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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 user …

Documentation 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 …

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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.

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 algorithm …

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 designated maintainer, …

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 ability to …

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 has general …

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 recommended …