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https://github.com/pat8901/hello-world-driver

Hello world device driver written in C. The project documents the first steps in learning about device drivers for Linux.
https://github.com/pat8901/hello-world-driver

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Hello world device driver written in C. The project documents the first steps in learning about device drivers for Linux.

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This is a hello world device driver written in C.

The goal of this project to take the first steps in learning about how device drivers work in linux.

Commands to know:

(list loaded drivers)
lsmod

(list a specific driver, if found)
lsmod | grep "driver_name"

(insert a driver)
insmod "driver_name"

(print kernel messages found at the end)
dmesg | tail

(remove a driver)
rmmod "driver_name"