Linux kernel documentation
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Linux kernel documentation is the official collection of guides, references, and technical manuals that explain the design, interfaces, and usage of the Linux kernel for developers and system integrators.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Linux kernel documentation canonical | 3 |
| Linux device driver documentation | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8285453 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Linux kernel documentation Context triple: [Linux Security Modules API, documentedIn, Linux kernel documentation]
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A.
Linux kernel
The Linux kernel is the core open-source component of the Linux operating system, managing hardware resources and providing essential services for user applications.
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B.
Linux kernel driver core
The Linux kernel driver core is the central subsystem responsible for managing device drivers and their interaction with hardware and the rest of the kernel.
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C.
Linux Kernel Mailing List (LKML)
The Linux Kernel Mailing List (LKML) is the primary public forum where Linux kernel developers worldwide discuss design, development, patches, and coordination of the kernel project.
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D.
Linux kernel community
The Linux kernel community is a global, collaborative group of developers and maintainers who design, implement, review, and support the core operating system kernel used by numerous Linux distributions and devices.
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E.
Linux kernel release process
The Linux kernel release process is the structured workflow and schedule by which new versions of the Linux kernel are developed, tested, stabilized, and officially published to users and distributions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Linux kernel documentation Target entity description: Linux kernel documentation is the official collection of guides, references, and technical manuals that explain the design, interfaces, and usage of the Linux kernel for developers and system integrators.
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A.
Linux kernel
The Linux kernel is the core open-source component of the Linux operating system, managing hardware resources and providing essential services for user applications.
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B.
Linux kernel driver core
The Linux kernel driver core is the central subsystem responsible for managing device drivers and their interaction with hardware and the rest of the kernel.
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C.
Linux Kernel Mailing List (LKML)
The Linux Kernel Mailing List (LKML) is the primary public forum where Linux kernel developers worldwide discuss design, development, patches, and coordination of the kernel project.
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D.
Linux kernel community
The Linux kernel community is a global, collaborative group of developers and maintainers who design, implement, review, and support the core operating system kernel used by numerous Linux distributions and devices.
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E.
Linux kernel release process
The Linux kernel release process is the structured workflow and schedule by which new versions of the Linux kernel are developed, tested, stabilized, and officially published to users and distributions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
developer documentation
ⓘ
reference manual ⓘ software documentation ⓘ |
| accessURL | https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/ ⓘ |
| buildTool | Sphinx NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsSection |
RCU
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
admin-guide ⓘ core-api ⓘ dev-tools ⓘ driver-api ⓘ fault-injection ⓘ filesystems ⓘ locking ⓘ networking ⓘ process ⓘ security ⓘ userspace-api ⓘ |
| describes |
Linux kernel APIs
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Linux kernel build system ⓘ Linux kernel configuration ⓘ Linux kernel debugging mechanisms ⓘ Linux kernel design ⓘ Linux kernel driver model NERFINISHED ⓘ Linux kernel interfaces NERFINISHED ⓘ Linux kernel locking primitives ⓘ Linux kernel memory management NERFINISHED ⓘ Linux kernel networking stack NERFINISHED ⓘ Linux kernel scheduler NERFINISHED ⓘ Linux kernel security mechanisms ⓘ Linux kernel subsystems ⓘ Linux kernel system calls ⓘ Linux kernel tracing infrastructure NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| directoryPath | Documentation/ ⓘ |
| hostedIn | Linux kernel source tree NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| intendedFor |
advanced Linux users
ⓘ
device driver developers ⓘ distribution maintainers ⓘ kernel developers ⓘ system integrators ⓘ |
| license | GNU General Public License ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
Linux kernel community
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Linux kernel maintainers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| provides |
API references
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coding style guidelines ⓘ contribution guidelines ⓘ how-to guides ⓘ kernel configuration help texts ⓘ subsystem-specific guides ⓘ |
| topic | Linux kernel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesFormat |
Sphinx documentation system
ⓘ
plain text ⓘ reStructuredText NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| versionedWith | Linux kernel releases NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Linux kernel documentation Description of subject: Linux kernel documentation is the official collection of guides, references, and technical manuals that explain the design, interfaces, and usage of the Linux kernel for developers and system integrators.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Greg Kroah-Hartman
subject surface form:
Greg Kroah-Hartman
this entity surface form:
Linux device driver documentation