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Local Pages By Subject
- ["Module"]
Collection of online docs
[http://jungla.dit.upm.es/~jmseyas/linux/kernel/hackers-docs.html]
- Index of Documentation for People Interested in Writing and/or Understanding the Linux Kernel.
- ["/Kernel-Docbooks"]
- The Docbooks of the Linux-Kernel as PDF
Articles
WritingPortableDrivers by Greg KH.
- How to write portable device drivers.
- ["/SchedulingInUNIXAndLinux"] Scheduling in UNIX and Linux
- A short and incomplete introduction to how tasks interact with the kernel.
/CopyUser Copy from/to user-space implementation.
- A description of the x86 copy_from/to_user() core code.
- ["/KernelSrcInCVS"] Putting kernel sources in CVS by Erik Mouw.
- How to use CVS to manage your kernel sources.
/DebugWithoutPrintk Printing debug info without printk by Keith Owens.
- Directly renders to screen bypassing limitations of printk (such as early in the boot sequence)
/InitcallMechanism Understanding The Linux Kernel Initcall Mechanism by Trevor Woerner.
- How module_init() and friends work.
/SeqFileHowTo seq_file HOWTO by Randy Dunlap
- Describes the seq_file API, used for outputting information via /proc.
- The why and how of merging code into the upstream kernel.
WhyReiser4IsNotIn by Diego Calleja.
- Why Reiser4 is not in the Linux Kernel.
KernelMemoryAllocation by Arnout Vandecappelle.
- A brief overview of the different memory management mechanisms used in the kernel.
- ["ABI"] explanation of ELF format
- ["Debugging"] some debugging tips
DocumentationRepository links to some documentation
EmbeddedKernel how to set up an embedded kernel
WorkstationKernel how to set up a workstation kernel
- ["Emulators"] links to emulators that are useful for kernel development
KernelExtensions about kernel extensions
["KernelHacking-HOWTO/Introduction"] site about kernel hacking
Presentations
- ["/LinuxIPNetworking"] Linux IP Networking by Glenn Herrin
- A description of Linux 2.2's IP stack, with diagrams.
/HighAvailability High Availability talk by Marcelo Tosatti
- IRC talk on high availability issues
/MemoryManagement Memory Management talk by Rik van Riel
- IRC talk on memory management
- ["/Netfilter"] Netfilter talk by Harald Welte
- IRC talk on netfilter
[http://www.nuvolinux.org/EN www.nuvolinux.org/EN] A documentation project about the Linux kernel. (English version)
[http://www.nuvolinux.org/IT www.nuvolinux.org/IT] Progetto di documentazione sul kernel Linux. (Italian version)