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Where is documentation for `/boot/config-<kernel_version>`?
I am working on understanding of how cgroups memory resource controller is enabled on Ubuntu 20.04. I have several Ubuntu machines that make up a Slurm 23.02.7 cluster. In cgroup.conf, SchedMD ...
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Kernel-mounted vs FUSE-mounted exfat filesystem
I have read that support for the exfat filesystem has been incorporated in the Linux kernel since kernel ver 5.4 was released in late 2019 - early 2020. I'm confused about what this means wrt the ...
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Error when trying to build Linux documentation
I have Linux git repository cloned, latest version of sphinx, GNU make, python, and all dependencies handled, running on MacOS (making the documentation to modify Linux on a VM), I am getting the ...
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Offline Documentation of kernel.org
i wanted to find a website to download linux kernel documents offline in eother pdf or html or any kind but i dont know where to find and where to download
any help would be appreciated
the link i ...
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What's the default value of the admin_reserve_kbytes kernel parameter?
Many of the kernel parameters have default values assigned. But some of them aren't really clear. I'm reading the proc manual and in the case of admin_reserve_kbytes we can read the following:
The ...
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Reading Linux kernel documentation in terminal
Is there a way to read Linux Kernel documentation offline in the terminal? For exmple, I am reading this document online: https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/cgroup-v1/cgroups.txt
If I use Linux ...
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Why does the fs.inode-max kernel tunable not exist on version 2.6 of the Linux kernel?
The following output (from a Vagrant VM running CentOS 6.6) mostly speaks for itself:
[root@localhost ~]# echo 131072 > /proc/sys/fs/inode-max
-bash: /proc/sys/fs/inode-max: No such file or ...
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How can I learn the purpose of the various kernel processes?
(Related: What do the brackets around processes mean?)
I'd like to really understand what I'm looking at better. I'd rather not need to dig through actual kernel source code just for a quick ...
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Where would I start looking for documentation on the graphical mode of the Linux console?
I'm writing my own display server as an educational exercise. Where in the Linux kernel tree would I look for documentation on the console's graphical mode?
Basically, as I understand it, Xorg takes ...
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Linux kernel API changes/additions
I'm trying to find a webpage or docs or XYZ that will allow me to see all the API changes/additions/removals between two kernel versions.
I found http://kernelnewbies.org/LinuxChanges, but I'm not ...
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Where are the Linux kernel parameters present in /proc/sys documented?
Where can I find a technical description of the kernel parameters listed in /proc/sys (ob Linux)?
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