| Revision History |
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| Revision v1.09 | 2006-09-24 | Revised by: bjh |
| Fix typos. |
| Revision v1.08 | 2006-03-03 | Revised by: bjh |
| Add copyright information. |
| Revision v1.07 | 2005-07-20 | Revised by: bjh |
| Add some 2.6 info and disclaimers.
Update references to Linux Device Drivers
book, Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide. |
| Revision v1.06 | 2005-01-12 | Revised by: bjh |
| Cover Linux 2.6 briefly.
Update hello.c and reference to Lkmpg.
Add information about perils of unloading.
Mention dmesg as way to see kernel messages. |
| Revision v1.05 | 2004-01-05 | Revised by: bjh |
| Add information on module.h and -DMODULE.
Fix tldb.org to tldp.org.
Add information on kallsyms. |
| Revision v1.04 | 2003-10-10 | Revised by: bjh |
| Fix typo: AHA154x should be AHA152x
Add information on what module names the kernel module loader
calls for. Add information on what an LKM does when you first
load it. Add information on loop module. Change linuxdoc.org
to tldp.org. |
| Revision v1.03 | 2003-07-03 | Revised by: bjh |
| Update on kernels that don't load into vmalloc space.
Add explanation of "deleted" state of an LKM.
Explain GPLONLY. |
| Revision v1.02 | 2002-05-21 | Revised by: bjh |
| Correct explanation of symbol versioning.
Correct author of Linux Device Drivers.
Add info about memory allocation penalty of LKM vs bound-in.
Add LKM-to-LKM symbol matching requirement.
Add open source licensing issue in LKM symbol resolution.
Add SMP symbol versioning info. |
| Revision v1.01 | 2001-08-18 | Revised by: bjh |
| Add material on various features created in the last few
years: kernel module loader, ksymoops symbols,
kernel-version-dependent LKM file location. |
| Revision v1.00 | 2001-06-14 | Revised by: bjh |
| Initial release. |