Subsystems

Largest subsystems by threads, all time

• Networking

  NETWORKING [GENERAL]

  netdev 250,605 threads Nov 11

• Network drivers

  NETWORKING DRIVERS

  netdev 250,124 threads Nov 11

• Stable branch

  stable 150,970 threads Nov 11

• Device tree bindings

  OPEN FIRMWARE AND FLATTENED DEVICE TREE BINDINGS

  devicetree 128,765 threads Nov 11

• DRM drivers

  dri-devel 114,164 threads Nov 11

• Documentation

  linux-doc 79,714 threads Nov 11

• Memory management

  linux-mm 76,625 threads Nov 11

• Arm (32-bit)

  ARM PORT

  linux-arm-kernel 76,584 threads Nov 11

• Media (V4L/DVB)

  MEDIA INPUT INFRASTRUCTURE (V4L/DVB)

  linux-media 68,752 threads Nov 11

• x86

  X86 ARCHITECTURE (32-BIT AND 64-BIT)

  lkml 65,628 threads Nov 11

• VFS

  FILESYSTEMS (VFS and infrastructure)

  linux-fsdevel 59,914 threads Nov 11

• SCSI

  SCSI SUBSYSTEM

  linux-scsi 55,518 threads Nov 11

• KVM

  KERNEL VIRTUAL MACHINE (KVM)

  kvm 50,193 threads Nov 11

• Sound

  linux-sound 47,603 threads Nov 11

• USB

  USB SUBSYSTEM

  linux-usb 47,227 threads Nov 11

• DRM misc

  DRM DRIVERS AND MISC GPU PATCHES

  43,710 threads Nov 11

• Arm sub-architectures

  linux-arm-kernel 42,955 threads Nov 11

• Arm Qualcomm mailing list

  ARM/QUALCOMM MAILING LIST

  linux-arm-msm 41,701 threads Nov 11

• PowerPC

  LINUX FOR POWERPC (32-BIT AND 64-BIT)

  linuxppc-dev 41,492 threads Nov 11

• Arm i.MX and Layerscape

  ARM/FREESCALE IMX / MXC / LAYERSCAPE ARM ARCHITECTURE

  imx linux-arm-kernel 40,992 threads Nov 11

• Staging

  STAGING SUBSYSTEM

  linux-staging 40,944 threads Nov 11

• Block layer

  linux-block 40,366 threads Nov 11

• Kbuild

  KERNEL BUILD + files below scripts/ (unless maintained elsewhere)

  linux-kbuild 39,336 threads Nov 11

• Bluetooth drivers

  linux-bluetooth 36,296 threads Nov 11

• Kselftest

  KERNEL SELFTEST FRAMEWORK

  linux-kselftest 35,450 threads Nov 11

• Intel i915

  INTEL DRM I915 DRIVER (Meteor Lake, DG2 and older excluding Poulsbo, Moorestown and derivative)

  intel-gfx 34,382 threads Nov 11

• Kernel janitors

  kernel-janitors 34,342 threads Nov 10

• Library code

  lkml 32,862 threads Nov 11

• ACPI

  linux-acpi 32,852 threads Nov 11

• Memory technology devices (MTD)

  linux-mtd 32,628 threads Nov 11

• MIPS

  linux-mips 32,236 threads Nov 11

• Btrfs file system

  linux-btrfs 31,837 threads Nov 11

• Linux-next tree

  linux-next 31,135 threads Nov 11

• Radeon and amdgpu DRM drivers

  amd-gfx 30,795 threads Nov 11

• netfilter

  coreteam netfilter-devel 30,764 threads Nov 11

• PCI

  PCI SUBSYSTEM

  linux-pci 30,514 threads Nov 11

• NFS client

  NFS, SUNRPC, AND LOCKD CLIENTS

  linux-nfs 30,355 threads Nov 11

• NFS server

  KERNEL NFSD, SUNRPC, AND LOCKD SERVERS

  linux-nfs 29,444 threads Nov 11

• BPF

  BPF [GENERAL] (Safe Dynamic Programs and Tools)

  bpf 29,192 threads Nov 11

• ASoC

  SOUND - SOC LAYER / DYNAMIC AUDIO POWER MANAGEMENT (ASoC)

  linux-sound 28,664 threads Nov 11

• InfiniBand

  INFINIBAND SUBSYSTEM

  linux-rdma 25,255 threads Nov 11

• HID

  HID CORE LAYER

  linux-input 25,148 threads Nov 11

• Arm/Amlogic Meson SoC support

  linux-amlogic linux-arm-kernel 24,433 threads Nov 11

• Arm MediaTek

  ARM/Mediatek SoC support

  linux-arm-kernel lkml linux-mediatek 24,017 threads Nov 11

• Common clk

  COMMON CLK FRAMEWORK

  linux-clk 23,366 threads Nov 11

• MM core

  MEMORY MANAGEMENT - CORE

  linux-mm 22,932 threads Nov 11

• GPIO

  GPIO SUBSYSTEM

  linux-gpio 22,727 threads Nov 11

• RISC-V

  RISC-V ARCHITECTURE

  linux-riscv 22,634 threads Nov 11