth the trouble, could you tell me how to do it exactly? because i wouldn't want to...

I'm doing a CS project. I would like to boot my RH9 kernel at runlevel 5, but my experimental kernel at level 3. How could I do that?

Hi all, Could anyone give me any sample code of a driver of "Video Capture Card " connected to the PCI slot of PC ? It would be nice too if...

Hello, I hope someone can help me with this. I am trying to get an old unix program running on a ubuntu PC. The output from the file command says,...

hai geeks, i am newbie.i am using kernel 2.4.i want to have 2.6 along with 2.4.what is the procedure for this. bye

Hi, I am very confused about the lock funtion "spin_lock(&sem)" and "spin_lock_bh(&sem)". If I have a critical section and I used a function named...

Hey, I wrote a module and ran it, however it made the machine hanging up. Then I have to restart the computer. After restarting, I typed `dmesg'...

I am trying to build a image to boot into ram via tftp to another machine, but when I go to boot the machine I get Warning: unable to open a...

First, let me give you guys alittle background. I've been using Linux on and off for over a year now (using the LiveCDs), but in the last 2 months...

hi all, whether RH linux kernel 2.4.20-8 supports IPV6 by default or not ?? if not what should i do ? where can i get the sources compatabile to...

I am doing a small project in which i m designing a new system call to encrypt/decrypt files. My problem goes like this: 1> Previously up until...

Dear Friends., i am a software professional, especially in academic section, recently fedup with windows platform and fixed myself to migrate to...

hi all, I just started working on RH Linux Kernel. Do you have any references for "how to write our own system calls in Linux", which explains...

Hi guys, Need your help. I was compiling the 2.6.7 kernel for my Compulab Armcore board. After getting the kernel source from kernel.org, i...

Hey, Does Anyone Have Any 2.6 Kernel Compiled With The BootSplash Patch, I Have Had Problems Compiling It And The One That Did Compile Grub...

Hi, I am new to this forum and newbie to device drivers. I need to port a device driver code from Solaris to Linux. The Solaris code uses DDI...

Hi All, I am very much a newbie and as such predictably I am still nervous when working in the shell in case I do something disasterous. Whilst I...