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LPI Linux Certification/Manage kernel at runtime
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Detailed Objective
Weight: 3
Description:
Candidates should be able to manage
and/or query a 2.6.x kernel and its loadable modules.
Key Knowledge Areas:
Use command-line utilities to get information about the currently
running kernel and kernel modules.
Manually load and unload kernel modules.
Determine when modules can be unloaded.
Determine what parameters a module accepts.
Configure the system to load modules by names other than their file
name.
The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and
utilities:
/lib/modules/kernel-version/modules.dep
module configuration files in /etc
/proc/sys/kernel/
depmod
insmod
lsmod
rmmod
modinfo
modprobe
uname
linux