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Why linux is a monolithic kernel, while you can load/unload modules (e.g. drivers)? [duplicate]
Hybrid- and Microkernels are flexible, in the way one can add any higher-level functionality as a module, is it not the same for linux kernels? Why then linux is called a monolithic?
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Determine whether kernel built-in driver supports a device
I'm trying to find a way to accurately determine whether all the hardware on some system has a valid driver installed either via a kernel module or built-in to the kernel.
I'm working with RHEL 5.5 ...
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Strange temporary network outage in Linux
I'm facing a very annoying problem that I noticed a week from now and for which I can't find an answer: my network suddenly stops responding, usually coming back exactly 25 seconds later. I was using ...
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USB 3.0 Device not enumerated on USB 3.0 Port in Debian 6.0 OS
I have installed Debian 6.0 OS (Linux kernel 2.6.32 )to test my USB Application as well as Driver.
My USB device is working fine on USB 2.0 Port without any issue.
But when i tried to connect the ...
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Why have a fake LR-WPAN driver?
In the Linux kernel configuration, a fake LR-WPAN driver can be enabled and added to the kernel that will be compiled. Why would someone want a fake LR-WPAN driver? I assume it would be for debugging, ...
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Make a new sniffer [closed]
How can use the Linux-kernel to supervise what is going on, about the new connections, new ports, connected hosts? Like I will do a new sniffer.
Which files should I monitor to know what is going ...
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Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 WLAN does not work on installed Arch
I have a Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 WLAN Controller in my netbook. When I boot the Arch live ISO and set up the network with wpa_supplicant everything works fine.
On the installed Arch I get the ...
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Error in building hello world module in kernel [migrated]
/*
* hello-1.c - The simplest kernel module.
*/
#include <linux/module.h> /* Needed by all modules */
#include <linux/kernel.h> /* Needed for KERN_INFO */
int ...
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How to configure linux to output to monitor
I'm currently running a lightweight Debian distro on a development board from Compulab. I have to login to the system via serial port everytime. The system has graphical card and the driver is ...
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Can anyone explain the output of mount?
I'm getting the following output when the mount command is executed.
[root@]# mount
/dev/sda2 on / type ext4 (rw)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type ...
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OS errors : kernel: EDAC k8 MC0: extended error code: ECC chipkill x4 [duplicate]
We noticed the server crashes with below errors. Not sure it is related to any defected piece of the hardware or totally not related to
Server detail:Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES release 4 (Nahant ...
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How to compile video4linux for ARM?
I would like to use a webcam using a Linux over ARM board. Through reading, I have discovered video4linux so I would like to compile it for ARM. My unique notes are:
git clone ...
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Why is the kernel boot failing?
I am trying to boot from 3.11.1 kernel image on my system having Ubuntu 12.04 (kernel 3.2.0-53)
I used make defconfig and then compiled, placed the image in /boot, updated GRUB, and then rebooted.
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Does a fault in a kernel module necessarily result in a system crash?
Or is it possible to overcome the fault, since the code isn't in the monolithic part of the kernel?
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How is nice working?
sched_setscheduler says :
All scheduling is preemptive: if a process with a higher static
priority becomes ready to run, the currently running process will be
preempted and ...
