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 1.   . /KernelCompilation How do I compile a kernel?
 1.   . /KernelCrossCompilation How do I cross compile a kernel?
 1.   . /DisklessImages An Introduction to Diskless Booting.
 1.   . /HowToApplyAPatch How do I apply a patch?
 1.   . KernelHackingTools Are there any good IDEs? How do I handle all this code?
 1.   . /CompileVendorDriver How do I compile a 3rd party device driver ?
 1.   . /LinuxKernelModuleCompile How can I compile a Linux Kernel Module ?
 1.   . /LinuxKernelDebug101 Whats the easiest way to debug ?
 1.   . CareerAdvice How do I get a job as kernel hacker?
 1.   . UpstreamMerge How do I get my code into the upstream kernel?
Kernelnewbies questions

 1.   . /VariousKernelTrees What are the various kernel trees for ?
 1.   . /WhereDoIBegin Where do I begin?
 1.   . /People on KernelNewBies Who can I find on #kernelnewbies?
 1.   . /DoINeedToKnowAssembler Do I need to know assembler to hack the kernel?
 1.   . /DoINeedToKnowHardware Do I need to know a lot about hardware to hack the kernel?
 1.   . DoesNotWork I built my own kernel, but it does not work. What's the problem?
Kernel hacking

 1.   . /VariousKernelTrees What are the various kernel trees for ?
 1.   . /System.map What is the System.map file?
 1.   . /MajorMinor What major/minor does XXX have ?
 1.   . /CodingStyle What coding style should I use?
 1.   . /LikelyUnlikely What means the macros likely() and unlikely() ?
 1.   . /Preemption What does preemption mean ? Is it available under Linux ?
 1.   . /LibraryFunctionsInKernel Can I use library functions in the kernel ?
 1.   . /SyscallTrace How do I intercept system calls ?
 1.   . /LinkedLists How does the kernel implements linked lists?
 1.   . /WhyWritingFilesFromKernelIsBad Why reading/writing files from the kernel is bad, and how to do otherwise ?
Linux kernel gotchas

 1.   . /get current How does get_current() work?
 1.   . /current How does the current macro helps you access your process-related record?
 1.   . /ExternAndStaticInlineVariable What's the difference between extern and static inline?
 1.   . /DoWhile0 Why do a lot of #defines in the kernel use do { ... } while (0)?
 1.   . /LikelyUnlikely What do the macros likely() and unlikely() mean?
 1.   . /ContainerOf What is container_of ? How does it work ?
 1.   . /InitExitMacros What are the __init and __exit macros ?
 1.   . /WhereIs bad udelay Now, where is __bad_udelay defined? __
 1.   . /asmlinkage What is asmlinkage ?
 1.   . /down What is that jmp 1b doing out there?
 1.   . /TestWpBit test_wp_bit magic, or how exception fixups work.
 1.   . /BUG How does BUG() work?
 1.   . /StackTrace
   1. Why is there a function on my stack trace that does not get called?
   1. How do I manually get a stack trace?
 1.   . BootSectorAndKernelImage Why does the kernel no longer directly boot from floppy?
 1.   . /FastpathAndSlowpath What is the difference between terms: "Fast path" and "Slow path" ?
Hardware Questions

 1.   . /HyperthreadingDoesNotWork My CPU says it can do hyperthreading. Why do I only see one thread?
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