The Linux Kernel
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A guide to the Kernel Development Process
Submitting patches: the essential guide to getting your code into the kernel
Code of conduct
Kernel Maintainer Handbook
All development-process docs
Core API Documentation
Driver implementer's API guide
Kernel subsystem documentation
Human interfaces
Storage interfaces
Filesystems in the Linux kernel
Block
CD-ROM
SCSI Subsystem
TCM Virtual Device
Driver implementer's API guide
Core API Documentation
Locking
Accounting
CPUFreq - CPU frequency and voltage scaling code in the Linux(TM) kernel
FPGA
I2C/SMBus Subsystem
Industrial I/O
ISDN
InfiniBand
LEDs
NetLabel
Networking
PCMCIA
Power Management
Timers
Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI)
1-Wire Subsystem
Watchdog Support
Virtualization Support
Hardware Monitoring
Compute Accelerators
Security Documentation
Crypto API
Memory Management Documentation
BPF Documentation
USB support
PCI Bus Subsystem
Assorted Miscellaneous Devices Documentation
Scheduler
MHI
PECI Subsystem
WMI Subsystem
Locking in the kernel
Linux kernel licensing rules
How to write kernel documentation
Development tools for the kernel
Kernel Testing Guide
Kernel Hacking Guides
Linux Tracing Technologies
fault-injection
Kernel Livepatching
Rust
The Linux kernel user's and administrator's guide
The kernel build system
Reporting issues
User-space tools
The Linux kernel user-space API guide
The Linux kernel firmware guide
Open Firmware and Devicetree
CPU Architectures
Unsorted Documentation
Translations
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KVM for x86 systems
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Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV)
Overview
SEV Key Management
References
KVM CPUID bits
Known limitations of CPU virtualization
x86
Linux KVM Hypercall
KVM Hypercalls Documentation
The x86 kvm shadow mmu
Acronyms
Virtual and real hardware supported
Translation
Memory
Events
Shadow pages
Reverse map
Synchronized and unsynchronized pages
Reaction to events
Emulating cr0.wp
Large pages
Fast invalidation of MMIO sptes
Further reading
KVM-specific MSRs
Custom MSR list
Nested VMX
Overview
Terminology
Running nested VMX
ABIs
Authors
Running nested guests with KVM
Use Cases
Enabling "nested" (x86)
Additional nested-related kernel parameters (x86)
Starting a nested guest (x86)
Enabling "nested" (s390x)
Live migration with nested KVM
Reporting bugs from nested setups
Timekeeping Virtualization for X86-Based Architectures
1. Overview
2. Timing Devices
3. TSC Hardware
4. Virtualization Problems