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2 The Linux kernel user's and administrator's gu 1 The Linux kernel user's and administrator's guide
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4 3
5 The following is a collection of user-oriented 4 The following is a collection of user-oriented documents that have been
6 added to the kernel over time. There is, as y 5 added to the kernel over time. There is, as yet, little overall order or
7 organization here — this material was not wr 6 organization here — this material was not written to be a single, coherent
8 document! With luck things will improve quick 7 document! With luck things will improve quickly over time.
9 8
10 This initial section contains overall informat 9 This initial section contains overall information, including the README
11 file describing the kernel as a whole, documen 10 file describing the kernel as a whole, documentation on kernel parameters,
12 etc. 11 etc.
13 12
14 .. toctree:: 13 .. toctree::
15 :maxdepth: 1 14 :maxdepth: 1
16 15
17 README 16 README
18 kernel-parameters 17 kernel-parameters
19 devices 18 devices
20 sysctl/index 19 sysctl/index
21 20
22 abi 21 abi
23 features <<
24 22
25 This section describes CPU vulnerabilities and 23 This section describes CPU vulnerabilities and their mitigations.
26 24
27 .. toctree:: 25 .. toctree::
28 :maxdepth: 1 26 :maxdepth: 1
29 27
30 hw-vuln/index 28 hw-vuln/index
31 29
32 Here is a set of documents aimed at users who 30 Here is a set of documents aimed at users who are trying to track down
33 problems and bugs in particular. 31 problems and bugs in particular.
34 32
35 .. toctree:: 33 .. toctree::
36 :maxdepth: 1 34 :maxdepth: 1
37 35
38 reporting-issues !! 36 reporting-bugs
39 reporting-regressions !! 37 security-bugs
40 quickly-build-trimmed-linux <<
41 verify-bugs-and-bisect-regressions <<
42 bug-hunting 38 bug-hunting
43 bug-bisect 39 bug-bisect
44 tainted-kernels 40 tainted-kernels
45 ramoops 41 ramoops
46 dynamic-debug-howto 42 dynamic-debug-howto
47 init 43 init
48 kdump/index 44 kdump/index
49 perf/index 45 perf/index
50 pstore-blk 46 pstore-blk
51 47
52 This is the beginning of a section with inform 48 This is the beginning of a section with information of interest to
53 application developers. Documents covering va 49 application developers. Documents covering various aspects of the kernel
54 ABI will be found here. 50 ABI will be found here.
55 51
56 .. toctree:: 52 .. toctree::
57 :maxdepth: 1 53 :maxdepth: 1
58 54
59 sysfs-rules 55 sysfs-rules
60 56
61 This is the beginning of a section with inform <<
62 application developers and system integrators <<
63 Linux kernel for safety critical applications. <<
64 analysis of kernel interactions with applicati <<
65 subsystems expectations will be found here. <<
66 <<
67 .. toctree:: <<
68 :maxdepth: 1 <<
69 <<
70 workload-tracing <<
71 <<
72 The rest of this manual consists of various un 57 The rest of this manual consists of various unordered guides on how to
73 configure specific aspects of kernel behavior 58 configure specific aspects of kernel behavior to your liking.
74 59
75 .. toctree:: 60 .. toctree::
76 :maxdepth: 1 61 :maxdepth: 1
77 62
78 acpi/index 63 acpi/index
79 aoe/index 64 aoe/index
80 auxdisplay/index 65 auxdisplay/index
81 bcache 66 bcache
82 binderfs 67 binderfs
83 binfmt-misc 68 binfmt-misc
84 blockdev/index 69 blockdev/index
85 bootconfig 70 bootconfig
86 braille-console 71 braille-console
87 btmrvl 72 btmrvl
88 cgroup-v1/index 73 cgroup-v1/index
89 cgroup-v2 74 cgroup-v2
90 cifs/index 75 cifs/index
91 clearing-warn-once 76 clearing-warn-once
92 cpu-load 77 cpu-load
93 cputopology 78 cputopology
94 dell_rbu 79 dell_rbu
95 device-mapper/index 80 device-mapper/index
96 edid 81 edid
97 efi-stub 82 efi-stub
98 ext4 83 ext4
99 filesystem-monitoring <<
100 nfs/index 84 nfs/index
101 gpio/index 85 gpio/index
102 highuid 86 highuid
103 hw_random 87 hw_random
104 initrd 88 initrd
105 iostats 89 iostats
106 java 90 java
107 jfs 91 jfs
108 kernel-per-CPU-kthreads 92 kernel-per-CPU-kthreads
109 laptops/index 93 laptops/index
110 lcd-panel-cgram 94 lcd-panel-cgram
111 ldm 95 ldm
112 lockup-watchdogs 96 lockup-watchdogs
113 LSM/index 97 LSM/index
114 md 98 md
115 media/index 99 media/index
116 mm/index 100 mm/index
117 module-signing 101 module-signing
118 mono 102 mono
119 namespaces/index 103 namespaces/index
120 numastat 104 numastat
121 parport 105 parport
122 perf-security 106 perf-security
123 pm/index 107 pm/index
124 pnp 108 pnp
125 rapidio 109 rapidio
126 RAS/index !! 110 ras
127 rtc 111 rtc
128 serial-console 112 serial-console
129 svga 113 svga
130 syscall-user-dispatch <<
131 sysrq 114 sysrq
132 thermal/index <<
133 thunderbolt 115 thunderbolt
134 ufs 116 ufs
135 unicode 117 unicode
136 vga-softcursor 118 vga-softcursor
137 video-output 119 video-output
>> 120 wimax/index
138 xfs 121 xfs
139 122
140 .. only:: subproject and html 123 .. only:: subproject and html
141 124
142 Indices 125 Indices
143 ======= 126 =======
144 127
145 * :ref:`genindex` 128 * :ref:`genindex`
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