Step 2 : Extract the Source Code

Extract the Source Code

• In this program, you are going to learn

• How to ?

Topics in this section,

• How to Extract the Source Code

Steps to Extract the Source Code

• When the file is ready, run the tar command to extract the source code:

$ tar xvf linux-6.9.tar.xz

• The output displays the extracted kernel source code as shown below:

linux-6.9/virt/
linux-6.9/virt/Makefile
linux-6.9/virt/kvm/
linux-6.9/virt/kvm/Kconfig
linux-6.9/virt/kvm/Makefile.kvm
linux-6.9/virt/kvm/async_pf.c
linux-6.9/virt/kvm/async_pf.h
linux-6.9/virt/kvm/binary_stats.c
linux-6.9/virt/kvm/coalesced_mmio.c
linux-6.9/virt/kvm/coalesced_mmio.h
linux-6.9/virt/kvm/dirty_ring.c
linux-6.9/virt/kvm/eventfd.c
linux-6.9/virt/kvm/irqchip.c
linux-6.9/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
linux-6.9/virt/kvm/kvm_mm.h
linux-6.9/virt/kvm/pfncache.c
linux-6.9/virt/kvm/vfio.c
linux-6.9/virt/kvm/vfio.h
linux-6.9/virt/lib/
linux-6.9/virt/lib/Kconfig
linux-6.9/virt/lib/Makefile
linux-6.9/virt/lib/irqbypass.c