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Dec 3, 2025 · 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 following manuals are written for users of the kernel — those who are trying to get it to work optimally on a given system and application developers seeking information on the kernel’s …

Aug 6, 2024 · Kernel.org accounts are usually reserved for subsystem maintainers or high-profile developers. It is absolutely not necessary to have an account on kernel.org to contribute to the …

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

This is the beginning of a section with information of interest to application developers and system integrators doing analysis of the Linux kernel for safety critical applications.

Feb 6, 2022 · You can determine if your kernel currently has firmware loader support by looking for the CONFIG_FW_LOADER definition on your kernel’s .config file. In addition to having the …

Don’t worry too much about this, most of the time it’s not a problem to run a tainted kernel; the information is mainly of interest once someone wants to investigate some problem, as its real …

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.

The Linux kernel can act as a watchdog to detect both soft and hard lockups. A ‘softlockup’ is defined as a bug that causes the kernel to loop in kernel mode for more than 20 seconds (see …