This tag is for questions about the internals of the Linux kernel itself - particularly about writing code that runs within the context of the kernel (like kernel modules or drivers).
I'm recompiling my kernel, and I want to choose an I/O scheduler. What's the difference between these?
linux io linux-kernel kernel recompileI have developed a Linux device driver. As of now I am compiling it on Ubuntu 12.04 with cross-compiler for arm …
linux-kernel linux-device-driverWhat is the basic difference between a pthread and fork w.r.t. linux in terms of implementation differences and …
linux-kernel pthreads forkWhat is the difference between KVM and Linux Containers (LXCs)? To me it seems, that LXC is also a way …
linux-kernel kvm lxc cgroups linux-namespacesWhat is the difference between arm-eabi, gnueabi and gnueabi-hf cross compilers. I am kind of finding it difficult to choose …
linux gcc linux-kernel arm linux-device-driverWhile studying Linux interrupt handling I found that Tasklets and SoftIRQs are two different methods of performing "bottom half" (lesser …
linux-kernel interrupt-handling softirq taskletI want to force the Linux kernel to allocate more memory to applications after the cache starts taking up too …
linux linux-kernel kernel memory-managementI have a kernel module for splitting incoming rtp packets and merging rtp outgoing packets. The program crashes once in 2/3 …
linux-kernel kernel kernel-module crash-dumpsI'm going to launch a Linux on my development board, and i need a dts file (device tree file) to …
linux linux-kernel device-treeI'm adapting a Gingerbread kernel for my custom board. I'm trying to replace a resistive touch screen that uses an …
android linux-kernel device-driver touchscreen android-source