linux-module-course

A simple Linux module development course.

Linux System and Compilation Environment Setup

Install Multipass and VirtualBox

Download and Install Multipass

1. Open your browser and navigate to https://multipass.run/ .
2. Click the "Windows" icon, then click "Download Multipass for Windows" to begin downloading the installer.
3. Double-click the downloaded Multipass installer.
4. Follow the installation process by clicking Next in each step until installation completes. Note: For Home Edition users, VirtualBox is required.

Download and Install VirtualBox

1. Open your browser and navigate to https://www.virtualbox.org/ .
2. Click Download and then choose Windows hosts to download the installer.
3. Double-click the downloaded VirtualBox installer.
4. Follow the installation process by clicking Next to complete the installation.

Virtual Machine Setup

Create a Virtual Machine

multipass launch -n xqjcool -c 2 -m 4G -d 20G --timeout 1800 --network Wi-Fi

List all Virtual Machines

multipass list

Start/Stop/Suspend a VM

multipass start/stop/suspend VMname

Mount Directory to VM Directory

On VM: mkdir shared_with_win11

On Windows: create a directory "ubuntu_shared" for share.

Enable multipass mount option: Run PowerShell as administrator, multipass set local.privileged-mounts=true

In Windows PowerShell: multipass mount "D:\ubuntu_shared" xqjcool:/home/ubuntu/shared_with_win11

Install Compilation Environment

Update System

sudo apt update sudo apt upgrade -y

Install Kernel Headers

sudo apt install linux-headers-$(uname -r)

Install Development Tools

sudo apt install build-essential

Install Kernel Source

sudo apt install linux-source

cd /usr/src/ sudo tar -xvf linux-source-*.tar.bz2

SSH Key and GitHub

Create SSH Key Pair

ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "youremaliaddress"