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