| |
| This is a brief list of all the files in ./linux/Documentation and what |
| they contain. If you add a documentation file, please list it here in |
| alphabetical order as well, or risk being hunted down like a rabid dog. |
| Please try and keep the descriptions small enough to fit on one line. |
| Thanks -- Paul G. |
| |
| Following translations are available on the WWW: |
| |
| - Japanese, maintained by the JF Project (JF@linux.or.jp), at |
| http://www.linux.or.jp/JF/ |
| |
| 00-INDEX |
| - this file. |
| ABI/ |
| - info on kernel <-> userspace ABI and relative interface stability. |
| BUG-HUNTING |
| - brute force method of doing binary search of patches to find bug. |
| Changes |
| - list of changes that break older software packages. |
| CodingStyle |
| - how the boss likes the C code in the kernel to look. |
| DMA-API.txt |
| - DMA API, pci_ API & extensions for non-consistent memory machines. |
| DMA-ISA-LPC.txt |
| - How to do DMA with ISA (and LPC) devices. |
| DMA-mapping.txt |
| - info for PCI drivers using DMA portably across all platforms. |
| DocBook/ |
| - directory with DocBook templates etc. for kernel documentation. |
| HOWTO |
| - the process and procedures of how to do Linux kernel development. |
| IO-mapping.txt |
| - how to access I/O mapped memory from within device drivers. |
| IPMI.txt |
| - info on Linux Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) Driver. |
| IRQ-affinity.txt |
| - how to select which CPU(s) handle which interrupt events on SMP. |
| IRQ.txt |
| - description of what an IRQ is. |
| ManagementStyle |
| - how to (attempt to) manage kernel hackers. |
| MSI-HOWTO.txt |
| - the Message Signaled Interrupts (MSI) Driver Guide HOWTO and FAQ. |
| PCIEBUS-HOWTO.txt |
| - a guide describing the PCI Express Port Bus driver. |
| RCU/ |
| - directory with info on RCU (read-copy update). |
| README.DAC960 |
| - info on Mylex DAC960/DAC1100 PCI RAID Controller Driver for Linux. |
| README.cycladesZ |
| - info on Cyclades-Z firmware loading. |
| SAK.txt |
| - info on Secure Attention Keys. |
| SM501.txt |
| - Silicon Motion SM501 multimedia companion chip |
| SecurityBugs |
| - procedure for reporting security bugs found in the kernel. |
| SubmitChecklist |
| - Linux kernel patch submission checklist. |
| SubmittingDrivers |
| - procedure to get a new driver source included into the kernel tree. |
| SubmittingPatches |
| - procedure to get a source patch included into the kernel tree. |
| VGA-softcursor.txt |
| - how to change your VGA cursor from a blinking underscore. |
| accounting/ |
| - documentation on accounting and taskstats. |
| aoe/ |
| - description of AoE (ATA over Ethernet) along with config examples. |
| applying-patches.txt |
| - description of various trees and how to apply their patches. |
| arm/ |
| - directory with info about Linux on the ARM architecture. |
| atomic_ops.txt |
| - semantics and behavior of atomic and bitmask operations. |
| auxdisplay/ |
| - misc. LCD driver documentation (cfag12864b, ks0108). |
| basic_profiling.txt |
| - basic instructions for those who wants to profile Linux kernel. |
| binfmt_misc.txt |
| - info on the kernel support for extra binary formats. |
| blackfin/ |
| - directory with documentation for the Blackfin arch. |
| block/ |
| - info on the Block I/O (BIO) layer. |
| cachetlb.txt |
| - describes the cache/TLB flushing interfaces Linux uses. |
| cciss.txt |
| - info, major/minor #'s for Compaq's SMART Array Controllers. |
| cdrom/ |
| - directory with information on the CD-ROM drivers that Linux has. |
| cli-sti-removal.txt |
| - cli()/sti() removal guide. |
| computone.txt |
| - info on Computone Intelliport II/Plus Multiport Serial Driver. |
| connector/ |
| - docs on the netlink based userspace<->kernel space communication mod. |
| console/ |
| - documentation on Linux console drivers. |
| cpqarray.txt |
| - info on using Compaq's SMART2 Intelligent Disk Array Controllers. |
| cpu-freq/ |
| - info on CPU frequency and voltage scaling. |
| cpu-hotplug.txt |
| - document describing CPU hotplug support in the Linux kernel. |
| cpu-load.txt |
| - document describing how CPU load statistics are collected. |
| cpusets.txt |
| - documents the cpusets feature; assign CPUs and Mem to a set of tasks. |
| cputopology.txt |
| - documentation on how CPU topology info is exported via sysfs. |
| cris/ |
| - directory with info about Linux on CRIS architecture. |
| crypto/ |
| - directory with info on the Crypto API. |
| dcdbas.txt |
| - information on the Dell Systems Management Base Driver. |
| debugging-modules.txt |
| - some notes on debugging modules after Linux 2.6.3. |
| dell_rbu.txt |
| - document demonstrating the use of the Dell Remote BIOS Update driver. |
| device-mapper/ |
| - directory with info on Device Mapper. |
| devices.txt |
| - plain ASCII listing of all the nodes in /dev/ with major minor #'s. |
| digiepca.txt |
| - info on Digi Intl. {PC,PCI,EISA}Xx and Xem series cards. |
| dnotify.txt |
| - info about directory notification in Linux. |
| dontdiff |
| - file containing a list of files that should never be diff'ed. |
| driver-model/ |
| - directory with info about Linux driver model. |
| drivers/ |
| - directory with driver documentation (currently only EDAC). |
| dvb/ |
| - info on Linux Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) subsystem. |
| early-userspace/ |
| - info about initramfs, klibc, and userspace early during boot. |
| eisa.txt |
| - info on EISA bus support. |
| exception.txt |
| - how Linux v2.2 handles exceptions without verify_area etc. |
| fault-injection/ |
| - dir with docs about the fault injection capabilities infrastructure. |
| fb/ |
| - directory with info on the frame buffer graphics abstraction layer. |
| feature-removal-schedule.txt |
| - list of files and features that are going to be removed. |
| filesystems/ |
| - info on the vfs and the various filesystems that Linux supports. |
| firmware_class/ |
| - request_firmware() hotplug interface info. |
| floppy.txt |
| - notes and driver options for the floppy disk driver. |
| fujitsu/ |
| - Fujitsu FR-V Linux documentation. |
| gpio.txt |
| - overview of GPIO (General Purpose Input/Output) access conventions. |
| hayes-esp.txt |
| - info on using the Hayes ESP serial driver. |
| highuid.txt |
| - notes on the change from 16 bit to 32 bit user/group IDs. |
| hpet.txt |
| - High Precision Event Timer Driver for Linux. |
| hrtimer/ |
| - info on the timer_stats debugging facility for timer (ab)use. |
| hrtimers/ |
| - info on the hrtimers subsystem for high-resolution kernel timers. |
| hw_random.txt |
| - info on Linux support for random number generator in i8xx chipsets. |
| hwmon/ |
| - directory with docs on various hardware monitoring drivers. |
| i2c/ |
| - directory with info about the I2C bus/protocol (2 wire, kHz speed). |
| i2o/ |
| - directory with info about the Linux I2O subsystem. |
| i386/ |
| - directory with info about Linux on Intel 32 bit architecture. |
| ia64/ |
| - directory with info about Linux on Intel 64 bit architecture. |
| ide.txt |
| - important info for users of ATA devices (IDE/EIDE disks and CD-ROMS). |
| infiniband/ |
| - directory with documents concerning Linux InfiniBand support. |
| initrd.txt |
| - how to use the RAM disk as an initial/temporary root filesystem. |
| input/ |
| - info on Linux input device support. |
| io_ordering.txt |
| - info on ordering I/O writes to memory-mapped addresses. |
| ioctl/ |
| - directory with documents describing various IOCTL calls. |
| ioctl-number.txt |
| - how to implement and register device/driver ioctl calls. |
| iostats.txt |
| - info on I/O statistics Linux kernel provides. |
| irqflags-tracing.txt |
| - how to use the irq-flags tracing feature. |
| isapnp.txt |
| - info on Linux ISA Plug & Play support. |
| isdn/ |
| - directory with info on the Linux ISDN support, and supported cards. |
| java.txt |
| - info on the in-kernel binary support for Java(tm). |
| kbuild/ |
| - directory with info about the kernel build process. |
| kdump/ |
| - directory with mini HowTo on getting the crash dump code to work. |
| kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt |
| - mini HowTo on generation and location of kernel documentation files. |
| kernel-docs.txt |
| - listing of various WWW + books that document kernel internals. |
| kernel-parameters.txt |
| - summary listing of command line / boot prompt args for the kernel. |
| keys-request-key.txt |
| - description of the kernel key request service. |
| keys.txt |
| - description of the kernel key retention service. |
| kobject.txt |
| - info of the kobject infrastructure of the Linux kernel. |
| kprobes.txt |
| - documents the kernel probes debugging feature. |
| kref.txt |
| - docs on adding reference counters (krefs) to kernel objects. |
| laptop-mode.txt |
| - how to conserve battery power using laptop-mode. |
| ldm.txt |
| - a brief description of LDM (Windows Dynamic Disks). |
| leds-class.txt |
| - documents LED handling under Linux. |
| local_ops.txt |
| - semantics and behavior of local atomic operations. |
| lockdep-design.txt |
| - documentation on the runtime locking correctness validator. |
| logo.gif |
| - full colour GIF image of Linux logo (penguin - Tux). |
| logo.txt |
| - info on creator of above logo & site to get additional images from. |
| m68k/ |
| - directory with info about Linux on Motorola 68k architecture. |
| magic-number.txt |
| - list of magic numbers used to mark/protect kernel data structures. |
| mca.txt |
| - info on supporting Micro Channel Architecture (e.g. PS/2) systems. |
| md.txt |
| - info on boot arguments for the multiple devices driver. |
| memory-barriers.txt |
| - info on Linux kernel memory barriers. |
| memory-hotplug.txt |
| - Hotpluggable memory support, how to use and current status. |
| memory.txt |
| - info on typical Linux memory problems. |
| mips/ |
| - directory with info about Linux on MIPS architecture. |
| mono.txt |
| - how to execute Mono-based .NET binaries with the help of BINFMT_MISC. |
| moxa-smartio |
| - file with info on installing/using Moxa multiport serial driver. |
| mtrr.txt |
| - how to use PPro Memory Type Range Registers to increase performance. |
| mutex-design.txt |
| - info on the generic mutex subsystem. |
| namespaces/ |
| - directory with various information about namespaces |
| nbd.txt |
| - info on a TCP implementation of a network block device. |
| netlabel/ |
| - directory with information on the NetLabel subsystem. |
| networking/ |
| - directory with info on various aspects of networking with Linux. |
| nfsroot.txt |
| - short guide on setting up a diskless box with NFS root filesystem. |
| nmi_watchdog.txt |
| - info on NMI watchdog for SMP systems. |
| nommu-mmap.txt |
| - documentation about no-mmu memory mapping support. |
| numastat.txt |
| - info on how to read Numa policy hit/miss statistics in sysfs. |
| oops-tracing.txt |
| - how to decode those nasty internal kernel error dump messages. |
| paride.txt |
| - information about the parallel port IDE subsystem. |
| parisc/ |
| - directory with info on using Linux on PA-RISC architecture. |
| parport.txt |
| - how to use the parallel-port driver. |
| parport-lowlevel.txt |
| - description and usage of the low level parallel port functions. |
| pci-error-recovery.txt |
| - info on PCI error recovery. |
| pci.txt |
| - info on the PCI subsystem for device driver authors. |
| pcieaer-howto.txt |
| - the PCI Express Advanced Error Reporting Driver Guide HOWTO. |
| pcmcia/ |
| - info on the Linux PCMCIA driver. |
| pi-futex.txt |
| - documentation on lightweight PI-futexes. |
| pm.txt |
| - info on Linux power management support. |
| pnp.txt |
| - Linux Plug and Play documentation. |
| power_supply_class.txt |
| - Tells userspace about battery, UPS, AC or DC power supply properties |
| power/ |
| - directory with info on Linux PCI power management. |
| powerpc/ |
| - directory with info on using Linux with the PowerPC. |
| preempt-locking.txt |
| - info on locking under a preemptive kernel. |
| prio_tree.txt |
| - info on radix-priority-search-tree use for indexing vmas. |
| ramdisk.txt |
| - short guide on how to set up and use the RAM disk. |
| rbtree.txt |
| - info on what red-black trees are and what they are for. |
| riscom8.txt |
| - notes on using the RISCom/8 multi-port serial driver. |
| robust-futex-ABI.txt |
| - documentation of the robust futex ABI. |
| robust-futexes.txt |
| - a description of what robust futexes are. |
| rocket.txt |
| - info on the Comtrol RocketPort multiport serial driver. |
| rpc-cache.txt |
| - introduction to the caching mechanisms in the sunrpc layer. |
| rt-mutex-design.txt |
| - description of the RealTime mutex implementation design. |
| rt-mutex.txt |
| - desc. of RT-mutex subsystem with PI (Priority Inheritance) support. |
| rtc.txt |
| - notes on how to use the Real Time Clock (aka CMOS clock) driver. |
| s390/ |
| - directory with info on using Linux on the IBM S390. |
| sched-arch.txt |
| - CPU Scheduler implementation hints for architecture specific code. |
| sched-coding.txt |
| - reference for various scheduler-related methods in the O(1) scheduler. |
| sched-design.txt |
| - goals, design and implementation of the Linux O(1) scheduler. |
| sched-design-CFS.txt |
| - goals, design and implementation of the Complete Fair Scheduler. |
| sched-domains.txt |
| - information on scheduling domains. |
| sched-nice-design.txt |
| - How and why the scheduler's nice levels are implemented. |
| sched-stats.txt |
| - information on schedstats (Linux Scheduler Statistics). |
| scsi/ |
| - directory with info on Linux scsi support. |
| serial/ |
| - directory with info on the low level serial API. |
| serial-console.txt |
| - how to set up Linux with a serial line console as the default. |
| sgi-ioc4.txt |
| - description of the SGI IOC4 PCI (multi function) device. |
| sgi-visws.txt |
| - short blurb on the SGI Visual Workstations. |
| sh/ |
| - directory with info on porting Linux to a new architecture. |
| sharedsubtree.txt |
| - a description of shared subtrees for namespaces. |
| smart-config.txt |
| - description of the Smart Config makefile feature. |
| sony-laptop.txt |
| - Sony Notebook Control Driver (SNC) Readme. |
| sonypi.txt |
| - info on Linux Sony Programmable I/O Device support. |
| sound/ |
| - directory with info on sound card support. |
| sparc/ |
| - directory with info on using Linux on Sparc architecture. |
| sparse.txt |
| - info on how to obtain and use the sparse tool for typechecking. |
| specialix.txt |
| - info on hardware/driver for specialix IO8+ multiport serial card. |
| spi/ |
| - overview of Linux kernel Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) support. |
| spinlocks.txt |
| - info on using spinlocks to provide exclusive access in kernel. |
| stable_api_nonsense.txt |
| - info on why the kernel does not have a stable in-kernel api or abi. |
| stable_kernel_rules.txt |
| - rules and procedures for the -stable kernel releases. |
| stallion.txt |
| - info on using the Stallion multiport serial driver. |
| svga.txt |
| - short guide on selecting video modes at boot via VGA BIOS. |
| sysfs-rules.txt |
| - How not to use sysfs. |
| sx.txt |
| - info on the Specialix SX/SI multiport serial driver. |
| sysctl/ |
| - directory with info on the /proc/sys/* files. |
| sysrq.txt |
| - info on the magic SysRq key. |
| telephony/ |
| - directory with info on telephony (e.g. voice over IP) support. |
| thinkpad-acpi.txt |
| - information on the (IBM and Lenovo) ThinkPad ACPI Extras driver. |
| time_interpolators.txt |
| - info on time interpolators. |
| tipar.txt |
| - information about Parallel link cable for Texas Instruments handhelds. |
| tty.txt |
| - guide to the locking policies of the tty layer. |
| uml/ |
| - directory with information about User Mode Linux. |
| unicode.txt |
| - info on the Unicode character/font mapping used in Linux. |
| unshare.txt |
| - description of the Linux unshare system call. |
| usb/ |
| - directory with info regarding the Universal Serial Bus. |
| video-output.txt |
| - sysfs class driver interface to enable/disable a video output device. |
| video4linux/ |
| - directory with info regarding video/TV/radio cards and linux. |
| vm/ |
| - directory with info on the Linux vm code. |
| volatile-considered-harmful.txt |
| - Why the "volatile" type class should not be used |
| voyager.txt |
| - guide to running Linux on the Voyager architecture. |
| w1/ |
| - directory with documents regarding the 1-wire (w1) subsystem. |
| watchdog/ |
| - how to auto-reboot Linux if it has "fallen and can't get up". ;-) |
| x86_64/ |
| - directory with info on Linux support for AMD x86-64 (Hammer) machines. |
| zorro.txt |
| - info on writing drivers for Zorro bus devices found on Amigas. |
