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Many viewers and even sometimes my students ask me how I can become a kernel programmer or just device driver developer and so on. So I shot this video (and an add-on video) where I summarized steps and a roadmap to become a full-fledged Linux Kernel Developer.

Here is my sample Kernel Module to drop packets (i.e sk_buff instance) captured via netfilter hooks. When you want to drop packets in your custom netfilter hooks make sure you never do a manual kfree_skb(skb) API call. Since it is anyway performed once the flow of the code moves out of your kernel module netfilter hook. All you need to do is to return NF_DROP to drop gracefully the desired packet. Here is my detailed video and a sample Linux Kernel module.

The Linux Channel :: Weekly News Digest - Week 02 - July 2020
> Google is teaming up with Ubuntu to bring Flutter apps to Linux
> Linux kernel developers: This new BLM coding style avoids words like blacklist
> Zstd'ing The Kernel Might See Mainline With Linux 5.9 For Faster Boot Times
> Linux 5.9 To Bring Arm Memory Tagging Extension Support
> Linux Kernel Raising Compiler Build Requirement To GCC 4.9
> Linux Developers May Discuss Allowing Rust Code Within The Kernel
> Premio Unveils Intel 9th Gen Industrial Motherboard For Advanced Embedded And IoT Solutions

Here is a Youtube VLOG of my DIY RO Water Purifier Controller done via Arduino UNO. I want the Arduino UNO to control the RO pump, so that it pumps for a specific duration and stops automatically. This is done via Opto-isolated 4 Channel 5V 10A Relay Board meant for Arduino UNO, Raspberry Pi or similar SoC boards which offers GPIO pins. To this relay I have connected the RO water purifier booster pump which works at 24V DC connected via 220V AC to 24V DC power supply adaptar. I have also connected a small active 5V buzzer to notify the progress and completion as it fills the tank/canister.