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Linux Kernel Programming

You're reading from   Linux Kernel Programming A comprehensive guide to kernel internals, writing kernel modules, and kernel synchronization

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789953435
Length 754 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (19) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: The Basics
2. Kernel Workspace Setup FREE CHAPTER 3. Building the 5.x Linux Kernel from Source - Part 1 4. Building the 5.x Linux Kernel from Source - Part 2 5. Writing Your First Kernel Module - LKMs Part 1 6. Writing Your First Kernel Module - LKMs Part 2 7. Section 2: Understanding and Working with the Kernel
8. Kernel Internals Essentials - Processes and Threads 9. Memory Management Internals - Essentials 10. Kernel Memory Allocation for Module Authors - Part 1 11. Kernel Memory Allocation for Module Authors - Part 2 12. The CPU Scheduler - Part 1 13. The CPU Scheduler - Part 2 14. Section 3: Delving Deeper
15. Kernel Synchronization - Part 1 16. Kernel Synchronization - Part 2 17. About Packt 18. Other Books You May Enjoy

The Kconfig* files

The Kconfig file at the root of the kernel source tree is used to fill in the initial screen of the menuconfig UI. Take a look at it if you wish. It works by sourcing various other Kconfig files in different folders of the kernel source tree. The following table summarizes the more important Kconfig* files and which menu they serve in the kbuild UI:

Menu Kconfig file location for it

The main menu, the initial screen

Kconfig

General setup

+ Enable loadable module support

init/Kconfig

Processor types and features
+ Bus options + Binary Emulations
(arch-specific; above the menu title is for x86; in general, the Kconfig file is here: arch/<arch>/Kconfig)

arch/<arch>/Kconfig

Power management

kernel/power/Kconfig

Firmware drivers

drivers/firmware/Kconfig

Virtualization

arch/<arch>/kvm/Kconfig

General architecture-dependent options

arch/Kconfig

Enable the block layer
+ IO Schedulers

block/Kconfig

Executable...

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