The Linux Kernel

The Linux Kernel
A Linux kernel API and internals Reference.

Table of Contents

• System
  • about booting, devices, interfaces, Syscalls, /sys, /proc, modules, updating and debugging
• Processing
  • about processes, threads, scheduling, synchronization, interrupts
• Memory
  • about address spaces, memory allocation, memory mapping, VM, pages, data types, swap
• Storage
  • about block devices, filesystems, VFS, ext3, disk cache, SATA, SCSI,
• Networking
  • about network drivers, Ethernet, sockets, TCP/IP, NFS
• Human interface
  • TBD HID, v4l, alsa, console, UVC, input, cdev, security

• External links