Wrapping Up Modules

This chapter looked at writing, building, loading, and unloading modules. We discussed what modules are and how Linux, despite being "monolithic," can load modular code dynamically. We discussed module parameters and exported symbols. We used a fictional fishing pole module (a creative device, if you will) to illustrate writing a module and adding features such as parameters to it.

The next chapter looks at kobjects and the sysfs filesystem, which are of paramount utility to device drivers and, consequently, modules.