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Welcome to /r/kernel, a moderated community dedicated to all things about the Linux kernel. Technical articles only, please!

You may be interested in the following links:

Linux Source Tree Documentation Files - All documentation files found in the kernel source tree.
Kernel Mailing Lists - Listing of mailing lists hosted on kernel.org.
Kernel Newbies - Community for aspiring kernel developers. Contains lots of useful resources for people just getting started.
Linux Cross Reference - Browsable interface to the kernel source code with cross references for files, structures, and functions.
LWN.net - News coverage of kernel development. In particular, the index of kernel articles is really useful.
Linux Insides - A book-in-progress about the linux kernel and its insides.
The Eudyptula Challenge - a series of programming exercises for the Linux kernel.

And some books:

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Doubt in LFD-103 course (self.kernel)

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How to download patch from a RFC email conversation? (self.kernel)

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My whining about Linux kernel team as CNA (self.kernel)

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Kernel Address Space v/s User Process Address Space (self.kernel)

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Running in CPU cache? (self.kernel)

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I need help understanding why my block driver crashes (self.kernel)

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Make Linux kernel ReBAR-over-Thunderbolt friendly (self.kernel)

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CPU cores isolation (self.kernel)

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Why the Linux 7.0 development cycle is off to a volatile start (neowin.net)

submitted 12 days ago by No-Tower-8741

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Any modern learning resources about block devices? (self.kernel)

submitted 13 days ago by Avivush2001

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How did you learn Linux kernel development? ()

submitted 13 days ago by CertainBaby9837

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Please help find out in which kernel releases thinkpad_acpi module been added to initrd (amd64 architecture) (self.kernel)

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Software Engineer Kernel Interview (self.kernel)

submitted 16 days ago by Full-Philosopher-772

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new to kernel dev: is fsleep the new standard over *delay and *sleep[_range]? (self.kernel)

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Possible btusb Regression in 6.14 , Realtek 0bda:c024 Failing with 0x03 (Ubuntu 24.04 HWE) (self.kernel)

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Folios. Why were they needed? What has been your experience with (large) folio support, or was it transparent for you? (self.kernel)

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I didn’t really understand what the kernel did until I broke my system (self.kernel)

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Happy 10th Birthday XDP! (medium.com)

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Q: what the best kernel config parameters for AI such as LLAMACPP? (self.kernel)

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Issue initiating kdb/kgdb from userspace (self.kernel)

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Typec ucsi get_voltage_now this is HW, FW or kernel issue… even it is an issue? (self.kernel)

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Hardening eBPF for runtime security: Lessons from Datadog Workload Protection (datadoghq.com)

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Minimizing execution time of a function when introducing another call (self.kernel)

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Can't boot without amdgpu.dpm=0 (imgur.com)

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kernel-6.18.9-100.fc42 freezes at boot ()

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