How Do Linux Kernel Drivers Work? - Learning Resource

If you want to hack the kernel, are interested in jailbreaks, or just want to understand computers better, Linux Device Drivers is a great book to get you started. I used it to learn the basics, and in this video I want to share what clicked for me. LEARN ON HEXTREE (ad) Learn hacking on Hextree: https://www.hextree.io/ Watch this video and more on Hextree: https://app.hextree.io/courses/yt-sys... Join the Hextree Discord:   / discord   LDD Book: https://lwn.net/Kernel/LDD3/ LDD3 Example Code Updated: https://github.com/martinezjavier/ldd3 CHAPTERS 00:00 - The Linux Resource That Helped Me at IBM 00:46 - Why Linux Device Drivers Is Still Useful 02:25 - Device Drivers as a Gateway Into the Kernel 04:26 - Kernel Modules and Character Devices 06:15 - Building and Loading a Hello World Module 08:47 - scull, Device Files, and Major and Minor Numbers 10:49 - Updating the Example and Mapping file_operations 12:41 - Opening and Writing to Our Character Device 15:32 - What Linux Files and Drivers Finally Mean SUPPORT Per video:   / liveoverflow   Per month:    / @liveoverflow   Buy my handwriting font (ad): https://shop.liveoverflow.com/ WATCH, FOLLOW & READ Second channel:    / liveunderflow   Twitch:   / liveoverflow   Twitter:   / liveoverflow   Instagram:   / liveoverflow   TikTok:   / liveoverflow_   LiveOverflow blog: https://liveoverflow.com/ Hextree blog (ad): https://www.hextree.io/blog #ReverseEngineering #LinuxSecurity #LiveOverflow (ad) LiveOverflow YouTube channel is supported by advertisement and product placement.