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Dec 3, 2025 · Unless you downloaded, compiled and installed your own version of kernel from kernel.org, you are running a distribution kernel. To find out the version of your kernel, run …

There are a great many reasons why kernel code should be merged into the official (“mainline”) kernel, including automatic availability to users, community support in many forms, and the …

The maintainers of the various kernel subsystems — and also many kernel subsystem developers — expose their current state of development in source repositories.

This is the beginning of a section with information of interest to application developers and system integrators doing analysis of the Linux kernel for safety critical applications.

Aug 6, 2024 · The Linux Kernel Organization is a California Public Benefit Corporation established in 2002 to distribute the Linux kernel and other Open Source software to the public without …

These manuals contain overall information about how to develop the kernel. The kernel community is quite large, with thousands of developers contributing over the course of a year.

Linux kernel for ARC processors Feature status on arc architecture ARM Architecture ARM Linux 2.6 and upper Booting ARM Linux Cluster-wide Power-up/power-down race avoidance …

The kernel code base is logically broken down into a set of subsystems: networking, specific architecture support, memory management, video devices, etc. Most subsystems have a …

The Per-CPU Pagesets are a vital mechanism in the kernel’s memory management system. By handling most frequent allocations and frees locally on each CPU, the Per-CPU Pagesets …