The Linux Kernel
5.3.0
The Linux kernel user's and administrator's guide
Linux kernel release 5.x <http://kernel.org/>
The kernel's command-line parameters
Linux allocated devices (4.x+ version)
Documentation for /proc/sys
Hardware vulnerabilities
Reporting bugs
Security bugs
Bug hunting
Bisecting a bug
Tainted kernels
Ramoops oops/panic logger
Dynamic debug
Explaining the dreaded "No init found." boot hang message
Documentation for Kdump - The kexec-based Crash Dumping Solution
Performance monitor support
Rules on how to access information in sysfs
Using the initial RAM disk (initrd)
Control Group v2
Control Groups version 1
Linux Serial Console
Linux Braille Console
Parport
RAID arrays
Kernel module signing facility
RapidIO Subsystem Guide
Linux Magic System Request Key Hacks
Unicode support
Software cursor for VGA
Kernel Support for miscellaneous (your favourite) Binary Formats v1.1
Mono(tm) Binary Kernel Support for Linux
Java(tm) Binary Kernel Support for Linux v1.03
Reliability, Availability and Serviceability
A block layer cache (bcache)
The Linux RapidIO Subsystem
ext4 General Information
The Android binderfs Filesystem
The SGI XFS Filesystem
Power Management
Thunderbolt
Linux Security Module Usage
Memory Management
Namespaces
Perf Events and tool security
ACPI Support
Upgrading ACPI tables via initrd
Overriding DSDT
SSDT Overlays
Collaborative Processor Performance Control (CPPC)
ATA over Ethernet (AoE)
btmrvl driver
Clearing WARN_ONCE
CPU load
How CPU topology info is exported via sysfs
Device Mapper
The EFI Boot Stub
gpio
Notes on the change from 16-bit UIDs to 32-bit UIDs
Linux support for random number generator in i8xx chipsets
I/O statistics fields
Reducing OS jitter due to per-cpu kthreads
Laptop Drivers
Parallel port LCD/Keypad Panel support
LDM - Logical Disk Manager (Dynamic Disks)
Softlockup detector and hardlockup detector (aka nmi_watchdog)
Numa policy hit/miss statistics
Linux Plug and Play Documentation
Real Time Clock (RTC) Drivers for Linux
Video Mode Selection Support 2.13
Video Output Switcher Control
Kernel Build System
The Linux kernel firmware guide
The Linux kernel user-space API guide
IOCTLs
Working with the kernel development community
Development tools for the kernel
How to write kernel documentation
Kernel Hacking Guides
Linux Tracing Technologies
Kernel Maintainer Handbook
fault-injection
Kernel Livepatching
The Linux driver implementer's API guide
Core API Documentation
locking
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Block
cdrom
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Frame Buffer
fpga
Human Interface Devices (HID)
Industrial I/O
InfiniBand
LEDs
Linux Media Subsystem Documentation
NetLabel
Linux Networking Documentation
pcmcia
Power Management
TCM Virtual Device
timers
Linux Watchdog Support
The Linux Input Documentation
Linux Hardware Monitoring
Linux GPU Driver Developer's Guide
Security Documentation
Linux Sound Subsystem Documentation
Linux Kernel Crypto API
Filesystems in the Linux kernel
Linux Memory Management Documentation
BPF Documentation
USB support
Linux PCI Bus Subsystem
Assorted Miscellaneous Devices Documentation
Intel Many Integrated Core (MIC) architecture
Linux Scheduler
SuperH Interfaces Guide
ARM Architecture
ARM64 Architecture
IA-64 Architecture
m68k Architecture
powerpc
RISC-V architecture
s390 Architecture
SuperH Interfaces Guide
Sparc Architecture
x86-specific Documentation
Xtensa Architecture
ext4 Data Structures and Algorithms
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ACPI Support
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Here we document in detail how to interact with various mechanisms in the Linux ACPI support.
Upgrading ACPI tables via initrd
Overriding DSDT
SSDT Overlays
Collaborative Processor Performance Control (CPPC)