At the 2001 Linux Kernel Summit, NSA developers presented their work on Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) and emphasized the need for enhanced security support in the main Linux kernel. In the ensuing ...

The process of building a kernel has two parts: configuring the kernel options and building the source with those options. In versions before the 2.5 kernel, configuration was driven by a Config.in ...

I'm nowhere near an expert, so maybe I'm missing something simple. Anyhow, Fedora released a new kernel today (2.6.7-1.494.2.2(smp)) & linux-ntfs doesn't have an rpm available, so I figured I'd just ...

This course provides an introduction to Kernel programming for the Linux operating system, and the development of Linux kernel drivers for Embedded devices. The Yocto build system is introduced, which ...

Editor's Note: Linux remains an attractive option for embedded systems developers. In fact, industry surveys such as the Embedded Market Study by UBM (EDN's parent company) consistently show interest ...

For a moment, it seemed like things could happen pretty quickly. Martin Bligh suggested that, rather than trying to nickel-and-dime binary modules to death, it would be more honest to just ban them ...