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6.12.0-rc1

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Contents

  • Development process
  • Submitting patches
  • Code of conduct
  • Maintainer handbook
  • All development-process docs
  • Core API
  • Driver APIs
  • Subsystems
    • Core subsystems
      • Core API Documentation
      • Driver implementer’s API guide
      • Memory Management Documentation
      • Power Management
      • Scheduler
      • Timers
      • Locking
    • Human interfaces
      • Input Documentation
      • Human Interface Devices (HID)
      • Sound Subsystem Documentation
      • GPU Driver Developer’s Guide
      • Frame Buffer
      • LEDs
    • Networking interfaces
      • Networking
      • NetLabel
      • InfiniBand
      • ISDN
      • MHI
    • Storage interfaces
      • Filesystems in the Linux kernel
      • Block
      • CD-ROM
      • SCSI Subsystem
      • TCM Virtual Device
    • Other subsystems
      • Accounting
      • CPUFreq - CPU frequency and voltage scaling code in the Linux(TM) kernel
      • FPGA
      • I2C/SMBus Subsystem
      • Industrial I/O
      • PCMCIA
      • Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI)
      • 1-Wire Subsystem
      • Watchdog Support
      • Virtualization Support
      • Hardware Monitoring
      • Compute Accelerators
      • Security Documentation
      • Crypto API
      • BPF Documentation
      • USB support
      • PCI Bus Subsystem
      • Assorted Miscellaneous Devices Documentation
      • PECI Subsystem
      • WMI Subsystem
      • TEE Subsystem
  • Locking
  • Licensing rules
  • Writing documentation
  • Development tools
  • Testing guide
  • Hacking guide
  • Tracing
  • Fault injection
  • Livepatching
  • Rust
  • Administration
  • Build system
  • Reporting issues
  • Userspace tools
  • Userspace API
  • Firmware
  • Firmware and Devicetree
  • CPU architectures
  • Unsorted documentation
  • Translations

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Kernel subsystem documentation¶

These books get into the details of how specific kernel subsystems work from the point of view of a kernel developer. Much of the information here is taken directly from the kernel source, with supplemental material added as needed (or at least as we managed to add it — probably not all that is needed).

Core subsystems¶

  • Core API Documentation
  • Driver implementer’s API guide
  • Memory Management Documentation
  • Power Management
  • Scheduler
  • Timers
  • Locking

Human interfaces¶

  • Input Documentation
  • Human Interface Devices (HID)
  • Sound Subsystem Documentation
  • GPU Driver Developer’s Guide
  • Frame Buffer
  • LEDs

Networking interfaces¶

  • Networking
  • NetLabel
  • InfiniBand
  • ISDN
  • MHI

Storage interfaces¶

  • Filesystems in the Linux kernel
  • Block
  • CD-ROM
  • SCSI Subsystem
  • TCM Virtual Device

Other subsystems¶

Fixme: much more organizational work is needed here.

  • Accounting
  • CPUFreq - CPU frequency and voltage scaling code in the Linux(TM) kernel
  • FPGA
  • I2C/SMBus Subsystem
  • Industrial I/O
  • PCMCIA
  • Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI)
  • 1-Wire Subsystem
  • Watchdog Support
  • Virtualization Support
  • Hardware Monitoring
  • Compute Accelerators
  • Security Documentation
  • Crypto API
  • BPF Documentation
  • USB support
  • PCI Bus Subsystem
  • Assorted Miscellaneous Devices Documentation
  • PECI Subsystem
  • WMI Subsystem
  • TEE Subsystem
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