The Linux Kernel

+API and internals visual reference aboutfunctionalities→layers↓ humaninterfaces system bgcolor=#ffd|multitasking bgcolor=#bfd|memory bgcolor=#cef|storage bgcolor=#dff|networking User spaceinterfaces text interfaces system interfaces execution processes file system sockets virtual security virtualization threads virtual memory VirtualFile System address families:inet, unix bridges debugging Driver Model synchronization memorymapping page cacheswap network storage logical multimediasubsystems modules Scheduler logical memory logicalfile systems protocols devicecontrol HID human interface devicesinput buses, PCI interrupt core Page Allocator block devices network interfaces hardwareinterfaces HI drivers hardwareinterfaces[re]booting CPU specific pages storagedrivers networkdrivers electronics userperipherals   I/O  ACPI CPUregs APIC memoryRAM MMU storageSATA NVMe NICsEthernet Wi-Fi Contents advanced Linux Basics C Programming About the book /Human interfaces/ about HID, media, v4l, UVC, ALSA, console, input, cdev, security /System/ about booting, devices, buses, PCI, interfaces, /Syscalls/, /sys, /proc, modules, updating and debugging /Multitasking/ about processes, threads, scheduling, synchronization, interrupts /Memory/ about address spaces, memory allocation, memory mapping, VM, pages, data types, swap /Storage/ about block devices, filesystems, VFS, ext3, disk cache, SATA, SCSI, /Networking/ about network drivers, Ethernet, sockets, TCP/IP, NFS /External links/ __NOTOC__ __NOEDITSECTION__ L Linux 50%