The Linux Kernel Primer. A Top-Down Approach for x86 and PowerPC Architectures

Index

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Basic Input Output System (BIOS)

BAT (Block Address Translation)

Bell Laboratories

Big Kernel Lock (BKL)

Big-Endian

big-o notations

binary trees 2nd

binfmt field (task_struct structure)

BIOS (Basic Input Output System)

BKL (Big Kernel Lock)

Block Address Translation

Block Address Translation (BAT)

block devices

block_device_operations structure

blocked state

blocked to ready transition state

blocks

     devices 2nd

     disks

blr (Branch to Link Register)

boot loaders

     GRUB 2nd 3rd 4th

     LILO 2nd

     PowerPC 2nd

     Yaboot 2nd

bottom-half interrupt handler methods

bouncing

Bourne shells

branch instructions (PowerPC)

Branch to Link Register (blr)

bridges

     I/O 2nd 3rd

buddy systems (memory management) 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

buffer_head structure

buffer_init() function

     calling 2nd

buffers

     caches

     TLBs

build_all_zonelists() function

     calling 2nd

building

    kernels

         compilers

         cross compilers 2nd

         ELF object files 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th

         linkers

         source build systems_ 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th

         toolchains 2nd

     parallel port drivers 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th

busses

     I/O 2nd 3rd