LPI Linux Certification/Manage kernel at runtime

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