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kernel fragments description
- Introduction to Linux Kernel Configuration
- 01 Disable IPC, Timers and Audit
- 02 Disable Kconfig, Scheduler and Initrd
- 03 Disable Perf, Profiling and Errata
- 04 Disable EFI, Power Management Debug and Energy Model
- 05 Disable Schedutil, CPUFreq Governors and Virtualization
- 06 Disable Kprobes and Jump Labels
- 07 Disable GCC Plugins and Function Alignment
- 08 Disable Partition Parsers
- 09 Enable Inline Spinlocks and Kernel Operations
- 10 Disable Swap, Memory Hotplug and KSM
- 11 Disable Networking IPv4, IPv6, Netfilter
- 12 Disable SCTP, VLAN, TIPC, BATMAN
- 13 Disable Wireless, Bluetooth, CAN and RFKILL
- 14 Disable PCI and Firmware
- 15 Disable GNSS and ProcEvents
- 16 Disable Block Storage NBD and AoE
- 17 Disable EEPROM and Misc Drivers
- 18 Disable Network Device Drivers
- 19 Disable PHY Drivers
- 20 Disable PPP, WLAN Coexistence, and Failover
- 21 Disable Input Devices
- 22 Disable Serial, TTY and TPM
- 23 Disable I2C, Power and Sensor Drivers
- 24 Disable MFD, Display and Media Drivers
- 25 Disable USB, Sound, RTC and VirtIO
- 26 Disable Filesystem Encodings and Compatibility
- 27 Enable Minimal Cryptographic Core with SHA3 and XTS
- 28 Disable Hardware Cryptography, Keep DRBG and Jitter Entropy
- 29 Disable Kernel Debugging Features
- 30 Disable Filesystem Verity and SecurityFS
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Zephyr in Redpesk
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Mender redpesk (OTA)
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Hardware support
- Download images
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- Trusted Boot
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- Miscs
01 - Disable IPC, Timers and Audit
Summary
This fragment disables legacy inter-process communication features, auditing, high-resolution timers, and several process accounting/statistics options. These features are often unnecessary in embedded systems where resource usage must be minimal and predictable.
Configuration breakdown
System V IPC and message queues
CONFIG_SYSVIPC
CONFIG_POSIX_MQUEUE
CONFIG_CROSS_MEMORY_ATTACH
- Disables System V-style inter-process communication (IPC) mechanisms like message queues and semaphores.
Kernel auditing system
CONFIG_AUDIT
- Disables the audit subsystem, reducing kernel size and improving performance when auditing is not needed.
High-resolution timers
CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS
- Disables high-resolution timer support; lowers precision but reduces timer overhead.
Preemption model
CONFIG_PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY_BUILD
CONFIG_PREEMPT_DYNAMIC
- Selects voluntary kernel preemption for a balance between performance and latency.
Process accounting and task statistics
CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT
CONFIG_TASKSTATS
- Disables BSD-style process accounting.
Pressure Stall Information
CONFIG_PSI
- Disables Pressure Stall Information (PSI) for monitoring resource pressure.
Where to find a cfg sample
For beagle-board and linux kernell 6.6.32: