Tag: Linux kernel
IT Pays To Be a Linux Expert
The IT industry is expected to hire many more Linux professionals this year, and to take extra measures to retain Linux talent within organisations....
Getting Started with SystemTap
If programming is an art, then debugging is even more so. To be a good programmer, one must master debugging. We have seen some...
Device Drivers, Part 10: Kernel-Space Debuggers in Linux
This article, which is part of the series on Linux device drivers, talks about kernel-space debugging in Linux.
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Device Drivers, Part 9: Input/Output Control in Linux
This article, which is part of the series on Linux device drivers, talks about the typical ioctl() implementation and usage in Linux.
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Using QEMU for Embedded Systems Development, Part 2
In the previous articles, we learnt how to use QEMU for a generic Linux OS installation, for networking using OpenVPN and TAP/TUN, for cross-compilation...
CodeSport
In this month's column, we will look at how software upgrades could lead to failure in some cases, and how online software updates can...
Using QEMU for Embedded Systems Development, Part 1
Last month, we covered the basic use of QEMU. Now let's dig deeper into its abilities, looking at the embedded domain.
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Linux Kernel Development Using Git
This article looks at setting up Git and using it for Linux kernel development. It is aimed at developers who would like to move...
Getting Started with Inotify
Inotify is a Linux kernel feature that provides an event-driven framework for applications to monitor changes in the filesystem. This article demonstrates how to...
Debian 6.0 ‘Squeeze’: What’s New?
With its extremely long release cycle (this one took two years), Debian 6.0 Squeeze was rolled out on February 6th, amidst jokes like, "See...
