
The Linux Kernel Archives
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The Linux Kernel documentation
The following manuals are written for users of the kernel — those who are trying to get it to work optimally on a given system and application developers seeking information on the kernel’s …
HOWTO do Linux kernel development
The maintainers of the various kernel subsystems — and also many kernel subsystem developers — expose their current state of development in source repositories.
The Linux Kernel Archives - About
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Welcome to The Linux Kernel’s documentation
These manuals contain overall information about how to develop the kernel. The kernel community is quite large, with thousands of developers contributing over the course of a year.
CPU Architectures — The Linux Kernel documentation
Linux kernel for ARC processors Feature status on arc architecture ARM Architecture ARM Linux 2.6 and upper Booting ARM Linux Cluster-wide Power-up/power-down race avoidance …
2. How the development process works - Kernel
The kernel code base is logically broken down into a set of subsystems: networking, specific architecture support, memory management, video devices, etc. Most subsystems have a …
1. Introduction — The Linux Kernel documentation
There are a great many reasons why kernel code should be merged into the official (“mainline”) kernel, including automatic availability to users, community support in many forms, and the …
Core API Documentation — The Linux Kernel documentation
Core API Documentation ¶ This is the beginning of a manual for core kernel APIs. The conversion (and writing!) of documents for this manual is much appreciated! Core utilities ¶ This section …
HOWTO do Linux kernel development
The Linux kernel source tree has a large range of documents that are invaluable for learning how to interact with the kernel community. When new features are added to the kernel, it is …