Linux Kernel in a Nutshell

Preface; Audience for the book; Organization of the material; Online Version and License; Conventions Used in This Book; Contact Information; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1.1 Using this book; Chapter 2: Requirements for building and using the kernel; 2.1 Tools to build the kernel; 2.2 Tools to use the kernel; Chapter 3: Retrieving the kernel source; 3.1 What tree to use; 3.2 Where to find the kernel source; 3.3 What to do with the source; Chapter 4: Configuring and Building; 4.1 Creating a configuration; 4.2 Modifying the configuration; 4.3 Building the kernel; 4.4 Advanced building options; Chapter 5: Installing and Booting From a Kernel; 5.1 Using a Distribution's Installation Scripts; 5.2 Installing By Hand; 5.3 Modifying the Bootloader For the New Kernel; Chapter 6: Upgrading a kernel; 6.1 Download the new source; 6.2 Applying the patch; 6.3 Reconfigure the kernel; 6.4 Can't this be automated?; Chapter 7: Customizing a Kernel; 7.1 Using a Distribution Kernel; 7.2 Determining the Correct Module From Scratch; Chapter 8: Kernel Configuration Recipes; 8.1 Disks; 8.2 Devices; 8.3 CPU; 8.4 Networking; 8.5 Filesystems; 8.6 Security; 8.7 Kernel debugging; Chapter 9: Kernel boot command-line parameter reference The majority of this chapter is based on the in-kernel documentation for the different kernel boot command line reference options, which were written by the kernel developers and released under the GPL.; 9.1 Module-specific options; 9.2 Console options; 9.3 Interrupt options; 9.4 Memory options; 9.5 Suspend options; 9.6 CPU options; 9.7 Scheduler options; 9.8 Ramdisk options; 9.9 Root disk options; 9.10 Init options; 9.11 kexec options; 9.12 RCU options; 9.13 ACPI options; 9.14 SCSI options; 9.15 PCI options; 9.16 PnP BIOS options; 9.17 SELinux options; 9.18 Network options; 9.19 NFS options; 9.20 Hardware specific options; 9.21 Timer specific options; 9.22 Miscellaneous options; Chapter 10: Kernel build command line reference; 10.1 Informational Targets; 10.2 Cleaning Targets; 10.3 Configuration Targets; 10.4 Build Targets; 10.5 Packaging Targets; 10.6 Documentation Targets; 10.7 Architecture-Specific Targets; 10.8 Analysis Targets; Chapter 11: Kernel Configuration Option Reference This chapter lists the most important configuration options offered when you run make config or one of its graphical interfaces. The majority of the chapter is based on the in-kernel documentation for the different kernel configuration options, which were written by the kernel developers and released under the GPL.; Helpful Utilities; patch and diff This section is based on an article originally published in Linux Journal.; Managing Your Patches With quilt; git; ketchup; Chapter 12: Bibliography; 12.1 Books; 12.2 Tool locations;