Hello!

I have written a hello.c program
#define MODULE
#define LINUX
#define __KERNEL__

#include<linux/init.h>
#include<linux/module.h>
#include<linux/kernel.h>
#include<linux/config.h>



int init_module(void)
{
printk("<1> Hello World 1.\n");
return 0;
}

void cleanup_module(void)
{
printk("<1> Bye World");
}

I have also written a Makefile for it...

TARGET := hello
WARN := -W -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes
INCLUDE := -isystem /lib/modules/'uname -r'/build/include
CFLAGS := -O2 -DMODULE -D__KERNEL__ ${WARN} ${INCLUDE}
CC := gcc

${TARGET}.o: ${TARGET}.c

.PHONY: clean

clean:
rm -rf ${TARGET}.o

Can anybody please tell me the steps to insert the module in the kernel. so that if i do dmesg on terminal it should say "Hello World"..Tell me corrections if any in the above two programs...

Thanks

Well, if you are able to successfully compile your module, then inserting it is a breeze. You need to do it using this command:

You can verify if the module loaded by running:
You can then remove the module using this command:

Btw, I should add that I'm no expert when it comes to developing/compiling kernel modules, however I must state that your Makefile look overly complex compared to one that I use for a kernel module. My Makefile looks like:
I build the module running this command:

For this to work, I must be in the directory where the source code of my kernel module and the Makefile (shown above) exists.