Hopefully you will know a little bit more about how your software and hardware works together and what. Contribute to torvaldslinux development by creating an account on github. However, other parts of the gentoo documentation collection provide specialized details for the topics at hand. Documentation should be put into the code itself as kerneldoc comments as much as reasonable. The following describes the license of the linux kernel source code. Provides information on features, functions, delivery package and, compile tools for the processor sdk linux release. This also provides detailed information regarding software elements and software infrastructure to allow developers to start creating applications. Look for articles whose name begins with the linux kernel. Kernel driver tc654 the linux kernel documentation.
Id recommend looking into the documentation subdirectories on any linux ftp site for the ldp linux documentation project books. Documentation documentation documentation installation afs client information booting into single user mode scientific linux scientific linux scientifix linux cern 6 slc6 other linux products docker images openstack images linux software building linux software building. The following holds information on the kernels expectations. This section lists the linux kernel configuration options related to the bluetooth support. Linux kernel configuration options bluetooth documentation. Organisation of this branch is fairly logical with packages being organised according to a packages architecture. Intel vtune amplifier xe 2011 for wind river linux 4. Intel is a core member of the linux foundation and contributes to many linux opensource projects. Additional kernel parameter settings configuration is required on suse linux enterprise server systems.
Rpm provides a substructure for building rpms from srpms. There is a lot of documentation available both in electronic form on the internet and in books, both linux specific and pertaining to general unix questions. Automated documentation software to help you keep track of your servers download free 30day trial view example documentation save time by using our unix server documentation tool xia configuration to automatically document a range of unix based systems including netbsd, solaris, redhat enterprise linux, ubuntu, fedora, and debian. Kernelgentoo kernel configuration guide gentoo linux. Linux kernel configuration open network install environment. On systems running linux with intel network interface cards or lanonmotherboard lom controllers, if mmio memory access is set to strict access in the linux kernel iomemstrict or as part of the kernel build configuration you will see the following message in syslogdmeg when running the oracle hardware management pack fwupdate tool. Clear linux os uses the early loading mechanism described in the linux microcode loader documented by which the cpu microcode is loaded as early as possible in the boot process by using an initial ram disk initrd. Since the boot configuration file is loaded with initrd, it will be added to the end of the initrd initramfs image file with size, checksum and 12byte magic word as below. Configuring additional kernel settings for suse linux additional kernel parameter settings configuration is required on suse linux enterprise server systems. Advanced configuration and power interface acpi support for linux requires acpicompliant hardware and firmware, and assumes the presence of osdirected configuration and power management ospm software. Every linux professionalincluding those in system administration, operations, and software developmentneeds to be familiar with the functionality of the linux kernel as well as the mechanics of configuring and troubleshooting it. The linux kernel documentation the linux kernel documentation. Intel provides an soc fpga linux kernel that is based on the linux kernel from together with other additions, such as board support packages and drivers.
Take the highest value for each parameter and compare it to the corresponding value in your kernel configuration. Linux documentation for functions is transitioning to inline documentation via speciallyformatted comments near their definitions in the source. The first three functions were introduced with integrity measurement architecture ima in 2. Can i install a software package from another os on clear linux os. Note that the default linux kernel for ubuntu core has al the necessary bits enabled by default. If the current value is lower than the highest documented value, update the current setting by using the appropriate tooling that is supplied by the operating system provider. Minimal requirements to compile the kernel the linux. So far only general concepts and specific problems related to kernel configuration has been discussed. Mar 20, 2009 the linux documentation project ldp for short, or tldp taken from the domain name is a very longstanding project whose aim is to document all aspects of the gnulinux operating system and associated applications software. Linux mmio kernel configuration can affect oracle hardware. This option will enlarge your kernel by about 70 kb.
This site is the linux raid kernel list communitymanaged reference for linux software raid as implemented in recent version 4 kernels and earlier. Product documentation for red hat enterprise linux 8 red. Often the linux distribution does not include the latest kernel drivers. In order to run the virtual machine you will need following packages. Distributions include the linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries. Usb is a masterslave protocol, organized with one master host such as a pc controlling up to 127 peripheral devices. Operating software design open network install environment. Virtual machine setup the linux kernel documentation. Evm, the protect feature, was upstreamed in linux 3. Web tools to help you improve performance, troubleshoot issues, identify security problems, and optimize configuration.
Configuring additional kernel settings for suse linux. From the most popular linux distributions, to free applications, games, multimedia apps and dev tools. Documentation requirements for kapi all kernel apis exported to other modules must be documented, including their datastructures and at least a short introductory section explaining the overall concepts. Linux kernel configuration not as in the documentation. The memory management in linux is a complex system that evolved over the years and included more and more functionality to support a variety of systems from mmuless microcontrollers to supercomputers. The sdk as we affectionately call it is our attempt to provide a great starting point to develop an embedded system on a ti processor running linux. Linux is typically packaged in a linux distribution. A bit more on linuxyoctokernels the yocto project maintains kernels and a set of tooling that facilitate supporting multiple platforms with a common kernel one of the key benefits comes from kernel configuration management. Getting started here processor sdk linux documentation. Because of this piggyback method, there is no need to change or update the boot loader and the kernel image itself. What lies at the heart of the linux operating system. Linux kernel configuration is a perl script that can assist in selecting the correct device driver options for new kernel compilation. About kernel documentation linux kernel contact linux resources linux blog.
The easiest way is using the standard raspbian distribution or other distributions, that are based on it. Instructions for an inplace upgrade to red hat enterprise linux 8. These comments can be combined with rest files the documentation directory to make enriched documentation, which can then be converted to postscript, html, latex, epub and pdf files. The linux subdirectory holds the linux kernel sources, headerfiles and documentation. I am currently writing about the configuration process. The linux kernel decodes the last part of the initrd image in memory to get the boot configuration data. Every platform must add platform support to the linux kernel. As such, the kernel must provide features and services useful for an installer. It should replace many of the unmaintained and outofdate documents out there such as the software raid howto and the linux raid faq. A kernel isnt magic, but it is completely essential to any computer running properly.
The linux kernel documentation licensing documentation. Thanks for your interest in learning more about the linux software development kit sdk. Use these instructions to display and change the kernel parameter values if they are different from the minimum recommended value. Kernel documentation, like the kernel itself, is very much a work in progress. The appraise and protect features were originally posted as a single evm imaappraisal patch set for in the 2. Installing and configuring the hifiberry dac hifiberry. Checking the kernel configuration on linux and unix systems. You only have to update your system to the newest kernel. Exercises are designed to run on a qemu based virtual machine. The linux microcode loader included in the linux kernel allows for more flexibility and more frequent updates. Jul 15, 20 if you copy the configuration from one kernel procconfig.
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