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<p align=center><font size=+5>Kernel Tour</font>
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<p>The linux kernel is essentially a resource manager.
It manages memory, cpu, storage, etc. but otherwise
just tries to keep out of the way of user processes
doing the real work.

<p>Tools for browsing and searching the linux kernel
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<li><a href="http://lxr.linux.no/#linux+v2.6.38">Linux 2.6.38 LXR</a>
<li><a href="http://cscope.sourceforge.net/">cscope</a>
<li>Old fashioned way:
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	find . -name '*.[ch]' -print | xargs grep <em>whatever</em>
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<p>There are three main kinds of entry points
into the kernel:
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<li><a href="kboot1.html">Booting (or kexec'ing)</a>
<li><a href="kernsyscall.html">System Calls</a>
<li><a href="kerninter.html">Interrupts</a>
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