Kernel Flavors
Garden Linux provides multiple kernel variants optimized for different architectures and deployment scenarios.
Available Flavors
| Flavour | Architecture | Description |
|---|---|---|
| amd64 | x86_64 | 64-bit PCs; includes Intel SGX, TDX, Mellanox SmartNIC support |
| cloud-amd64 | x86_64 | Cloud VMs (AWS, Azure, GCP) - stripped-down with cloud drivers |
| arm64 | aarch64 | 64-bit ARMv8 machines |
| cloud-arm64 | aarch64 | Cloud VMs (AWS, Azure, GCP) - stripped-down with cloud drivers |
Cloud flavors disable graphics, USB, wireless, Bluetooth, and audio drivers and enable Hyper-V, virtio, Xen, ENA (AWS), GVE (GCE), and MANA (Azure).