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