| Revision
History |
| Revision v1.09 |
2006-09-24 |
Revised by: bjh |
| Fix typos. |
| Revision v1.08 |
2006-03-03 |
Revised by: bjh |
| Add copyright information. |
| Revision v1.07 |
2005-07-20 |
Revised by: bjh |
| Add some 2.6 info and disclaimers.
Update references to Linux Device Drivers book, Linux Kernel Module
Programming Guide. |
| Revision v1.06 |
2005-01-12 |
Revised by: bjh |
| Cover Linux 2.6 briefly. Update
hello.c and reference to Lkmpg. Add information about perils of
unloading. Mention dmesg as way to see kernel messages. |
| Revision v1.05 |
2004-01-05 |
Revised by: bjh |
| Add information on module.h and
-DMODULE. Fix tldb.org to tldp.org. Add information on
kallsyms. |
| Revision v1.04 |
2003-10-10 |
Revised by: bjh |
| Fix typo: AHA154x should be AHA152x
Add information on what module names the kernel module loader calls
for. Add information on what an LKM does when you first load it.
Add information on loop module. Change linuxdoc.org to
tldp.org. |
| Revision v1.03 |
2003-07-03 |
Revised by: bjh |
| Update on kernels that don't load into
vmalloc space. Add explanation of "deleted" state of an LKM.
Explain GPLONLY. |
| Revision v1.02 |
2002-05-21 |
Revised by: bjh |
| Correct explanation of symbol
versioning. Correct author of Linux Device Drivers. Add info about
memory allocation penalty of LKM vs bound-in. Add LKM-to-LKM symbol
matching requirement. Add open source licensing issue in LKM symbol
resolution. Add SMP symbol versioning info. |
| Revision v1.01 |
2001-08-18 |
Revised by: bjh |
| Add material on various features
created in the last few years: kernel module loader, ksymoops
symbols, kernel-version-dependent LKM file location. |
| Revision v1.00 |
2001-06-14 |
Revised by: bjh |
| Initial release. |