8 docs tagged with "kernel"

Provides vital information that can be used for troubleshooting production performance problems.

udev is a device manager for the Linux kernel. It manages device nodes in /dev. It also handles all user space events raised when HW devices are added or removed into the system.

How to add network flakiness for testing applications.

How to Manage Active Network Connections

The kernel is the core component of the OS. It:

Summarized information from Linux Kernel Development, 3rd Edition.

The Linux® kernel is the main component of a Linux operating system (OS) and is the core interface between a computer’s hardware and its processes. It communicates between the 2, managing resources as efficiently as possible.

Modules enable the operating system to extend capabilities of network, disk, peripheral devices and others. They are pieces of software that can be loaded/unloaded into the kernel upon demand and without the need to restart the OS.