The Linux® system call interface permits user-space applications to invoke functionality in the kernel, but what about invoking user-space applications from the kernel? Explore the usermode-helper API, and learn how to invoke user-space applications and manipulate their output. Read more…
Category: Linux kernel
Linux documentation on long delays, short delays and timeouts. This also describes the api’s used to achieve the same and also the advantages, disadvantages and also the situation in which each better suits. Some informations in the documentation can be out dated based on latest code. Read More…
Tips on enabling few kernel options. Schedulers, Processor types, ACPI, HDD and network drivers.
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The Linux kernel has several different IO schedulers. This article provides an introduction to the concept of schedulers and what options exist for Linux.
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A small tutorial on building your own Linux kernel.
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