Linux Kernel in a Nutshell

Table of Contents

1. Preface

Audience for the book

Organization of the material

Online Version and License

Conventions Used in This Book

Contact Information

Acknowledgments

2. Introduction

Using this book

3. Requirements for building and using the kernel

Tools to build the kernel

Compiler

Linker

Make

Tools to use the kernel

util-linux

module-init-tools

Filesystem-specific tools

Other tools

4. Retrieving the kernel source

What tree to use

Where to find the kernel source

What to do with the source

5. Configuring and Building

Creating a configuration

Configuring from scratch

Default configuration options

Modifying the configuration

Console configuration method

Graphical configuration methods

Building the kernel

Advanced building options

Building faster on multiprocessor machines

Building only a portion of the kernel

Source in one place, output in another

Different architectures

6. Installing and Booting From a Kernel

Using a Distribution's Installation Scripts

Installing By Hand

Modifying the Bootloader For the New Kernel

GRUB

LILO

7. Upgrading a kernel

Download the new source

Which patch applies to which release?

Finding the patch

Applying the patch

Reconfigure the kernel

Can't this be automated?

8. Customizing a Kernel

Using a Distribution Kernel

Where Is the Kernel Configuration?

Finding Which Module Is Needed

Determining the Correct Module From Scratch

PCI devices

USB devices

Root Filesystem

Helper Script

9. Kernel Configuration Recipes

Disks

USB storage

IDE Disks

Serial ATA (SATA)

Burning a CD-ROM

Devices

USB

IEEE 1394 (FireWire)

PCI hotplug

PCMCIA / CardBus

Sound (ALSA)

CPU

Processor Types

SMP

Preemption

Suspend

CPU Frequency Scaling

Different Memory Models

ACPI

Networking

Netfilter

Network Drivers

IrDA

Bluetooth

Wireless

Filesystems

RAID

Logical Volume Manager and Device Mapper

Filesharing with Windows

OCFS2

Security

Default Linux Capabilities

SELinux

Kernel debugging

Kernel log timestamps

Magic SysRq keys

Debug Filesystem

General Kernel Debugging

10. Kernel boot command-line parameter reference

Module-specific options

Console options

Interrupt options

Memory options

Suspend options

CPU options

Scheduler options

Ramdisk options

Root disk options

Init options

kexec options

RCU options

ACPI options

SCSI options

PCI options

PnP BIOS options

SELinux options

Network options

NFS options

Hardware specific options

Timer specific options

Miscellaneous options

11. Kernel build command line reference

Informational Targets

Cleaning Targets

Configuration Targets

Build Targets

Packaging Targets

Documentation Targets

Architecture-Specific Targets

Analysis Targets

12. Kernel Configuration Option Reference

A. Helpful Utilities

patch and diff

New Kernel Versions

Managing Your Patches With quilt

git

ketchup

13. Bibliography

Books

General Linux Books

Linux Kernel Books

Tool locations

14. License

Definitions

Fair Use Rights

License Grant

Restrictions

Representations, Warranties and Disclaimer

Limitation on Liability

Termination

Miscellaneous