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A Taxonomy of the Linux Network Stack

A Taxonomy of the Linux Network Stack

This paper tries to give readers not familiar with the Linux network stack a gentle introduction to the fundamental conc Read more

Oct 1, 2008

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BootX: The Mac OS X Bootloader

BootX: The Mac OS X Bootloader

The Macintosh has used a more or less unchanged boot mechanism for over a decade. Even with initial introduction of Open Read more

Oct 1, 2008

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Red Hat Enterprise MRG: Realtime Whitepaper

Red Hat Enterprise MRG: Realtime Whitepaper

Many enterprise workloads have extremely demanding requirements for determinism - to ensure predictable response times a Read more

Mar 29, 2008

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Internals of the RT Patch

Internals of the RT Patch

Over the past few years, Ingo Molnar and others have worked diligently to turn the Linux kernel into a viable Real-Time Read more

Jun 12, 2008

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Breaking the Chains - Using LinuxBIOS to Liberate Embedded x86 Processors

Breaking the Chains - Using LinuxBIOS to Liberate Embedded x86 Processors

While x86 processors are an attractive option for embedded designs, many embedded developers avoid them because x86-base Read more

Jun 12, 2008

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Linux Virtual Server for Scalable Network Services

Linux Virtual Server for Scalable Network Services

This paper describes the motivation, design, internal implementation of Linux Virtual Server. The goal of Linux Virtual Read more

Aug 4, 2008

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Linux Kernel SCTP : The Third Transport

Linux Kernel SCTP : The Third Transport

The Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) is a reliable message-oriented protocol with transparent support for mul Read more

Oct 1, 2008

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eCryptfs: An Enterprise-Class Cryptographic Filesystem for Linux

eCryptfs: An Enterprise-Class Cryptographic Filesystem for Linux

eCryptfs is a cryptographic filesystem for Linux that stacks on top of existing filesystems. It provides functionality s Read more

Oct 1, 2008

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Using Code Coverage Tools in the Linux Kernel

Using Code Coverage Tools in the Linux Kernel

Defining software reliability is hard enough, let alone ensuring it. However, most all software developers agree on the Read more

Oct 1, 2008

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GISP: A Transparent Superpage Support Framework for Linux

GISP: A Transparent Superpage Support Framework for Linux

Though all of the current main-stream OSs have supported superpage to some extent, most of them need runtime information Read more

Oct 1, 2008