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The parameters listed below are only valid if certain kernel build options were enabled and if respective hardware is present. The text in square brackets at the beginning of each description states the …

3 days ago · These kernel releases are not hosted at kernel.org and kernel developers can provide no support for them. It is easy to tell if you are running a distribution kernel.

The maintainers of the various kernel subsystems — and also many kernel subsystem developers — expose their current state of development in source repositories.

To build external modules, you must have a prebuilt kernel available that contains the configuration and header files used in the build. Also, the kernel must have been built with modules enabled. If you are …

This is a short document describing the preferred coding style for the linux kernel. Coding style is very personal, and I won’t force my views on anybody, but this is what goes for anything that I have to be …

The tracing infrastructure can be very useful for debugging the Linux kernel. This document is a place to add various methods of using the tracer for debugging.

In addition to testing a running kernel, one can also analyze kernel source code directly (at compile time) using static analysis tools. The tools commonly used in the kernel allow one to inspect the whole …

There are a great many reasons why kernel code should be merged into the official (“mainline”) kernel, including automatic availability to users, community support in many forms, and the ability to …

printk() is one of the most widely known functions in the Linux kernel. It’s the standard tool we have for printing messages and usually the most basic way of tracing and debugging.