The Linux Kernel
about functionalities→ layers↓ | human interfaces | system | multitasking | memory | storage | networking | ||||||||||||||
| User space interfaces | text interfaces | interface core |
| file & directory access | socket access | |||||||||||||||
| virtual | security | virtualization | threads | virtual memory | Virtual File System | address families: inet, unix | ||||||||||||||
| bridges | debugging | Driver Model | synchronization |
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| logical | multimedia subsystems | modules | Scheduler | logical memory | logical file systems | protocols | ||||||||||||||
| device control | HID | buses, PCI | interrupt core | Page Allocator | block devices | network interfaces | ||||||||||||||
| hardware interfaces | HI drivers | hardware interfaces | CPU specific | pages | storage drivers | network drivers | ||||||||||||||
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Contents
Category:Advanced reading level
- About the book
- Human interfaces
- about HID, media, v4l, UVC, ALSA, console, input, cdev, security
- System
- Multitasking
- 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
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