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Linux kernel architecture: subsystems and boot v1.0.0

Use this resource to navigate the Linux kernel source and understand its boot flow

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Install with the CLI

In a terminal, from the folder you want:

npx --yes palatekit@latest install linux-kernel-source-map

With no option, the skill goes to ~/.agents/skills/; add --agent claude-code (or codex, cursor…) to target an agent.

First time: connect the CLI with

npx --yes palatekit@latest login

The agent describes the layout of linux.git, the boot sequence and initcall levels, then places the major subsystems, VFS, scheduler and memory management. It helps find where a feature lives in the tree.

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Updated November 2, 2026

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What you get

  • SKILL.md: linux.git layout and boot sequence
  • SKILL.md: initcalls and a map of VFS, scheduler and MM

Good fit for

  • You are new to kernel code and do not know where to start
  • You are looking for where a specific boot behaviour is implemented

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    Tags

    • kernel
    • architecture
    • boot
    • linux

    About

    You say

    “Where does the kernel register device-level initcalls, and in what order do they run?”

    Card for the “Linux kernel architecture: subsystems and boot” skill

    Skill published by mohitmishra786 under the MIT license, delivered in its original version.

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    How to use it

    1. Install the skill in your agent's skills folder
    2. Ask your agent to navigate the Linux kernel source and understand its boot flow
    3. Review and adjust the result

    Content preview

    Files

    • LICENSE1.1 KB
    • NOTICE-PALATEKIT.md0.5 KB
    • SKILL.md3.1 KB

    Origin and licence

    Listed unmodified

    Author
    mohitmishra786
    Source
    github.com/mohitmishra786/low-level-dev-skills/tree/bdc58472fa9f309ed1b3f7d985a0d8e9bd8f4608/skills/kernel-dev/linux-kernel-architecture
    Licence
    MIT

    Notice

    « linux-kernel-architecture » (mohitmishra786, MIT) livré dans sa version d'origine : fiche en français et en anglais par PalateKit.

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