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Linux Kernel Development Course
Rating: 4.3 out of 5(149 ratings)
7,770 students

Linux Kernel Development Course

Learn how to develop Linux kernel modules from someone who has done it professionally
Created byDaniel McCarthy
Last updated 6/2025
English

What you'll learn

  • You will learn how to build a linux kernel module
  • You will learn how to build a character device
  • You will learn essential linux skills

Course content

4 sections9 lectures1h 12m total length
  • Introduction1:05

Requirements

  • C programming skills is recommended

Description

Daniel McCarthy has worked in senior Linux kernel development positions creating third party kernel drivers for the Linux kernel for a private company. This course is designed for beginners who want to learn kernel development


Have you ever wanted to create your very own Linux kernel module and start writing kernel code?

Well this step by step course is designed to teach you just that, we start off by installing all the dependencies we need, then we create the simplest kernel module we can a "Hello World" module that just prints "Hello World" from kernel space.

Finally we create a character device module that allows user programs to send data to us and read data from us. Think "/dev/random"

During the time I taught myself how to write kernel drivers a lot of the time I found articles from 2004 and they were outdated, this makes kernel development very difficult but I learnt a trick to make it all easier which I share in this course.

This course is designed to clear up all the misconceptions every detail of what we are doing is explained in depth and nothing is left out

Taught by an expert that that has created kernel modules professionally in the work place.

Who this course is for:

  • Beginner Kernel Developers