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• /dev directory
• /dev nodes
• /dev tree
• /etc/networks file
• /etc/syslog.conf file
• /proc filesystem
• /proc/*/maps
• /proc/devices file
• /proc/interrupts file
• /proc/kcore file
• /proc/kmsg file
• /proc/modules file
• /proc/slabinfo file
• /proc/stat file
• /proc/sys/kernel/printk file, reading console loglevel with
• /proc/tty/driver/ directory
• /sbin/hotplug utility
• 16-bit ports
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• 32-bit ports
• 8-bit ports
• ACTION variable
• API (application programming interface)
• ARM architecture, porting and
• ARP (Address Resolution Protocol)
• Address Resolution Protocol (see ARP)
• Alpha architecture, porting and
• BCD (binary-coded decimal) forms
• BLK_BOUNCE_HIGH symbol
• BSS segments
• BULK endpoints (USB)
• BUS_ATTR macro
• BogoMips value
• CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE capability
• CAP_NET_ADMIN capability
• CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability
• CAP_SYS_MODULE capability
• CAP_SYS_RAWIO capability
• CAP_SYS_TTY_CONFIG capability
• CHECKSUM_ symbols
• CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG option
• CONFIG_DEBUG_DRIVER option
• CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO option
• CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL option
• CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC option
• CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB option
• CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK option
• CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK_SLEEP option
• CONFIG_DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW option
• CONFIG_DEBUG_STACK_USAGE option
• CONFIG_IKCONFIG option
• CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC option
• CONFIG_INIT_DEBUG option
• CONFIG_INPUT_EVBUG option
• CONFIG_KALLSYMS option
• CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ option
• CONFIG_PROFILING option
• CONFIG_SCSI_CONSTANTS option
• CONFIG_USB_DYNAMIC_MINORS configuration option
• CONTROL endpoints (USB)
• CPU modalities (levels)
• CRTSCTS bitmask
• CSIZE bitmask
• CSN (card select number)
• CSTOPB bitmask
• DECLARE_TASKLET macro
• DEFAULT_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL
• DEFAULT_MESSAGE_LOGLEVEL
• DEVICE variable
• DEVPATH variable
• DMA (direct memory access)
• DMA-capable memory zone
• DMAC (DMA controller)
• DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL symbol
• DMA_FROM_DEVICE symbol
• DMA_NONE symbol
• DMA_TO_DEVICE symbol
• DRIVER_ATTR macro
• Dynamic Probes debugging tool
• EBUSY error
• EISA (Extended ISA)
• ETH_ALEN macro
• EXPORT_SYMBOL macro
• EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL macro
• Ethernet
• Ethtool
• Extended ISA (EISA)
• FASYNC flag
• FDDI networks, configuring interfaces
• FIFO (first-in-first-out) devices
• FIOASYNC command
• FIOCLEX command
• FIONBIO command
• FIONCLEX command
• FIOQSIZE command
• F_SETFL command
• F_SETFL fcntl command
• F_SETOWN command
• File System header (fs.h)
• FireWire
• GFP_ATOMIC flag
• GFP_COLD flag
• GFP_DMA flag
• GFP_HIGH flag
• GFP_HIGHMEM flag
• GFP_HIGHUSER flag
• GFP_KERNEL flag
• GFP_NOFAIL flag
• GFP_NOFS flag
• GFP_NOIO flag
• GFP_NORETRY flag
• GFP_NOWARN flag
• GFP_REPEAT flag
• GFP_USER flag
• GNU General Public License (GPL)
• GPL (GNU General Public License)
• General Public License (GPL)
• HIPPI drivers, preparing fields for
• HZ (time frequency) symbol
• I/O
• I/O Memory Management Unit (see IOMMU)
• I/O ports, parallel (see parallel ports)
• I/O registers versus RAM
• I2O drivers
• IA-64 architecture
• IEEE1394 bus (Firewire)
• IFF_ symbols
• IFF_ALLMULTI flag
• IFF_AUTOMEDIA flag
• IFF_BROADCAST flag
• IFF_DEBUG flag
• IFF_DYNAMIC flag
• IFF_LOOPBACK flag
• IFF_MASTER flag
• IFF_MULTICAST flag
• IFF_NOARP flag
• IFF_NOTRAILERS flag
• IFF_POINTOPOINT flag
• IFF_PORTSEL flag
• IFF_PROMISC flag
• IFF_RUNNING flag
• IFF_SLAVE flag
• IFF_UP flag
• INIT_LIST_HEAD macro
• INTERFACE variable
• IOMMU (I/O memory management unit)
• IP (Internet protocol)
• IP numbers, resolving to physical addresses
• IRQs (interrupt request lines)
• ISA
• ISOCHRONOUS endpoints (USB)
• Internet protocol (IP)
• KERNEL_VERSION macro
• KERN_ALERT macro
• KERN_CRIT macro
• KERN_DEBUG macro
• KERN_EMERG macro
• KERN_ERR macro
• KERN_INFO macro
• KERN_NOTICE macro
• KERN_WARNING macro
• LEDs, soldering to output pins
• LINUX_VERSION_CODE macro
• LOG_BUF_LEN circular buffer
• LSR (line status register)
• LTT (Linux Trace Toolkit)
• Linux
• Linux Documentation Project web site
• Linux Trace Toolkit (LTT)
• Linux device model
• LocalTalk devices, setting up fields for
• M68k architecture (porting and)
• MAC (medium access control) addresses
• MAJOR macro
• MCA (Micro Channel Architecture)
• MII (Media Independent Interface)
• MINOR macro
• MIPS processor
• MKDEV macro
• MODULE_ALIAS macro
• MODULE_AUTHOR macro
• MODULE_DESCRIPTION macro
• MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE macro
• MSR register
• MTU, network devices and
• Media Independent Interface (MII)
• Micro Channel Architecture (MCA)
• NAME variable
• NR_IRQS symbol
• NUMA (nonuniform memory access) systems
• NuBus
• O_NDELAY flag (f_flags field)
• O_NONBLOCK flag (f_flags field)
• O_RDONLY flag (f_flags field)
• O_SYNC flag (f_flags field)
• PACKET_BROADCAST flag
• PACKET_HOST flag
• PACKET_MULTICAST flag
• PACKET_OTHERHOST flag
• PAGE_SHIFT macro
• PAGE_SHIFT symbol
• PAGE_SIZE symbol
• PARENB bitmask
• PARODD bitmask
• PC parallel interface
• PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect)
• PCI_CLASS variable
• PCI_DEVICE macro
• PCI_DEVICE_CLASS macro
• PCI_DMA_FROMDEVICE symbol
• PCI_DMA_TODEVICE symbol
• PCI_ID variable
• PCI_SLOT_NAME variable
• PCI_SUBSYS_ID variable
• PDEBUG/PDEBUGG symbols
• PFN (page frame number)
• PG_locked flag
• PG_reserved flag
• PHYS variable
• PLIP (Parallel Line Internet Protocol)
• POLLERR flag
• POLLHUP flag
• POLLIN flag
• POLLOUT flag
• POLLPRI flag
• POLLRDBAND flag
• POLLRDNORM flag
• POLLWRBAND flag
• POLLWRNORM flag
• POS (Programmable Option Select)
• PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol) and interrupt handling differences
• PRODUCT variable
• Parallel Line Internet Protocol (see PLIP)
• Peripheral Component Interconnect (see PCI)
• PnP (plug and play)
• Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) and interrupt handling differences
• PowerPC architecture (porting and)
• Probes, Dynamic
• Programmable Option Select (POS)
• RAM (random access memory)
• RCU (read-copy-update)
• RELEVANT_IFLAG macro
• RISC processor and inline assembly code
• S/390 architecture
• SAK (secure attention key) function
• SA_INTERRUPT flag
• SA_SAMPLE_RANDOM flag
• SA_SHIRQ flag
• SBus
• SCSI
• SEQNUM variable
• SIGIO signal
• SIOCDEVPRIVATE commands
• SIOCSIFADDR command
• SIOCSIFMAP command
• SLAB_CACHE_DMA flag
• SLAB_CTOR_ATOMIC flag
• SLAB_CTOR_CONSTRUCTOR flag
• SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN flag
• SLAB_NO_REAP flag
• SMP (symmetric multiprocessor) systems
• SPARC architecture
• SPARC64 platform (data alignment)
• SUBSYSTEM variable
• Simple Character Utility for Loading Localitie (see scull)
• Simple Hardware Operations and Raw Tests (see short driver)
• Super-H architecture
• TCQ (tagged command queueing)
• TIOCLINUX command
• TSC (timestamp counter)
• TTL (transistor-transistor logic) levels
• TTY_DRIVER_NO_DEVFS flag
• TTY_DRIVER_REAL_RAW flag
• TTY_DRIVER_RESET_TERMIOS flag
• TYPE variable
• USB (universal serial bus)
• USB request blocks (see urbs)
• USB_DEVICE macro
• USB_DEVICE_INFO macros
• USB_DEVICE_VER macro
• USB_INTERFACE_INFO macro
• UTP (unshielded twisted pair)
• UTS_RELEASE macro
• Unix
• User-Mode Linux
• VERIFY_ symbols
• VESA Local Bus (VLB)
• VLB (VESA Local Bus)
• VMA (virtual memory area)
• VM_IO flag
• VM_RESERVED flag
• WQ_FLAG_EXCLUSIVE flag set
• Wall flag
• _IOC_DIRBITS macro
• _IOC_NRBITS macro
• _IOC_SIZEBITS macro
• _IOC_TYPEBITS macro
• _t data types
• abstractions (hardware)
• access
• access_ok function
• adding
• addresses
• aio_fsync operation
• algorithms (lock-free)
• alignment
• alloc_netdev function
• alloc_pages interface
• alloc_skb function
• alloc_tty_driver function
• allocating
• allocation
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• alternatives to locking
• application programming interface (see API)
• applications versus kernel modules
• architecture
• arguments
• arrays
• asm directory
• assignment
• asynchronous DMA
• asynchronous I/O
• asynchronous notification
• asynchronous running of timers
• asynctest program
• atomic context (spinlocks)
• atomic variables
• atomic_add operation
• atomic_dec operation
• atomic_dec_and_test operation
• atomic_inc operation
• atomic_inc_and_test operation
• atomic_read operation
• atomic_set operation
• atomic_sub operation
• atomic_sub_and_test operation
• atomic_t count field (memory)
• attributes
• authorization
• autodetection
• automatic, IRQ number detection
• bEndpointAddress field (USB)
• bInterval field (USB)
• back-casting kobject pointers
• barriers
• base module parameter
• baud rates (tty drivers)
• bi_io_vec array
• bibliography
• big-endian byte order
• bin_attribute structure
• binary attributes (kobjects)
• binary-coded decimal (BCD) forms
• bio structure
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• bitfields (ioctl commands)
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• bits
• blk_cleanup_queue function
• blk_queue_hardsect_size function
• blk_queue_segment_boundary function
• blkdev_dequeue_request function
• block devices
• block drivers
• block_fsync method
• blocking
• bmAttributes field (USB)
• boot time (memory allocation)
• booting (PCI)
• bottom halves
• bounce buffers
• bridges
• buffers
• bugs (see debugging; troubleshooting)
• bulk urbs (USB)
• bus_add_driver function
• bus_attribute type
• bus_for_each_dev function
• bus_register function
• bus_type structure
• buses
• busy loops
• busy-waiting implementation
• bytes
• caches
• calling
• cancellation of urbs
• capabilities, restricted operations and
• capability.h header file
• capable function
• card select number (CSN)
• cardctl utility
• carrier signals
• cdev structure
• change_bit operation
• change_mtu method
• channels, DMA
• char (character) drivers
• char *buffer field (request structure)
• char *name variable (USB)
• char bus_id field
• char disk_name field (gendisk)
• char name field (net_device structure)
• character drivers (see char drivers)
• chars_in_buffer function
• check_flags method
• circular buffers
• claim_dma_lock function
• class register (PCI)
• class_id field
• class_simple interface
• class_simple_create function
• class_simple_device_add function
• class_simple_device_remove function
• classes
• cleanup function
• clear_bit operation
• clear_dma_ff function
• clearing bits on interface boards
• clock ticks (see jiffies, values)
• clocks
• cloning devices
• close function (tty drivers)
• close method
• cmd field (request structure)
• coarse-grained locking
• code
• coherency
• command pre-preparation (block drivers)
• command-oriented drivers
• commands
• communication with user space
• compilers
• compiling
• complete function (urbs)
• complete module
• completion
• concurrency
• configuration
• connections
• connectors (ISA)
• console_loglevel variable
• consoles
• const char *dev_name functions
• const char *name field (PCI registration)
• const char *name function
• const struct pci_device_id *id_table field (PCI registration)
• const struct usb_device_id *id_table function
• constructor function (kmem_cache_create)
• control functions (queues)
• control urbs (USB)
• controllers (PCI)
• controlling
• conventional memory, I/O registers
• conversion (virtual addresses)
• copying (cross-space)
• core files
• counters
• counts (interrupts)
• create_module system call
• create_proc_read_entry function
• creating
• critical sections
• cross-space copying
• current process
• current time, retrieving
• current.h header file
• currentime file (jit module)
• custom
• cycles_t type
• daemons
• data
• data attribute (firmware)
• data functions (USB)
• data structures
• data types
• dataalign program
• datasize program
• dd utility and scull driver example
• deadline schedulers (I/O)
• deadlocks, avoiding
• debugging
• declaration of array parameters
• default attributes (kobjects)
• default_attrs field (kobjects)
• del_timer_sync function
• delaying execution of code
• deleting
• dentry field (file structure)
• dependency
• dereferencing memory addresses
• descriptors (USB)
• design
• desktops
• destroying urbs (USB)
• destructor function (kmem_cache_create)
• dev_alloc_skb function
• dev_id pointer (installing shared handlers)
• dev_kfree_skb function
• dev_mc_list structure
• dev_t i_rdev (inode structure field)
• development community (kernel), joining
• development kernels
• device attribute (firmware)
• deviceID register (PCI)
• devices
• direct I/O
• direct memory access (see DMA)
• directories
• disable_dma function
• disable_irq function
• disabling
• disclosure of data
• disconnect function (USB)
• disks
• distribution, writing drivers for
• dma.h header file
• dma_addr_t setup_dma field (USB)
• dma_addr_t transfer_dma field (USB)
• dma_free_coherent function
• dma_spin_lock
• dmesg command
• do-it-yourself probing
• do_IRQ function
• do_close function
• do_gettimeofday function
• do_ioctl method
• double underscore (__) functions
• double-address cycle mappings (PCI)
• doubly linked lists (portability)
• down function
• driver_unregister function
• drivers
• dynamic devices
• elevators (I/O)
• elv_next_request function
• embedding
• enable_dma function
• enable_irq function
• enabling
• end-of-file
• endless loops, preventing
• endpoints
• entropy pool and SA_SAMPLE_RANDOM flag
• errno.h header file
• error handling during initialization
• errors
• eth_header method
• ether_setup function
• events
• exclusive waits
• execution
• experimental kernels
• exporting symbols
• extended buses
• f_dentry pointer
• f_flags field (file structure)
• f_mode field (file structure)
• f_op pointer
• f_pos field (file structure)
• fast interrupt handlers
• fasync method
• fasync_helper function
• fasync_struct structure
• faults
• faulty module (oops messages)
• faulty_read function
• faulty_write function
• fc_setup function
• fcntl system call
• fcntl.h header file
• fdatasync system call
• fddi_setup function
• fiber channel devices, initializing
• file_operations structure
• files
• filesystems
• filp pointer
• filp->f_op
• filter hotplug operation
• fine-grained locking
• firmware
• first-in-first-out (FIFO) devices (see FIFO devices)
• flags
• flips (tty drivers)
• flow of data (tty drivers)
• flush method
• flush operation
• flushing pending output
• fonts (incorrect on console)
• fops pointers
• forms (BCD)
• fragmentation
• free command
• free_dma function
• free_irq function
• free_netdev functions
• free_pages function
• freeing
• fs.h header file
• fsync method
• full class interfaces
• functions
• gcc compiler
• gdb commands
• gendisk structure
• general distribution, writing drivers for
• generic DMA layers
• generic I/O address spaces
• geographical addressing
• get_cycles function
• get_dma_residue function
• get_fast_time function
• get_free_page function
• get_free_pages function
• get_kernel_syms system call
• get_page function
• get_stats method
• get_unaligned function
• get_user function
• get_user_pages function
• get_zeroed_page function
• gfp.h header file
• global information (net_device structure)
• global memory areas
• global messages (enabling/disabling)
• goto statement
• group, device
• hacking kernels options
• handle_IRQ_event function
• hangs (system)
• hard_header method
• hard_start_transmit method
• hard_start_xmit method
• hardware
• header_cache method
• header_cache_update method
• headers
• hello world module
• hierarchies
• high memory
• hippi_setup function
• hostnames (snull interfaces)
• hotplugs
• hubs (USB)
• hung system
• hyperthreaded processors, avoiding deadlocks
• if.h header file
• ifconfig command
• ifreq structure
• implementation
• in_atomic function
• in_interrupt function
• inb function
• inb_p function
• infinite loops, preventing
• information leakage
• init scripts and loading/unloading modules
• init.h header file
• initialization
• inl function
• inline assembly code (example)
• inode pointer in ioctl method
• inode structure
• input devices (hotplugging)
• input files, enabling asynchronous notification from
• input module
• input pins
• insb function
• insl function
• insmod program
• installation
• insw function
• int actual_length field (USB)
• int data type
• int error_count field (USB)
• int field
• int flags field (gendisk)
• int function (USB)
• int interval field (USB)
• int major field (gendisk)
• int minor field (USB)
• int minor_base variable (USB)
• int minors field (gendisk)
• int number_of_packets field (USB)
• int pci_enable_device function
• int printk_ratelimit(void) function
• int seq_escape function
• int seq_path function
• int seq_printf function
• int seq_putc function
• int seq_puts function
• int start_frame field (USB)
• int status field (USB)
• int transfer_buffer_length field (USB)
• interactive kernel debugger (kdb)
• interface-specific data types
• interfaces
• internal functions (locking)
• internal representation of device numbers
• interrupt handlers
• interrupt mode
• interrupt request lines (see IRQs)
• interruptible sleeps
• interrupts
• intervals of time (data type portability)
• intptr_t type (C99 standard)
• inw function
• ioctl commands (creating)
• ioctl function (tty drivers)
• ioctl method
• ioctl-number.txt file
• ioctl.h header file
• ioremap
• ioremap function
• ioremap_nocache function
• iounmap function
• ip_summed field (sk_buff)
• irq argument (interrupt number)
• irq.h header file
• irqreturn_t function
• isa_readb function
• isochronous urbs (USB)
• iteration of buses
• jiffies
• jit (just in time) module
• jitbusy program
• joysticks (hotplugging)
• just in time (jit) module (see jit module)
• kcore file
• kdataalign program
• kdatasize module
• kdb kernel debugger
• kernel-assisted probing
• kernel_ulong_t driver_info field (USB)
• kernels
• keyboards
• keys (magic SysRq)
• kfree
• kfree_skb function
• kgdb patch
• kill_fasync function
• killing urbs
• klogd daemon
• kmalloc
• kmalloc function
• kmap function
• kmap_skb_frag function
• kmem_cache_alloc function
• kmem_cache_create function
• kmem_cache_t type function
• kmsg file
• kobjects
• kset_hotplug_ops structure
• ksets
• ksyms file
• lapses of time, measurement of
• laptop docking stations
• large buffers, obtaining
• large file implementations (/proc files)
• layers
• ldd_driver structure
• lddbus driver
• levels
• libraries
• license terms
• lifecycles
• limitations of debug messages (prink function)
• line settings (tty drivers)
• line status register (LSR)
• link state (changes in)
• linked lists
• linking libraries
• links (symbolic)
• linux-kernel mailing list
• list.h header file
• list_add function
• list_add_tail function
• list_del function
• list_empty function
• list_entry macro
• list_for_each macro
• list_head data structure
• list_move function
• list_splice function
• lists (PCI)
• lists, linked
• little-endian byte order
• llseek method
• loadable modules
• loading
• local0 (IP number)
• lock method
• lock-free algorithms
• locked keyboard (debugging)
• locking
• lockmeter tool
• loff_t (long offset)
• loff_t f_pos (struct file field)
• logging messages (printk function)
• logical addresses
• logical units (USB)
• login process
• loglevels
• long data type
• long delays (of code execution)
• lookaside caches
• loopback interfaces
• loops
• loops_per_jiffy value
• low memory
• low-level sysfs operations
• ls command, identifying device type
• ltalk_setup
• ltalk_setup function
• macros
• magic SysRq key
• mailing list, linux-kernel
• mainline kernels, installation of
• major device numbers
• major numbers
• make command
• makefiles
• management
• manual sleeps
• mapper program
• mapping
• match function (buses)
• mdelay
• measurement of time lapses
• media_changed method
• medium access control addresses (see MAC addresses)
• memory
• memory management
• messages
• methods
• mice
• microsecond resolution
• minor device numbers
• minor numbers, char drivers
• misc-progs directory
• mitigation of interrupts
• mlock system call
• mmap
• mmap method
• mod_timer function
• modalities (levels), CPU
• mode_t f_mode (struct file field)
• mode_t mode variable (USB)
• models (Linux device)
• modes
• modprobe utility
• modularization, layered
• module.h header file
• module_init function
• module_param macro
• modules
• monitoring
• mremap system calls
• multicasting
• mutexes
• mutual exclusion
• name field (buses)
• naming
• native DMA
• natural alignment of data items
• nbtest program
• net_device structure
• net_device_stats structure
• net_init.c file
• netif_carrier_off function
• netif_carrier_ok function
• netif_carrier_on function
• netif_start_queue function
• netif_stop_queue function
• netif_wake_queue function
• netpoll
• network devices
• network drivers
• networks
• next method
• non-Ethernet headers
• non-Ethernet interfaces
• nonblocking operations
• nondefault attributes (kobjects)
• nonpreemption and concurrency
• nonretryable requests
• nonuniform memory access (NUMA) systems (see NUMA systems)
• nopage method
• normal memory zone
• notification (asynchronous)
• nr_frags field
• numbering versions (see versions, numbering)
• numbers
• objects
• octets
• older interfaces
• oops messages
• open files
• open function (tty drivers)
• open method
• opening network drivers
• operations
• optimizations, compiler
• options (configuration)
• ordering locking (rules for)
• outb function
• outb_p function
• outl function
• output
• outsb function
• outsl function
• outsw function
• outw function
• overriding ARP
• overruns (buffers)
• packages, upgrading
• packets
• page frame number (PFN)
• page-oriented allocation functions
• page.h header file
• page_address macro
• pages
• parallel ports
• param.h header file
• parameters
• partial data transfers
• passwords
• pausing I/O
• pci_bus_type variable
• pci_map_sg function
• pci_remove_bus_device function
• pci_resource_ functions
• pending output, flushing
• per-CPU variables
• performance
• peripherals (DMA)
• perror calls
• persistence of memory
• pfn_to_page function
• physical addresses
• physical memory, management of
• pins
• pipes (scull)
• platform dependency
• plug and play (PnP)
• pointers
• policies
• policy, driver
• poll method
• poll.h header file
• poll_controller method
• poll_table structure
• poll_table_entry structure
• poll_wait function
• pools
• populate method
• portability
• ports
• power management
• pread method
• precision, temporal
• predefined commands, ioctl method
• preemption and concurrency
• preprocessor, using to monitor driver
• printing
• printk function
• priorities
• private_data field (file structure)
• privileged operations
• probe function (USB)
• probe_irq_off function
• probe_irq_on function
• probing
• proc_read method
• processes
• processor-specific registers
• programming
• programming drivers (see writing, drivers)
• programs
• public kernel symbols
• put_unaligned function
• put_user function
• pwrite method
• quantums/quantum sets (memory)
• querying kernels
• querying to debug
• queues
• race conditions
• random access memory (see RAM)
• random numbers
• rates, limitations of
• rdtscl function
• read function (tty drivers)
• read method
• read-copy-update (RCU)
• read-only /proc files, creating
• read/write instructions, reordering
• read/write position, changing
• read_proc function
• readdir method
• reader/writer semaphores
• reader/writer spinlocks
• reading
• readv calls
• readv method
• rebuild_header method
• reception of packets
• recovery, error
• redirecting console messages
• reentrant
• reference counters (kobjects)
• regions
• register_blkdev function
• register_chrdev function
• register_netdev function
• registers
• registration
• release calls
• release functions (kobjects)
• release method
• release_dma_lock function
• releasing spinlocks
• remap_pfn_range function
• remapping
• remote0 (IP number)
• removable media (supporting)
• remove_proc_entry function
• reordering read/write instructions
• repatch program
• reports (interrupts)
• request_dma function
• request_firmware function
• requests
• requeuing/rescheduling tasks
• requirements, code
• resolution of time
• resolving Ethernet addresses
• resource flags (PCI)
• restriction of access
• retrieval of current time
• return values
• revalidate method
• ring buffers (DMA)
• rmmod program
• roles
• root hubs (USB)
• routing, network management
• rq_data_dir field (request structure)
• rules
• running (see execution)
• runtime, code
• rwsems (reader/writer semaphores)
• sample programs, obtaining
• sbull drivers
• sbull ioctl method
• sbull_request function
• scatter/gather
• scatterlists
• sched.h header file
• schedule function
• schedule_timeout function
• schedulers (I/O)
• scheduling kernel timers
• scripts (hotplug)
• scull
• scull driver (example)
• scull_cleanup function
• scull_getwritespace function
• scullc driver (example)
• scullp
• scullpipe devices (example)
• scullsingle device
• sculluid code
• scullv driver (example)
• searching PCI drivers
• sector_t bi_sector field (bio structure)
• sector_t capacity field (gendisk)
• sector_t sector field (request structure)
• sectors (size of)
• secure attention key (SAK) function
• security
• seeking devices
• select method
• semaphores
• sendfile system
• sendpage system
• seq_file interface
• seqlocks
• sequences (race conditions)
• serial line configuration
• serial_icounter_struct structure
• set_bit operation
• set_config method
• set_dma_addr function
• set_dma_count function
• set_dma_mode function
• set_mac_address method
• set_mb function
• set_multicast_list function
• set_multicast_list method
• set_rmb function
• set_termios function
• set_wmb function
• setconsole program
• setterm program
• sfile argument
• sg_dma_address function
• sg_dma_address macro
• sg_dma_len function
• sg_dma_len macro
• sharing
• short delays
• short driver (example)
• short module
• shortprint drivers
• show function
• show method
• shutdown
• shutting down modules (see unloading, modules)
• signal handling
• simple sleeping
• single-open devices
• single-page streaming mappings
• size
• sk_buff structure
• skb_headlen function
• skb_headroom function
• skb_is_nonlinear functions
• skb_pull function
• skb_push function
• skb_put function
• skb_reserve function
• skb_tailroom function
• skbuff.h header file
• sleep_on function
• sleeps
• slow downs (avoiding)
• slow interrupt handlers
• snullnet0 (IP number)
• socket buffers
• software
• software-mapped I/O memory (ioremap function)
• special files
• spinlocks
• splitting kernels
• stacking modules
• standard C data types
• start method
• stat file
• state of request processing
• statements
• static functions (locking)
• static numbers, assignment of
• statistics
• status information
• stop method
• store method (kobjects)
• strace command
• strace tool
• streaming
• string operations
• struct block_device_operations *fops field (gendisk)
• struct bus_type *bus field
• struct cdev *i_cdev (inode structure field)
• struct dentry *f_dentry (struct file field)
• struct device *parent field
• struct device fields
• struct device_driver *driver field
• struct device_driver structure
• struct file
• struct file_operations *f_op (struct file field)
• struct file_operations *fops variable (USB)
• struct kobject kobj field
• struct module *owner function
• struct module *owner method
• struct net_device *next field (net_device structure)
• struct pci_device_id structure (PCI)
• struct request structure
• struct request_queue *queue field (gendisk)
• struct scull_qset structure
• struct termios structure (tty drivers)
• struct timeval pointer
• struct tty_flip_buffer structure
• struct urb structure
• struct usb_device *dev field (USB)
• struct usb_device_id structure (USB)
• struct usb_driver structure
• struct usb_host_interface *altsetting field (USB)
• struct usb_host_interface *cur_altsetting field (USB)
• struct usb_interface structure
• struct usb_iso_packet_descriptor iso_frame_desc field (USB)
• structures
• submission of urbs
• subsystems
• supervisor mode
• support
• swappers
• switch statements
• symbolic links (kobjects)
• symbols
• symmetric multiprocessor (SMP) systems
• synchronization
• sys_syslog function
• sysfs directory
• sysfs filesystem
• syslogd daemon
• sysrq operations
• sysrq.txt file
• system calls
• system faults
• system hangs
• system shutdown
• table pages
• tables, symbols
• tagged command queuing (TCQ)
• tagged initialization formats
• tasklet_schedule function
• tasklets
• tcpdump program
• tearing down single-page streaming mappings
• templates, scull (design of)
• terminals, selecting for messages
• termios userspace functions
• test system setup
• test_and_change_bit operation
• test_and_clear_bit operations
• test_and_set_bit operation
• test_bit operation
• testing
• thread execution
• throughput (DMA)
• time
• timeouts
• timer.h header file
• timer_list structure
• timers
• timestamp counter (TSC)
• tiny_close function
• tiny_tty_driver variable
• tiocmget function
• tiocmset functions
• token ring networks, setting up interfaces for
• tools
• top halves (interrupt handlers)
• tr_configure function
• tracing programs
• tracking
• transfers
• transistor-transistor logic (TTL) levels
• transmission concurrency, controlling
• transmission of packets
• transmission timeouts
• traps (locking)
• traversal of linked lists
• trees
• troubleshooting
• truncating devices on open
• tty drivers
• tty_driver structure
• tty_get_baud_rate function
• tty_register_driver function
• tunelp program
• turning messages on/off
• tx_timeout method
• types
• u16 bcdDevice_hi field (USB)
• u16 bcdDevice_lo field (USB)
• u16 idProduct field (USB)
• u16 idVendor field (USB)
• u16 match_flags field (USB)
• u8 bDeviceClass field (USB)
• u8 bDeviceProtocol field (USB)
• u8 bDeviceSubClass field (USB)
• u8 bInterfaceClass field (USB)
• u8 bInterfaceProtocol field (USB)
• u8 bInterfaceSubClass field (USB)
• u8, u16, u32, u64 data types
• uaccess.h header file
• udelay
• uint8_t/uint32_t types
• uintptr_t type (C99 standard)
• unaligned data
• unaligned.h header file
• unidirectional pipes (USB endpoints)
• uniprocessor systems, concurrency in
• universal serial bus (see USB)
• unlinking urbs
• unloading
• unlocking semaphores
• unmapping, DMA buffers
• unregister_netdev function
• unregistering facilities
• unshielded twisted pair (UTP)
• unsigned char *setup_packet field (USB)
• unsigned int bi_size field (bio structure)
• unsigned int f_flags (struct file field)
• unsigned int irq function
• unsigned int pipe field (USB)
• unsigned int transfer_flags field (USB)
• unsigned long bi_flags field (bio structure)
• unsigned long flags field (memory)
• unsigned long flags function
• unsigned long method
• unsigned long nr_sectors field (request structure)
• unsigned long pci_resource_end function
• unsigned long pci_resource_flags function
• unsigned long pci_resource_start function
• unsigned long state field (net_device structure)
• unsigned num_altsetting field (USB)
• unsigned short bio_hw_segments field (bio structure)
• unsigned short bio_phys_segments field (bio structure)
• unsigned type
• up function
• updates, RCU
• urandom device
• urbs
• urbs_completion function
• usage count
• usb_alloc_urb function
• usb_bulk_msg function
• usb_control_msg function
• usb_fill_bulk_urb function
• usb_fill_control_urb function
• usb_fill_int_urb function
• usb_get_descriptor function
• usb_kill_urb function
• usb_register_dev function
• usb_set_intfdata function
• usb_string function
• usb_submit_urb function
• usb_unlink_urb function
• usbcore module
• user mode
• user programs
• user space
• user virtual addresses
• utilities
• utility fields (net_device structure)
• values
• variables
• vector operations, char drivers
• vendorID register (PCI)
• version dependency
• version.h header file
• versions
• vfree function
• video memory (mapping)
• viewing kernels
• virt_to_page function
• virtual addresses
• virtual memory
• virtual memory area (see VMA)
• vm_area_struct structure
• vm_operations_struct structure
• vmalloc allocation function
• vmalloc.h header file
• void *context field (USB)
• void *dev_id function
• void *driver_data field
• void *private_data (struct file field)
• void *private_data field (gendisk)
• void *release field
• void *transfer_buffer field (USB)
• void *virtual field (memory)
• void barrier function
• void blk_queue_bounce_limit function
• void blk_queue_dma_alignment function
• void blk_queue_hardsect_size function
• void blk_queue_max_hw_segments function
• void blk_queue_max_phys_segments function
• void blk_queue_max_sectors function
• void blk_queue_max_segment_size function
• void blk_start_queue function
• void blk_stop_queue function
• void field (PCI registration)
• void function
• void mb function
• void read_barrier_depends function
• void rmb function
• void smp_mb functions
• void smp_read_barrier_depends function
• void smp_rmb function
• void smp_wmb function
• void tasklet_disable function
• void tasklet_disable_nosync function
• void tasklet_enable function
• void tasklet_hi_schedule function
• void tasklet_kill function
• void tasklet_schedule function
• void wmb function
• wMaxPacketSize field (USB)
• wait queues
• wait_event macro
• wait_event_interruptible_timeout function
• wake_up function
• wake_up_interruptible function
• wake_up_interruptible_sync function
• wake_up_sync function
• watchdog_timeo field (net_device structure)
• wc command
• workqueues
• write function (tty drivers)
• write method
• write system
• write-buffering example
• writev calls
• writev method
• writing
• x86 architecture
• xmit_lock function
• xtime variable
• zSeries architecture
• zero-order limitations
• zones (memory)