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You can load any module that has been compiled and installed to a /lib/modules subdirectory using two commands: insmod and modprobe. …

A kernel module is an object file that contains code to extend the running kernel of an operating systems. It …

DMA (Direct memory access) is an alternative method of communication to I/O ports that permits the device to transfer data …

I/O (Input/Output) ports (also referred to as I/O addresses) are unique locations in memory reserved for communications between the CPU and …

An interrupt request (IRQ) is a hardware signal sent to the processor instructing it to suspend its current activity and …

The /proc directory in on a Linux system contains information about system resources. It is a virtual filesystem that is created dynamically by Linux …