Linux Kernel Module Cheat

lkmc_home refers to the target base directory in which we put all our custom built stuff, such as userland executables and kernel modules.

The current value can be found with:

In the past, we used to dump everything into the root filesystem, but as the userland structure got more complex with subfolders, we decided that the risk of conflicting with important root files was becoming too great.

To save you from typing that path every time, we have made our most common commands cd into that directory by default for you, e.g.:

Whenever a relative path is used inside a guest sample command, e.g. insmod hello.ko or ./hello.out, it means that the path lives in lkmc_home unless stated otherwise.