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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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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 acpi/index
79 aoe/index 61 aoe/index
80 auxdisplay/index 62 auxdisplay/index
81 bcache 63 bcache
82 binderfs 64 binderfs
83 binfmt-misc 65 binfmt-misc
84 blockdev/index 66 blockdev/index
85 bootconfig 67 bootconfig
86 braille-console 68 braille-console
87 btmrvl 69 btmrvl
88 cgroup-v1/index 70 cgroup-v1/index
89 cgroup-v2 71 cgroup-v2
90 cifs/index 72 cifs/index
91 clearing-warn-once 73 clearing-warn-once
92 cpu-load 74 cpu-load
93 cputopology 75 cputopology
94 dell_rbu 76 dell_rbu
95 device-mapper/index 77 device-mapper/index
96 edid <<
97 efi-stub 78 efi-stub
98 ext4 79 ext4
99 filesystem-monitoring <<
100 nfs/index 80 nfs/index
101 gpio/index 81 gpio/index
102 highuid 82 highuid
103 hw_random 83 hw_random
104 initrd 84 initrd
105 iostats 85 iostats
106 java 86 java
107 jfs 87 jfs
108 kernel-per-CPU-kthreads 88 kernel-per-CPU-kthreads
109 laptops/index 89 laptops/index
110 lcd-panel-cgram 90 lcd-panel-cgram
111 ldm 91 ldm
112 lockup-watchdogs 92 lockup-watchdogs
113 LSM/index 93 LSM/index
114 md 94 md
115 media/index <<
116 mm/index 95 mm/index
117 module-signing 96 module-signing
118 mono 97 mono
119 namespaces/index 98 namespaces/index
120 numastat 99 numastat
121 parport 100 parport
122 perf-security 101 perf-security
123 pm/index 102 pm/index
124 pnp 103 pnp
125 rapidio 104 rapidio
126 RAS/index !! 105 ras
127 rtc 106 rtc
128 serial-console 107 serial-console
129 svga 108 svga
130 syscall-user-dispatch <<
131 sysrq 109 sysrq
132 thermal/index <<
133 thunderbolt 110 thunderbolt
134 ufs 111 ufs
135 unicode 112 unicode
136 vga-softcursor 113 vga-softcursor
137 video-output 114 video-output
>> 115 wimax/index
138 xfs 116 xfs
139 117
140 .. only:: subproject and html 118 .. only:: subproject and html
141 119
142 Indices 120 Indices
143 ======= 121 =======
144 122
145 * :ref:`genindex` 123 * :ref:`genindex`
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