An introduction to Linux Device Drivers - #1

Today we’ll be discussing a basic c code, the famous hello.c, which will be loaded as a kernel module and discuss some of the basic aspects related to it. #include <linux/init.h> #include <linux/module.h> MODULE_LICENSE (“GPL”); // included in module.h, tells about the license the code is having. static int __init hello_init (void) { printk (KERN_ALERT “Hello, worldn”); return 0; } static void __exit hello_exit (void) { printk (KERN_ALERT “Goodbyen”); }...

January 29, 2010 · Ratnadeep Debnath

Resolved ATI issue in Fedora

System Specifications : hp compaq 6515b,business series processor-AMD Turion 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Technology tl-50,clk rate 1600 mhz hardisk -80gb ram -1.5gb Video Video card features ATI Radeon X1250 Video Memory Shared video memory (UMA) Max Allocated RAM Size 512.0 MB Issues : Problem with the Graphical User Interface. System used to hang a lot. Moving and clicking with the mouse was a pain. Even there was a latency to browse the application menu....

June 24, 2009 · Ratnadeep Debnath