kernel.org is the main distribution point of source code for the Linux kernel, which is the base of the Linux operating system. The website and related...
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The Linux kernel is a free and open source,: 4 UNIX-like kernel that is used in many computer systems worldwide. The kernel was created by Linus Torvalds...
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portal Linux adoption Linux kernel History of Linux Timeline of free and open-source software "Active kernel releases". Kernel.org. 7 February 2023. Retrieved...
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Direct Rendering Manager (redirect from Kernel mode setting)
The Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) is a subsystem of the Linux kernel responsible for interfacing with GPUs of modern video cards. DRM exposes an API that...
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Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) is a free and open-source virtualization module in the Linux kernel that allows the kernel to function as a hypervisor...
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Dynamic Kernel Module Support (DKMS) is a program/framework that enables generating Linux kernel modules whose sources generally reside outside the kernel source...
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The kernel is a computer program at the core of a computer's operating system and generally has complete control over everything in the system. The kernel...
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open-source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991, by Linus Torvalds. Linux...
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The Linux kernel mailing list (LKML) is the main electronic mailing list for Linux kernel development, where the majority of the announcements, discussions...
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Cgroups (redirect from Kernel memory control groups)
cgroups (abbreviated from control groups) is a Linux kernel feature that limits, accounts for, and isolates the resource usage (CPU, memory, disk I/O,...
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or errant software behaviour. Kernel space is strictly reserved for running a privileged operating system kernel, kernel extensions, and most device drivers...
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that can run programs in a privileged context such as the operating system kernel. It is the successor to the Berkeley Packet Filter (BPF, with the "e" originally...
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In image processing, a kernel, convolution matrix, or mask is a small matrix used for blurring, sharpening, embossing, edge detection, and more. This is...
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/proc/sys/kernel/ — The Linux Kernel documentation". www.kernel.org. "Documentation for /proc/sys/vm/ — The Linux Kernel documentation". www.kernel.org. "[PATCH]...
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A kernel is a component of a computer operating system. A comparison of system kernels can provide insight into the design and architectural choices made...
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inode_operations". kernel.org. Retrieved 21 May 2023. The kernel development community. "Directory Locking". kernel.org. Retrieved 21 May 2023. The kernel development...
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computing, a loadable kernel module (LKM) is an object file that contains code to extend the running kernel, or so-called base kernel, of an operating system...
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computing, an oops is a serious but non-fatal error in the Linux kernel. An oops may precede a kernel panic, but it may also allow continued operation with compromised...
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GNU Project (redirect from GNU.org)
Kernel.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-01. Retrieved 2013-06-13. ...we have tried to use the word "Linux" or the expression "Linux kernel"...
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kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git - Linux kernel stable tree". kernel.org. Retrieved 15 September 2018. "orinoco - Linux Wireless". Wireless.kernel.org...
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In machine learning, kernel machines are a class of algorithms for pattern analysis, whose best known member is the support-vector machine (SVM). These...
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util-linux is a standard package distributed by the Linux Kernel Organization for use as part of the Linux operating system. A fork, util-linux-ng (with...
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kernel 3.11.1 arch/x86/Kconfig: CONFIG_EFI_STUB (line #1575)". Kernel.org. Retrieved 2013-10-06. "Linux kernel 3.3: 1.10. EFI boot support". KernelNewbies...
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Btrfs (category File systems supported by the Linux kernel)
Wiki". btrfs.wiki.kernel.org. "btrfs Wiki". kernel.org. Retrieved 19 April 2015. "Linux_4.14 - Linux Kernel Newbies". kernelnewbies.org. McPherson, Amanda...
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History of Linux (redirect from History of the Linux kernel)
student Linus Torvalds to create a new free operating system kernel. The resulting Linux kernel has been marked by constant growth throughout its history...
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Sparse (section Linux kernel definitions)
computer software tool designed to find possible coding faults in the Linux kernel. Unlike other such tools, this static analysis tool was initially designed...
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2024-04-30. "Linux kernel 3.7, Section 5. Block". kernelnewbies.org. 2012-12-10. Retrieved 2014-09-21. "External Metadata". RAID Setup. kernel.org. 2013-10-05...
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created for use in the development of the Linux kernel by Linus Torvalds and others developing the kernel. As with most other distributed version control...
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Mike (16 August 2011). "sysfs - _The_ filesystem for exporting kernel objects". kernel.org. Archived from the original on 13 March 2024. Retrieved 15 June...
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Network scheduler (redirect from Linux kernel packet scheduler)
kernel.org. Retrieved 2013-09-07. "Proportional Integral controller Enhanced (PIE)". kernel.org. "DRR Linux kernel network scheduler module". kernel.org...
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