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2 The Linux kernel user's and administrator's gu 2 The Linux kernel user's and administrator's guide
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5 The following is a collection of user-oriented 5 The following is a collection of user-oriented documents that have been
6 added to the kernel over time. There is, as y 6 added to the kernel over time. There is, as yet, little overall order or
7 organization here — this material was not wr 7 organization here — this material was not written to be a single, coherent
8 document! With luck things will improve quick 8 document! With luck things will improve quickly over time.
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10 This initial section contains overall informat 10 This initial section contains overall information, including the README
11 file describing the kernel as a whole, documen 11 file describing the kernel as a whole, documentation on kernel parameters,
12 etc. 12 etc.
13 13
14 .. toctree:: 14 .. toctree::
15 :maxdepth: 1 15 :maxdepth: 1
16 16
17 README 17 README
18 kernel-parameters 18 kernel-parameters
19 devices 19 devices
20 sysctl/index 20 sysctl/index
21 21
22 abi 22 abi
23 features 23 features
24 24
25 This section describes CPU vulnerabilities and 25 This section describes CPU vulnerabilities and their mitigations.
26 26
27 .. toctree:: 27 .. toctree::
28 :maxdepth: 1 28 :maxdepth: 1
29 29
30 hw-vuln/index 30 hw-vuln/index
31 31
32 Here is a set of documents aimed at users who 32 Here is a set of documents aimed at users who are trying to track down
33 problems and bugs in particular. 33 problems and bugs in particular.
34 34
35 .. toctree:: 35 .. toctree::
36 :maxdepth: 1 36 :maxdepth: 1
37 37
38 reporting-issues 38 reporting-issues
39 reporting-regressions 39 reporting-regressions
40 quickly-build-trimmed-linux 40 quickly-build-trimmed-linux
41 verify-bugs-and-bisect-regressions 41 verify-bugs-and-bisect-regressions
42 bug-hunting 42 bug-hunting
43 bug-bisect 43 bug-bisect
44 tainted-kernels 44 tainted-kernels
45 ramoops 45 ramoops
46 dynamic-debug-howto 46 dynamic-debug-howto
47 init 47 init
48 kdump/index 48 kdump/index
49 perf/index 49 perf/index
50 pstore-blk 50 pstore-blk
51 51
52 This is the beginning of a section with inform 52 This is the beginning of a section with information of interest to
53 application developers. Documents covering va 53 application developers. Documents covering various aspects of the kernel
54 ABI will be found here. 54 ABI will be found here.
55 55
56 .. toctree:: 56 .. toctree::
57 :maxdepth: 1 57 :maxdepth: 1
58 58
59 sysfs-rules 59 sysfs-rules
60 60
61 This is the beginning of a section with inform 61 This is the beginning of a section with information of interest to
62 application developers and system integrators 62 application developers and system integrators doing analysis of the
63 Linux kernel for safety critical applications. 63 Linux kernel for safety critical applications. Documents supporting
64 analysis of kernel interactions with applicati 64 analysis of kernel interactions with applications, and key kernel
65 subsystems expectations will be found here. 65 subsystems expectations will be found here.
66 66
67 .. toctree:: 67 .. toctree::
68 :maxdepth: 1 68 :maxdepth: 1
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70 workload-tracing 70 workload-tracing
71 71
72 The rest of this manual consists of various un 72 The rest of this manual consists of various unordered guides on how to
73 configure specific aspects of kernel behavior 73 configure specific aspects of kernel behavior to your liking.
74 74
75 .. toctree:: 75 .. toctree::
76 :maxdepth: 1 76 :maxdepth: 1
77 77
78 acpi/index 78 acpi/index
79 aoe/index 79 aoe/index
80 auxdisplay/index 80 auxdisplay/index
81 bcache 81 bcache
82 binderfs 82 binderfs
83 binfmt-misc 83 binfmt-misc
84 blockdev/index 84 blockdev/index
85 bootconfig 85 bootconfig
86 braille-console 86 braille-console
87 btmrvl 87 btmrvl
88 cgroup-v1/index 88 cgroup-v1/index
89 cgroup-v2 89 cgroup-v2
90 cifs/index 90 cifs/index
91 clearing-warn-once 91 clearing-warn-once
92 cpu-load 92 cpu-load
93 cputopology 93 cputopology
94 dell_rbu 94 dell_rbu
95 device-mapper/index 95 device-mapper/index
96 edid 96 edid
97 efi-stub 97 efi-stub
98 ext4 98 ext4
99 filesystem-monitoring 99 filesystem-monitoring
100 nfs/index 100 nfs/index
101 gpio/index 101 gpio/index
102 highuid 102 highuid
103 hw_random 103 hw_random
104 initrd 104 initrd
105 iostats 105 iostats
106 java 106 java
107 jfs 107 jfs
108 kernel-per-CPU-kthreads 108 kernel-per-CPU-kthreads
109 laptops/index 109 laptops/index
110 lcd-panel-cgram 110 lcd-panel-cgram
111 ldm 111 ldm
112 lockup-watchdogs 112 lockup-watchdogs
113 LSM/index 113 LSM/index
114 md 114 md
115 media/index 115 media/index
116 mm/index 116 mm/index
117 module-signing 117 module-signing
118 mono 118 mono
119 namespaces/index 119 namespaces/index
120 numastat 120 numastat
121 parport 121 parport
122 perf-security 122 perf-security
123 pm/index 123 pm/index
>> 124 pmf
124 pnp 125 pnp
125 rapidio 126 rapidio
126 RAS/index 127 RAS/index
127 rtc 128 rtc
128 serial-console 129 serial-console
129 svga 130 svga
130 syscall-user-dispatch 131 syscall-user-dispatch
131 sysrq 132 sysrq
132 thermal/index 133 thermal/index
133 thunderbolt 134 thunderbolt
134 ufs 135 ufs
135 unicode 136 unicode
136 vga-softcursor 137 vga-softcursor
137 video-output 138 video-output
138 xfs 139 xfs
139 140
140 .. only:: subproject and html 141 .. only:: subproject and html
141 142
142 Indices 143 Indices
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145 * :ref:`genindex` 146 * :ref:`genindex`
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