Once the motherboard receives the power good signal, it tries to start the CPU. After receiving the signal, the power supply provides the proper amount of electricity to the computer. The motherboard sends a signal to the power supply device. As soon as you press the magical power button on your laptop or desktop computer, it starts working. The Magical Power Button, What happens next?Īlthough this is a series of posts about the Linux kernel, we won't start directly from the kernel code.
Linux kernel stack size update#
If there are changes, I will update the posts accordingly. I started writing these posts at the time of the 3.18 Linux kernel, and many things have changed since that time. Let's start to dive into the Linux kernel and low-level stuff! Alright, this is the end of the simple introduction.
Linux kernel stack size Patch#
Write and Submit your first Linux kernel Patch How the Linux kernel handles a system call Initialization of external hardware interrupts structures Implementation of some exception handlers Initialization of non-early interrupt gates Last preparations before the kernel entry pointĬontinue architecture-specific boot-time initializationsĪrchitecture-specific initializations, again.Įnd of the architecture-specific initializations, almost. Video mode initialization and transition to protected mode