Ubuntu Wiki

Developer

• KernelTeamBugPolicies - How to triage kernel bugs.

• KernelDevelopmentShift - New development model.

• KernelGitGuide - Using the git repos.

• GitCheatSheet - Git recipes

• KernelUpdates - Updates to stable kernels.

• KernelMaintenance - How to maintain the kernel.

• KernelMaintenanceStarter - Cheatsheet for KernelMaintenance.

• KernelBugFixing - Process flow for fixing kernel bugs.

• KernelTeam/KernelBuildScripts - Information on how to use some helper scripts for remote building.

• KernelPatches - Why we will or won't take patches.

• KernelPackageVersioning - How to version changes to kernel packages.

• KernelPackageABIRelationships - Which packages need ABI bumping during stable updates.

• KernelTeam/KernelConfig - Why the Ubuntu config is the way it is.

• KernelTeam/TopicBranches - What is a Topic Branch?

• KernelTeam/StableKernelMaintenance - how the SRU process applied to the kernel.

Debugging

• DebuggingIRQProblems - HEFIBootLoaderselp debugging common IRQ problems.

• DebuggingKernelSuspendHibernateResume - Help debugging suspend/resume and hibernate/resume problems.

• KernelPPA - Instructions on how to use the kernel team's PPA as well using a specific kernel developer's PPA.

• BIOSandUbuntu - Debugging BIOS issues on Ubuntu (DSDT, Reboot, Suspend/Resume).

• KernelMainlineBuilds - How to use mainline kernels for debugging.

• Ubuntu to mainline mapping - a table of Ubuntu releases and which mainline version they are based on including the current release pocket assignments.

User info

• Building your own kernels

  • KernelCustomBuild - Building your own kernels - Q&A

• GitKernelBuild - Build mainline kernel from git. Also help with submitting bugs to upstream bugzilla.kernel.org

• LinuxWireless - Testing and reporting bugs to the upstream linux wireless developers

Reference

• KernelVMAddressing - Per-arch breakdown of VM addressing

• EFIBootLoaders - EFI/UEFI bootloaders (non-BIOS)