Did anybody start project 1?

Kernel Modules!

LKM, part 2 (actually writing a module)
	
Utilities:
	insmod
	rmmod
	depmod
	lsmod 
	modinfo
	modprobe 

Inserting Modules:
	insmod or modprobe
	Unresolved symbols:
		- Symbols are exported from the kernel OR MODULES
		- Dependencies among modules
		- /proc/kallsyms
		- Use count
	remove with rmmod or modprobe -r
	Could not find kernel version
		- Descriptive error messages are sometimes lacking
	How do you tell if it worked?
		- Depends on the module
		- lsmod will tell you if it's there
	Automatic Loading
		- Do you really want this?  Maybe...probably not
		- unload after 1min with autoclean
	Where are LKMs found?
		- Usually /lib/modules

Versions:
	Kernel version must match module version
		- Memory layout, kernel subroutines, etc
		- Did anything important really change?  insmod -f
		- Symbol versioning
		- gcc versions
		- What about multiple kernels?
			+ People do that sometimes...
		- Symbol licensing errors and viral GPL

Boot without device drivers?
	- This is complicated and probably not a good idea
	- Loader can load stuff into RAM before kernel starts
	- Still need to understand FS and run programs

How insmod works:
	init_module system call
	init_module subroutine in module
		- Linking is done at insertion time
	
Debugging is possible with kdb

Memory:
	Linux kernel is not pageable - virtual addresses = real addresses
	Modules can't be paged either, but virtual addresses != real addresses
		- kmalloc

Demo:
	blink.c	

/proc filesystem:
	Demo adding something
	crypto.c
	Let's make read pedantic