A loadable kernel module (LKM) is an executable library that extends the capabilities of a running kernel, or so-called base kernel, of an operating system...
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added to the kernel as loadable kernel modules. Most BSD kernels FreeBSD OpenBSD NetBSD Linux kernel Android Other Unix/Unix-like kernels AIX Oracle Solaris...
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other operating systems such as FreeBSD and illumos in the form of loadable kernel modules. KVM was originally designed for x86 processors but has since been...
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Modprobe (redirect from Module-Init-Tools)
a Linux program that provides for loading a loadable kernel module into a Linux kernel, unloading a loaded module and many other related features. It...
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microkernel design. The Linux kernel is both monolithic and modular, since it can insert and remove loadable kernel modules at runtime. This central component...
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A NetWare Loadable Module (NLM) is a loadable kernel module (a binary code module) that can be loaded into Novell's NetWare operating system. NLMs can...
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enable and configure options for building ad hoc kernel executables (vmlinux) and loadable modules. Version 2.2, released on 20 January 1999, improved...
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Leszno, a Polish motorcycle racing team Loadable kernel module, an object code file used to extend the kernel of a computer's operating system Lokomotivbau...
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NetBSD (redirect from NetBSD kernel)
be leveraged by emulators such as QEMU. The kernel NVMM driver comes as a dynamically loadable kernel module, made of a generic machine-independent frontend...
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Microkernel (redirect from Micro kernel)
a small kernel, but one that supports a nanosecond clock resolution. Kernel (operating system) Exokernel Hybrid kernel Loadable kernel module Monolithic...
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requiring changes to kernel source code or loading kernel modules. Safety is provided through an in-kernel verifier which performs static code analysis...
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Dynamic library (section Dynamic loading)
object (DSO), or usually just shared object (SO). In Linux kernel it's called loadable kernel module (LKM). In OpenVMS, it's called shareable image. As an...
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requirements. It can either be used as a loadable kernel module or incorporated into the kernel; use as a loadable kernel module where possible is highly recommended[citation...
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Lsmod (category Linux kernel-related software)
command on Linux systems that lists each loadable kernel module that is loaded. Example output from lsmod: Module Size Used by af_packet 27392 2 8139too...
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software design technique Loadable kernel module, an object file that contains code to extend the running kernel Environment Modules, a software tool designed...
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a user-friendly tool set and syntax. An example Linux external loadable kernel module created using the Rust language was published by Taesoo Kim in 2013...
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Tomoyo Linux (category Linux kernel features)
x, but more than Tomoyo 2.x released as LKM (Loadable Kernel Module), so no recompilation of the kernel is necessary The name 'TOMOYO' is, officially...
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Cloop (category Third-party Linux kernel modules)
The compressed loop device (cloop) is a module for the Linux kernel. It adds support for transparently decompressed, read-only block devices. It is not...
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Device driver (redirect from Kernel driver)
drivers as parts of the kernel, separately as loadable modules, or as user-mode drivers (for certain types of devices where kernel interfaces exist, such...
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Unikernel/Exokernel (eg. SPIN's loadable kernel modules) ^1 CITI_TR_00-4 High-Performance Memory-Based Web Servers: Kernel and User-Space Performance. Philippe...
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as a runtime-loadable kernel module or directly incorporated into the operating system kernel, depending on the specifics of each kernel and user preferences...
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library, as a computer application, as a web application, or as a loadable kernel module. Wave editors are digital audio editors. There are many sources...
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kilooctet (computing), a unit of information or computer storage Loadable kernel module (file extension .ko) Real K-theory Kō Station (Aichi) on the Meitetsu...
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unofficial ship prefix for Deutsche Kriegsmarine Downloadable kernel module, a loadable kernel module in VxWorks Abbreviation of German Drehkolbenmotor, used...
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Linux (redirect from Linux Module List)
distributions List of games released on Linux List of operating systems Loadable kernel module Usage share of operating systems Timeline of operating systems util-linux...
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for Linux. Unusually among HALs, Adeos can be loaded as a Linux loadable kernel module to allow another OS to run along with it. Adeos was developed in...
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Shared library (section Dynamic loading)
systems automate this process. Loadable kernel module – Dynamically loadable module that extends a running operating system kernel Levine, John R. (2000). "9...
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Initial ramdisk (category Linux kernel)
this generic kernel image are included as loadable kernel modules because statically compiling many drivers into one kernel causes the kernel image to be...
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Link aggregation (redirect from Adaptive Transmit Load Balancing)
Linux distributions come with a Linux kernel which has the Linux bonding driver integrated as a loadable kernel module and the ifenslave (if = [network] interface)...
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file format allowing execution directly from static memory KO – Loadable kernel module LIB – a static library on Microsoft platforms LIST – variable list...
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