Saturday, March 29, 2025

RAID Demystified: A Beginner’s Guide to Data Protection and Performance

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In today’s digital world, data is invaluable and losing  data/files due to disk failure can be devastating. This is where RAID (Redundant Ar...
Sunday, February 9, 2025

Linux Memory Management and Layout

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In Linux, RAM is divided into kernel space and user space to manage memory and protect the kernel from user applications. Here's a break...
Saturday, January 11, 2025

Key Components in IBM Power Systems Boot Process

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Key Components in IBM Power Systems Boot Process Stage 1 : OPAL Firmware:  Initializes hardware and provides runtime services. Passes contro...
Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Comprehensive Guide to Linux Kernel Selftests

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The Linux kernel includes a powerful suite of self-tests found under the `tools/testing/selftests/` directory. These self-tests provide a fr...

Overview of the Linux Test Project (LTP) and Submitting Patches to the Mailing List

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The Linux Test Project (LTP) is a collaborative initiative aimed at enhancing the reliability, robustness, and stability of the Linux kernel...
Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Git Unlocked:: A Beginner's Guide to Version Control

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Git is source code management systems. Its distributed version control system (DVCS) which facilitates multiple developers and teams to work...
Thursday, October 24, 2024

Fprobe: Efficient Kernel Function Tracing in Linux

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Fprobe is a function entry/exit probe mechanism in the Linux kernel, built on top of the ftrace framework. It allows developers to attach ca...