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What considerations need to be made when choosing the version of kernel for an embedded device?
I have used buildroot to successfully create a kernel, root file system and cross-compilers to enable me to write application code to run on an embedded device. Currently I have no need to write ...
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Decreasing mouse sensitivity at kernel level
I have developed a custom-GUI Server, which runs on virtual console of Linux.For mouse-handling purpose, it reads the mouse device file
/dev/input/mice
and retrieves the event data and updates ...
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Does linux modules/drivers belong to kernal space or user space
Some articles say that modules/drivers belong to kernel space as it take part in forming the kernel; (reference: http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/drivers_linux)
While others say that ...
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Another method instead of user/kernel space [closed]
Linux: I want thousands of processes to be written, just at the top mention its memory access permission by using macros. => Enough of Kernel/user modes, CPU modes, context switching in system calls ...
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Unable to install the selected kernel
I have problem with my DVD drive. It's corrupted and when I'm trying to install Ubuntu it stucks (even with the miniISO)
I was able to successfully start the OS from system rescue CD.
I'd like to ...
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How is the kernel loaded?
I am trying to understand the Linux boot process, and after reading quite some amount of documentation there is one point that I still can't seem to understand.
So the basicis is BIOS -> Grub MBR -> ...
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How to know what to enable in the kernel?
I'm a gentoo user. When compiling the kernel there are a lot of options which one may enable depending on one's hardware.
My question is how to know what to enable/disable, I'm aware of the hardware ...
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Writing a Linux file system for NFS
I want to write my own custom file system in Linux. Can I share it over standard NFS without making any changes to the local NFS server? If so what VFS APIs are required to be implemented by my file ...
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swap partition and its laws
I remember for choice of swap partition, we should use (swap > 2xRAM) at least.Of course it deprecated , because max of computer's ram is very high. kernel support it.
My question: i remember each ...
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Disadvantages of linux kernel module?
I am trying to understand the disadvantages of using Linux kernel modules. I understand the benefits of using them: the ability to dynamically insert code into a running system without having to ...
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USB_HID is not working
How do I get a usb keyboard to work? I have already selected and compiled the USB HID transport layer and I don't know what else to do.
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kgdb not returning control to gdb
I've compiled a kernel with kgdb support and I'm trying to debug it. I have two machines running, a debug machine (running the kgdb kernel) and the machine I'm using to debug it. They are connected ...
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USB3 Hard Drive Not Recognised by Linux
My external USB 3 hard drive is behaving very strangely:
If I plug it into a USB 2 port, it works fine
If I plug it into a USB 3 port, it doesn't work at all. It's not even mentioned in ...
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Kernel and QEMU : Unable to mount root fs error
I am trying to run a distro in the virtual disk image with a custom kernel,so that I can experiment and debug the kernel. I followed this to make a disk image and then install Debian to it. Now I ...
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Debugging Linux Kernel with QEMU
I was trying to study the debugging of kernel using QEMU. I tried initially and failed due to the fact that there was no virtual file system. The answers to this post suggests that there should be a ...
