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Are kernel resources on-topic here? #32

Closed JesseTG closed 7 years ago

JesseTG commented 7 years ago

I'm looking through the documentation for the Linux kernel, and notice that some of these are useful for user-level Linux management, i.e. you can get useful information out of them even if you never do kernel development in your life (some types of configuration, mostly). Would it be OK if I added said documentation to this list, or is it not within scope?

inputsh commented 7 years ago

Could you give me an example?

It probably fits the scope, but just to make sure.

JesseTG commented 7 years ago

For example, this is the official documentation for binfmt, the subsystem that lets you run any file as if it were a standalone program (because you associate file extensions or magic numbers with interpreters). Interesting stuff on its own, but if you look at the link you'll notice that it's all about using that subsystem as opposed to developing or modifying it.

inputsh commented 7 years ago

This was definitely an interesting read and I would love to see more material like this in this list!

I propose you create something like [Advanced] User-level Kernel Management category below the existing categories and put these parts of the documentation here.

JesseTG commented 7 years ago

Sure, I can do that. I'll keep it to kernel features that most Linux distributions ship with, and I will strictly avoid any that require kernel programming experience to understand or make use of (kernel programming probably deserves its own list).