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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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“Acpi-State” in slabtop's output gets increased — what is it? Is it a bug?
Since boot it gets increased occupying even more RAM than anything else:
Active / Total Objects (% used) : 680608 / 719176 (94.6%)
Active / Total Slabs (% used) : 17390 / 17390 (100.0%)
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How to determine which module taints the kernel?
My kernel keeps panicking when connected to a certain wireless network. I'd like to send a bug report but my kernel is apparently tainted. From /var/log/messages:
Apr 17 21:28:22 Eiger kernel: ...
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How should I solicit feedback from a tree maintainer for patches sent to the lkml?
I have submitted a patch to the linux kernel that has gotten several reviews and gone through a couple iterations on the mailing list. It has been ACKed and reviewed by two developers, but they say ...
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Problem with keyboard backlight in Asus N56VZ. Suspected asus-wmi problem
I use Ubuntu mainline kernel 3.8.x and 3.9.RCx on Linux Mint 14. On those kernels keyboard backlight is not working very consistently.
Sometimes kernel boots and keyboard brightness is available. ...
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Building and loading modules Beagle board - xM Rev C
I'm using Linux kernel 2.6.38 on Beagle board - xM Rev C and I want to build and load modules. I'm selected HID gadget as a module in menuconfig ([M] HID Gadget) but I don't know how to load g_hid.ko ...
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how to uniformly execute benchmarks on linux
I am doing project on adapting Linux for scalable multi core architecture. I am testing Linux's performance with benchmarks. When I am running the benchmarks in the system then other programs like ...
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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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sigaction(7): semantics of siginfo_t's si_code member
I've got a long-running program (becomes a daemon with daemon(3) call) that exits on Signal 11 (Segmentation Violation) every so often. I can't tell why. So, I wrote a SIGSEGV handler, set using the ...
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GRUB2 and kernel vga= parameter
According to the documentation, use of the vga= kernel parameter is deprecated as of GRUB2. The fact that some newer kernels don't seem to support it anymore on certain adapters is of no concern as ...
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Address types used in Linux
I am trying to understand the Memory address types used by the Linux kernel, which are
User virtual address
Physical address
Bus address
Kernel logical address
Kernel virtual address
I understood ...
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What are the other congestion control algorithms specially designed for lossy Wireless Networks like LTE and WiMax?
I am trying different congestion control algorithms for getting maximum throughput and minimum delay across my setup for TCP flow.Please suggest other available algorithms apart from
Veno, ...
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Install x11 on my own linux system
I have developed my own tiny linux file system using buildroot and busybox. I used linux-2.6.38.8 kernel configured and cross-compiled for target system(X86) according to needs.Now the filesystem is ...
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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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is it possible to use gSOAP to make a simple web service in uclinux, using LPC…?
all I am a new,
just want to use gsoap to make a simple web service in uclinux,
then changed the "CC=gcc" to "arm-uclinuxaeb-gcc" in the makefile,
then make,but giving many errors
is it possible to ...
