[kernel] Linux Kernel with BFS

By On December 30, 2010 · 12 Comments · In chirag, geek, kernel

A couple of weeks back (at FOSS.in), I got to know (courtesy Shanky) about BFS (brain fuck scheduler) for Linux, read about it and found it quite interesting. The idea is to be fair to every process and give each an equal share of the processor time. It does so by using one shared run [...]

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Broadcom Wireless Driver Again…

By On July 28, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In chirag, driver, kernel, linux

So yet again I had to struggle with the broadcom propriety driver (hybrid-portsrc) for my Dell 1345 wireless card (Broadcom BCM4312). Earlier, there were issues with the legacy broadcom drivers which just won’t work and won’t let the new ones work. This time, the issue was different, it just won’t work on the 2.6.34 [...]

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Decoding the VGA parameter for Linux Kernel

By On September 20, 2009 · 1 Comment · In chirag, geek, kernel, linux, programming

DISCLAIMER: This article is written by a wannabe kernel hacker, so don’t totally rely on this information and do your own research.

So, I have been trying to get my lappy boot with 1280×800 resolution but it will just boot with 1024×768 resolution. Now, when booting the kernel, I used to pass this parameter to [...]

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What I’ve been doing…

By On July 11, 2009 · 19 Comments · In chirag, geek, kernel, theory

Alright, this comes as an inspiration from Shanky’s “what i’ve been doing” posts…

Lets start with my last post (technical), which was published in January this year. The things I have been doing since then (some tried n left)…this one focuses on the my B.Tech project. Will post about others too.

The Self Modifying Kernel

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Kernel Development From Scratch

By On January 25, 2009 · 5 Comments · In chirag, geek, kernel, open source

Hello Everyone,

I am starting this kernel development series for beginnners.  Will teach you how to go about developing a kernel from sratch, even if you dont know anything.

DISCLAIMER: This stuff is geeky, dont shout on me for not understanding some things, though i will try my best to explain in detail. Any comments [...]

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