Managing Kernel Modules

Question 1

What are some of the things the kernel is responsible for?

Answer 1

Memory, Processes, Devices, Resource allocation, File system access

Question 2

What is the command you would run to see all of the information about your version of Linux?

Answer 2

uname -a

Question 3

What command would you run in order to see all modules and their status?

Answer 3

lsmod

Question 4

What utility command could you run to get more information on a specific module?

Answer 4

modinfo

Question 5

Whats the command you can run to install a module?

Answer 5

insmod

Question 6

Whats the command you can run to remove a module?

Answer 6

rmmod

Question 7

What path are the modules that are loaded into the kernel located at?

Answer 7

/usr/lib/modules OR /lib/modules

Question 8

What command can you use to tell the system to probe for new hardware?

Answer 8

modprobe

Question 9

Where are the configuration files for modprobe?

Answer 9

/etc/modprobe.conf OR /etc/modprobe.d/

Question 10

Whats a command you could run to identify module dependencies?

Answer 10

depmod

Question 11

What command can you use to see all of the parameters that manipulate the kernel at runtime?

Answer 11

sysctl -a