# kernel-rpi The Linux Kernel, the operating system core itself for the Raspberry PI. The kernel package contains the Linux kernel (%{KIMAGE_DEST}), the operating system core itself. The kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system: memory allocation, process allocation, device input and output, etc. This is the source package used to build kernel for different architectures and targets. This kernel was build for %{_target_cpu} architecture and the following target: .