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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 44 pstore-blk
51 45
52 This is the beginning of a section with inform 46 This is the beginning of a section with information of interest to
53 application developers. Documents covering va 47 application developers. Documents covering various aspects of the kernel
54 ABI will be found here. 48 ABI will be found here.
55 49
56 .. toctree:: 50 .. toctree::
57 :maxdepth: 1 51 :maxdepth: 1
58 52
59 sysfs-rules 53 sysfs-rules
60 54
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 55 The rest of this manual consists of various unordered guides on how to
73 configure specific aspects of kernel behavior 56 configure specific aspects of kernel behavior to your liking.
74 57
75 .. toctree:: 58 .. toctree::
76 :maxdepth: 1 59 :maxdepth: 1
77 60
78 acpi/index 61 acpi/index
79 aoe/index 62 aoe/index
80 auxdisplay/index 63 auxdisplay/index
81 bcache 64 bcache
82 binderfs 65 binderfs
83 binfmt-misc 66 binfmt-misc
84 blockdev/index 67 blockdev/index
85 bootconfig 68 bootconfig
86 braille-console 69 braille-console
87 btmrvl 70 btmrvl
88 cgroup-v1/index 71 cgroup-v1/index
89 cgroup-v2 72 cgroup-v2
90 cifs/index 73 cifs/index
91 clearing-warn-once 74 clearing-warn-once
92 cpu-load 75 cpu-load
93 cputopology 76 cputopology
94 dell_rbu 77 dell_rbu
95 device-mapper/index 78 device-mapper/index
96 edid 79 edid
97 efi-stub 80 efi-stub
98 ext4 81 ext4
99 filesystem-monitoring <<
100 nfs/index 82 nfs/index
101 gpio/index 83 gpio/index
102 highuid 84 highuid
103 hw_random 85 hw_random
104 initrd 86 initrd
105 iostats 87 iostats
106 java 88 java
107 jfs 89 jfs
108 kernel-per-CPU-kthreads 90 kernel-per-CPU-kthreads
109 laptops/index 91 laptops/index
110 lcd-panel-cgram 92 lcd-panel-cgram
111 ldm 93 ldm
112 lockup-watchdogs 94 lockup-watchdogs
113 LSM/index 95 LSM/index
114 md 96 md
115 media/index 97 media/index
116 mm/index 98 mm/index
117 module-signing 99 module-signing
118 mono 100 mono
119 namespaces/index 101 namespaces/index
120 numastat 102 numastat
121 parport 103 parport
122 perf-security 104 perf-security
123 pm/index 105 pm/index
124 pnp 106 pnp
125 rapidio 107 rapidio
126 RAS/index !! 108 ras
127 rtc 109 rtc
128 serial-console 110 serial-console
129 svga 111 svga
130 syscall-user-dispatch <<
131 sysrq 112 sysrq
132 thermal/index <<
133 thunderbolt 113 thunderbolt
134 ufs 114 ufs
135 unicode 115 unicode
136 vga-softcursor 116 vga-softcursor
137 video-output 117 video-output
>> 118 wimax/index
138 xfs 119 xfs
139 120
140 .. only:: subproject and html 121 .. only:: subproject and html
141 122
142 Indices 123 Indices
143 ======= 124 =======
144 125
145 * :ref:`genindex` 126 * :ref:`genindex`
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