Linux kernel driver core
E196428
The Linux kernel driver core is the central subsystem responsible for managing device drivers and their interaction with hardware and the rest of the kernel.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Linux device driver infrastructure | 1 |
| Linux device drivers | 1 |
| Linux kernel driver core canonical | 1 |
| Linux kernel driver model | 1 |
| drivers/base directory of Linux kernel source | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1724535 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Linux kernel driver core Context triple: [Greg Kroah-Hartman, notableProject, Linux kernel driver core]
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A.
Linux kernel USB subsystem
The Linux kernel USB subsystem is the core component of the Linux operating system responsible for managing USB hardware, drivers, and data transfer between USB devices and the system.
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B.
Linux Kernel Mailing List (LKML)
The Linux Kernel Mailing List (LKML) is the primary public forum where Linux kernel developers worldwide discuss design, development, patches, and coordination of the kernel project.
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C.
Linux kernel community
The Linux kernel community is a global, collaborative group of developers and maintainers who design, implement, review, and support the core operating system kernel used by numerous Linux distributions and devices.
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D.
Linux kernel staging tree
The Linux kernel staging tree is a development area within the Linux kernel project where new or experimental drivers and subsystems are maintained and refined before being merged into the main kernel.
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E.
Linux kernel release process
The Linux kernel release process is the structured workflow and schedule by which new versions of the Linux kernel are developed, tested, stabilized, and officially published to users and distributions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Linux kernel driver core Target entity description: The Linux kernel driver core is the central subsystem responsible for managing device drivers and their interaction with hardware and the rest of the kernel.
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A.
Linux kernel USB subsystem
The Linux kernel USB subsystem is the core component of the Linux operating system responsible for managing USB hardware, drivers, and data transfer between USB devices and the system.
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B.
Linux Kernel Mailing List (LKML)
The Linux Kernel Mailing List (LKML) is the primary public forum where Linux kernel developers worldwide discuss design, development, patches, and coordination of the kernel project.
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C.
Linux kernel community
The Linux kernel community is a global, collaborative group of developers and maintainers who design, implement, review, and support the core operating system kernel used by numerous Linux distributions and devices.
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D.
Linux kernel staging tree
The Linux kernel staging tree is a development area within the Linux kernel project where new or experimental drivers and subsystems are maintained and refined before being merged into the main kernel.
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E.
Linux kernel release process
The Linux kernel release process is the structured workflow and schedule by which new versions of the Linux kernel are developed, tested, stabilized, and officially published to users and distributions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Linux kernel subsystem
ⓘ
device driver management framework ⓘ |
| defines |
struct bus_type
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struct class ⓘ struct device ⓘ struct device_driver ⓘ struct device_type ⓘ |
| exposesAPI |
bus_register
ⓘ
bus_unregister ⓘ class_register ⓘ class_unregister ⓘ device_initialize ⓘ device_register ⓘ device_unregister ⓘ driver_register ⓘ driver_unregister ⓘ get_device ⓘ put_device ⓘ |
| implements | device model ⓘ |
| interactsWith |
hotplug and uevent mechanism
ⓘ
power management subsystem ⓘ sysfs filesystem ⓘ udev or userspace device managers ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Linux kernel driver core
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
drivers/base directory of Linux kernel source
|
| manages |
device binding
ⓘ
device drivers ⓘ device lifecycles ⓘ device registration ⓘ driver binding ⓘ driver lifecycles ⓘ driver registration ⓘ hotplug events ⓘ power management callbacks ⓘ struct bus_type objects ⓘ struct class objects ⓘ struct device objects ⓘ struct device_driver objects ⓘ struct device_type objects ⓘ sysfs representation of devices ⓘ |
| partOf | Linux kernel ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
creating device hierarchy
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device shutdown handling ⓘ driver probing ⓘ driver removal ⓘ exposing device attributes to userspace ⓘ matching devices to drivers ⓘ |
| supports |
device hotplugging
ⓘ
plug and play of devices ⓘ runtime power management ⓘ suspend and resume callbacks ⓘ |
| uses |
driver model core in drivers/base
ⓘ
kobject infrastructure ⓘ reference counting for devices ⓘ sysfs for device representation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Linux kernel driver core Description of subject: The Linux kernel driver core is the central subsystem responsible for managing device drivers and their interaction with hardware and the rest of the kernel.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Greg Kroah-Hartman
this entity surface form:
Linux device driver infrastructure
subject surface form:
Greg Kroah-Hartman
this entity surface form:
Linux device drivers
this entity surface form:
Linux kernel driver model
this entity surface form:
drivers/base directory of Linux kernel source