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# The Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide
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This project keeps the Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide up to date, with [working examples](examples/) for recent 5.x kernel versions.
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The guide has been around since 2001 and most copies of it on the web only describe old 2.6.x kernels.
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The book can be freely accessed via https://sysprog21.github.io/lkmpg/ or [latest PDF file](https://github.com/sysprog21/lkmpg/releases).
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The original guide may be found at [Linux Documentation Project](http://www.tldp.org/LDP/lkmpg/).
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You may check other [freely available programming books](https://ebookfoundation.github.io/free-programming-books/books/free-programming-books.html) listed by The [Free Ebook Foundation](https://ebookfoundation.org/) or [Linux online books](https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/browse?type=lcsubc&key=Linux) collected by [The Online Books Page](https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/).
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## Getting Started
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### Summary
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1. Get the latest source code from the [GitHub page](https://github.com/sysprog21/lkmpg).
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2. Install the prerequisites.
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3. Generate PDF and/or HTML documents.
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### Step 1: Get the latest source code
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Make sure you can run `git` with an Internet connection.
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```shell
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$ git clone https://github.com/sysprog21/lkmpg.git && cd lkmpg
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```
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### Step 2: Install the prerequisites
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To generate the book from source, [TeXLive](https://www.tug.org/texlive/) ([MacTeX](https://www.tug.org/mactex/)) is required.
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For Ubuntu Linux, macOS, and other Unix-like systems, run the following command(s):
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```bash
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# Debian / Ubuntu
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$ sudo apt install make texlive-full
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# Arch / Manjaro
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$ sudo pacman -S make texlive-most texlive-bin
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# macOS
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$ brew install --cask mactex
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$ sudo tlmgr update --self
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```
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Alternatively, using [Docker](https://docs.docker.com/) is recommended, as it guarantees the same dependencies with our GitHub Actions workflow.
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After install [docker engine](https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/) on your machine, pull the docker image [twtug/lkmpg](https://hub.docker.com/r/twtug/lkmpg) and run in isolated containers.
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```shell
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# pull docker image and run it as container
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$ docker pull twtug/lkmpg
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$ docker run --rm -it -v $(pwd):/workdir twtug/lkmpg
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```
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[nerdctl](https://github.com/containerd/nerdctl) is a Docker-compatible command line tool for [containerd](https://containerd.io/), and you can replace the above `docker` commands with `nerdctl` counterparts.
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### Step 3: Generate PDF and/or HTML documents
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Now we could build document with following commands:
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```bash
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$ make all # Generate PDF document
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$ make html # Convert TeX to HTML
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$ make clean # Delete generated files
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```
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## License
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The Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide is a free book; you may reproduce and/or modify it under the terms of the [Open Software License](https://opensource.org/licenses/OSL-3.0).
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Use of this work is governed by a copyleft license that can be found in the `LICENSE` file.
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The complementary sample code is licensed under GNU GPL version 2, as same as Linux kernel.
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