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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 <<
23 features <<
24 <<
25 This section describes CPU vulnerabilities and 21 This section describes CPU vulnerabilities and their mitigations.
26 22
27 .. toctree:: 23 .. toctree::
28 :maxdepth: 1 24 :maxdepth: 1
29 25
30 hw-vuln/index 26 hw-vuln/index
31 27
32 Here is a set of documents aimed at users who 28 Here is a set of documents aimed at users who are trying to track down
33 problems and bugs in particular. 29 problems and bugs in particular.
34 30
35 .. toctree:: 31 .. toctree::
36 :maxdepth: 1 32 :maxdepth: 1
37 33
38 reporting-issues !! 34 reporting-bugs
39 reporting-regressions !! 35 security-bugs
40 quickly-build-trimmed-linux <<
41 verify-bugs-and-bisect-regressions <<
42 bug-hunting 36 bug-hunting
43 bug-bisect 37 bug-bisect
44 tainted-kernels 38 tainted-kernels
45 ramoops 39 ramoops
46 dynamic-debug-howto 40 dynamic-debug-howto
47 init 41 init
48 kdump/index 42 kdump/index
49 perf/index 43 perf/index
50 pstore-blk <<
51 44
52 This is the beginning of a section with inform 45 This is the beginning of a section with information of interest to
53 application developers. Documents covering va 46 application developers. Documents covering various aspects of the kernel
54 ABI will be found here. 47 ABI will be found here.
55 48
56 .. toctree:: 49 .. toctree::
57 :maxdepth: 1 50 :maxdepth: 1
58 51
59 sysfs-rules 52 sysfs-rules
60 53
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 54 The rest of this manual consists of various unordered guides on how to
73 configure specific aspects of kernel behavior 55 configure specific aspects of kernel behavior to your liking.
74 56
75 .. toctree:: 57 .. toctree::
76 :maxdepth: 1 58 :maxdepth: 1
77 59
78 acpi/index !! 60 initrd
79 aoe/index !! 61 cgroup-v2
80 auxdisplay/index !! 62 cgroup-v1/index
81 bcache !! 63 serial-console
82 binderfs !! 64 braille-console
>> 65 parport
>> 66 md
>> 67 module-signing
>> 68 rapidio
>> 69 sysrq
>> 70 unicode
>> 71 vga-softcursor
83 binfmt-misc 72 binfmt-misc
>> 73 mono
>> 74 java
>> 75 ras
>> 76 bcache
84 blockdev/index 77 blockdev/index
85 bootconfig !! 78 ext4
86 braille-console !! 79 binderfs
87 btmrvl <<
88 cgroup-v1/index <<
89 cgroup-v2 <<
90 cifs/index 80 cifs/index
>> 81 xfs
>> 82 jfs
>> 83 ufs
>> 84 pm/index
>> 85 thunderbolt
>> 86 LSM/index
>> 87 mm/index
>> 88 namespaces/index
>> 89 perf-security
>> 90 acpi/index
>> 91 aoe/index
>> 92 btmrvl
91 clearing-warn-once 93 clearing-warn-once
92 cpu-load 94 cpu-load
93 cputopology 95 cputopology
94 dell_rbu <<
95 device-mapper/index 96 device-mapper/index
96 edid <<
97 efi-stub 97 efi-stub
98 ext4 <<
99 filesystem-monitoring <<
100 nfs/index <<
101 gpio/index 98 gpio/index
102 highuid 99 highuid
103 hw_random 100 hw_random
104 initrd <<
105 iostats 101 iostats
106 java <<
107 jfs <<
108 kernel-per-CPU-kthreads 102 kernel-per-CPU-kthreads
109 laptops/index 103 laptops/index
>> 104 auxdisplay/index
110 lcd-panel-cgram 105 lcd-panel-cgram
111 ldm 106 ldm
112 lockup-watchdogs 107 lockup-watchdogs
113 LSM/index <<
114 md <<
115 media/index <<
116 mm/index <<
117 module-signing <<
118 mono <<
119 namespaces/index <<
120 numastat 108 numastat
121 parport <<
122 perf-security <<
123 pm/index <<
124 pnp 109 pnp
125 rapidio <<
126 RAS/index <<
127 rtc 110 rtc
128 serial-console <<
129 svga 111 svga
130 syscall-user-dispatch !! 112 wimax/index
131 sysrq <<
132 thermal/index <<
133 thunderbolt <<
134 ufs <<
135 unicode <<
136 vga-softcursor <<
137 video-output 113 video-output
138 xfs <<
139 114
140 .. only:: subproject and html 115 .. only:: subproject and html
141 116
142 Indices 117 Indices
143 ======= 118 =======
144 119
145 * :ref:`genindex` 120 * :ref:`genindex`
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