Documentation/00-INDEX

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   2 This is a brief list of all the files in ./linux/Documentation and what
   3 they contain. If you add a documentation file, please list it here in
   4 alphabetical order as well, or risk being hunted down like a rabid dog.
   5 Please try and keep the descriptions small enough to fit on one line.
   6                                                          Thanks -- Paul G.
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   8 Following translations are available on the WWW:
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  10    - Japanese, maintained by the JF Project (JF@linux.or.jp), at
  11      http://www.linux.or.jp/JF/
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  13 00-INDEX
  14         - this file.
  15 ABI/
  16         - info on kernel <-> userspace ABI and relative interface stability.
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  18 BUG-HUNTING
  19         - brute force method of doing binary search of patches to find bug.
  20 Changes
  21         - list of changes that break older software packages.
  22 CodingStyle
  23         - how the boss likes the C code in the kernel to look.
  24 DMA-API.txt
  25         - DMA API, pci_ API & extensions for non-consistent memory machines.
  26 DMA-ISA-LPC.txt
  27         - How to do DMA with ISA (and LPC) devices.
  28 DMA-mapping.txt
  29         - info for PCI drivers using DMA portably across all platforms.
  30 DocBook/
  31         - directory with DocBook templates etc. for kernel documentation.
  32 HOWTO
  33         - the process and procedures of how to do Linux kernel development.
  34 IO-mapping.txt
  35         - how to access I/O mapped memory from within device drivers.
  36 IPMI.txt
  37         - info on Linux Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) Driver.
  38 IRQ-affinity.txt
  39         - how to select which CPU(s) handle which interrupt events on SMP.
  40 IRQ.txt
  41         - description of what an IRQ is.
  42 ManagementStyle
  43         - how to (attempt to) manage kernel hackers.
  44 MSI-HOWTO.txt
  45         - the Message Signaled Interrupts (MSI) Driver Guide HOWTO and FAQ.
  46 PCIEBUS-HOWTO.txt
  47         - a guide describing the PCI Express Port Bus driver.
  48 RCU/
  49         - directory with info on RCU (read-copy update).
  50 README.DAC960
  51         - info on Mylex DAC960/DAC1100 PCI RAID Controller Driver for Linux.
  52 README.cycladesZ
  53         - info on Cyclades-Z firmware loading.
  54 SAK.txt
  55         - info on Secure Attention Keys.
  56 SM501.txt
  57         - Silicon Motion SM501 multimedia companion chip
  58 SecurityBugs
  59         - procedure for reporting security bugs found in the kernel.
  60 SubmitChecklist
  61         - Linux kernel patch submission checklist.
  62 SubmittingDrivers
  63         - procedure to get a new driver source included into the kernel tree.
  64 SubmittingPatches
  65         - procedure to get a source patch included into the kernel tree.
  66 VGA-softcursor.txt
  67         - how to change your VGA cursor from a blinking underscore.
  68 accounting/
  69         - documentation on accounting and taskstats.
  70 acpi/
  71         - info on ACPI-specific hooks in the kernel.
  72 aoe/
  73         - description of AoE (ATA over Ethernet) along with config examples.
  74 applying-patches.txt
  75         - description of various trees and how to apply their patches.
  76 arm/
  77         - directory with info about Linux on the ARM architecture.
  78 atomic_ops.txt
  79         - semantics and behavior of atomic and bitmask operations.
  80 auxdisplay/
  81         - misc. LCD driver documentation (cfag12864b, ks0108).
  82 basic_profiling.txt
  83         - basic instructions for those who wants to profile Linux kernel.
  84 binfmt_misc.txt
  85         - info on the kernel support for extra binary formats.
  86 blackfin/
  87         - directory with documentation for the Blackfin arch.
  88 block/
  89         - info on the Block I/O (BIO) layer.
  90 cachetlb.txt
  91         - describes the cache/TLB flushing interfaces Linux uses.
  92 cciss.txt
  93         - info, major/minor #'s for Compaq's SMART Array Controllers.
  94 cdrom/
  95         - directory with information on the CD-ROM drivers that Linux has.
  96 cli-sti-removal.txt
  97         - cli()/sti() removal guide.
  98 computone.txt
  99         - info on Computone Intelliport II/Plus Multiport Serial Driver.
 100 connector/
 101         - docs on the netlink based userspace<->kernel space communication mod.
 102 console/
 103         - documentation on Linux console drivers.
 104 cpqarray.txt
 105         - info on using Compaq's SMART2 Intelligent Disk Array Controllers.
 106 cpu-freq/
 107         - info on CPU frequency and voltage scaling.
 108 cpu-hotplug.txt
 109         - document describing CPU hotplug support in the Linux kernel.
 110 cpu-load.txt
 111         - document describing how CPU load statistics are collected.
 112 cpuidle/
 113         - info on CPU_IDLE, CPU idle state management subsystem.
 114 cpusets.txt
 115         - documents the cpusets feature; assign CPUs and Mem to a set of tasks.
 116 cputopology.txt
 117         - documentation on how CPU topology info is exported via sysfs.
 118 cris/
 119         - directory with info about Linux on CRIS architecture.
 120 crypto/
 121         - directory with info on the Crypto API.
 122 dcdbas.txt
 123         - information on the Dell Systems Management Base Driver.
 124 debugging-modules.txt
 125         - some notes on debugging modules after Linux 2.6.3.
 126 dell_rbu.txt
 127         - document demonstrating the use of the Dell Remote BIOS Update driver.
 128 device-mapper/
 129         - directory with info on Device Mapper.
 130 devices.txt
 131         - plain ASCII listing of all the nodes in /dev/ with major minor #'s.
 132 digiepca.txt
 133         - info on Digi Intl. {PC,PCI,EISA}Xx and Xem series cards.
 134 dontdiff
 135         - file containing a list of files that should never be diff'ed.
 136 driver-model/
 137         - directory with info about Linux driver model.
 138 dvb/
 139         - info on Linux Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) subsystem.
 140 early-userspace/
 141         - info about initramfs, klibc, and userspace early during boot.
 142 edac.txt
 143         - information on EDAC - Error Detection And Correction
 144 eisa.txt
 145         - info on EISA bus support.
 146 exception.txt
 147         - how Linux v2.2 handles exceptions without verify_area etc.
 148 fault-injection/
 149         - dir with docs about the fault injection capabilities infrastructure.
 150 fb/
 151         - directory with info on the frame buffer graphics abstraction layer.
 152 feature-removal-schedule.txt
 153         - list of files and features that are going to be removed.
 154 filesystems/
 155         - info on the vfs and the various filesystems that Linux supports.
 156 firmware_class/
 157         - request_firmware() hotplug interface info.
 158 floppy.txt
 159         - notes and driver options for the floppy disk driver.
 160 frv/
 161         - Fujitsu FR-V Linux documentation.
 162 gpio.txt
 163         - overview of GPIO (General Purpose Input/Output) access conventions.
 164 hayes-esp.txt
 165         - info on using the Hayes ESP serial driver.
 166 highuid.txt
 167         - notes on the change from 16 bit to 32 bit user/group IDs.
 168 hpet.txt
 169         - High Precision Event Timer Driver for Linux.
 170 hrtimer/
 171         - info on the timer_stats debugging facility for timer (ab)use.
 172 hrtimers/
 173         - info on the hrtimers subsystem for high-resolution kernel timers.
 174 hw_random.txt
 175         - info on Linux support for random number generator in i8xx chipsets.
 176 hwmon/
 177         - directory with docs on various hardware monitoring drivers.
 178 i2c/
 179         - directory with info about the I2C bus/protocol (2 wire, kHz speed).
 180 i2o/
 181         - directory with info about the Linux I2O subsystem.
 182 i386/
 183         - directory with info about Linux on Intel 32 bit architecture.
 184 ia64/
 185         - directory with info about Linux on Intel 64 bit architecture.
 186 infiniband/
 187         - directory with documents concerning Linux InfiniBand support.
 188 initrd.txt
 189         - how to use the RAM disk as an initial/temporary root filesystem.
 190 input/
 191         - info on Linux input device support.
 192 io_ordering.txt
 193         - info on ordering I/O writes to memory-mapped addresses.
 194 ioctl/
 195         - directory with documents describing various IOCTL calls.
 196 ioctl-number.txt
 197         - how to implement and register device/driver ioctl calls.
 198 iostats.txt
 199         - info on I/O statistics Linux kernel provides.
 200 irqflags-tracing.txt
 201         - how to use the irq-flags tracing feature.
 202 isapnp.txt
 203         - info on Linux ISA Plug & Play support.
 204 isdn/
 205         - directory with info on the Linux ISDN support, and supported cards.
 206 java.txt
 207         - info on the in-kernel binary support for Java(tm).
 208 kbuild/
 209         - directory with info about the kernel build process.
 210 kdump/
 211         - directory with mini HowTo on getting the crash dump code to work.
 212 kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt
 213         - mini HowTo on generation and location of kernel documentation files.
 214 kernel-docs.txt
 215         - listing of various WWW + books that document kernel internals.
 216 kernel-parameters.txt
 217         - summary listing of command line / boot prompt args for the kernel.
 218 keys-request-key.txt
 219         - description of the kernel key request service.
 220 keys.txt
 221         - description of the kernel key retention service.
 222 kobject.txt
 223         - info of the kobject infrastructure of the Linux kernel.
 224 kprobes.txt
 225         - documents the kernel probes debugging feature.
 226 kref.txt
 227         - docs on adding reference counters (krefs) to kernel objects.
 228 laptops/
 229         - directory with laptop related info and laptop driver documentation.
 230 ldm.txt
 231         - a brief description of LDM (Windows Dynamic Disks).
 232 leds-class.txt
 233         - documents LED handling under Linux.
 234 local_ops.txt
 235         - semantics and behavior of local atomic operations.
 236 lockdep-design.txt
 237         - documentation on the runtime locking correctness validator.
 238 logo.gif
 239         - full colour GIF image of Linux logo (penguin - Tux).
 240 logo.txt
 241         - info on creator of above logo & site to get additional images from.
 242 m68k/
 243         - directory with info about Linux on Motorola 68k architecture.
 244 magic-number.txt
 245         - list of magic numbers used to mark/protect kernel data structures.
 246 mca.txt
 247         - info on supporting Micro Channel Architecture (e.g. PS/2) systems.
 248 md.txt
 249         - info on boot arguments for the multiple devices driver.
 250 memory-barriers.txt
 251         - info on Linux kernel memory barriers.
 252 memory-hotplug.txt
 253         - Hotpluggable memory support, how to use and current status.
 254 memory.txt
 255         - info on typical Linux memory problems.
 256 mips/
 257         - directory with info about Linux on MIPS architecture.
 258 mono.txt
 259         - how to execute Mono-based .NET binaries with the help of BINFMT_MISC.
 260 moxa-smartio
 261         - file with info on installing/using Moxa multiport serial driver.
 262 mtrr.txt
 263         - how to use PPro Memory Type Range Registers to increase performance.
 264 mutex-design.txt
 265         - info on the generic mutex subsystem.
 266 namespaces/
 267         - directory with various information about namespaces
 268 nbd.txt
 269         - info on a TCP implementation of a network block device.
 270 netlabel/
 271         - directory with information on the NetLabel subsystem.
 272 networking/
 273         - directory with info on various aspects of networking with Linux.
 274 nmi_watchdog.txt
 275         - info on NMI watchdog for SMP systems.
 276 nommu-mmap.txt
 277         - documentation about no-mmu memory mapping support.
 278 numastat.txt
 279         - info on how to read Numa policy hit/miss statistics in sysfs.
 280 oops-tracing.txt
 281         - how to decode those nasty internal kernel error dump messages.
 282 paride.txt
 283         - information about the parallel port IDE subsystem.
 284 parisc/
 285         - directory with info on using Linux on PA-RISC architecture.
 286 parport.txt
 287         - how to use the parallel-port driver.
 288 parport-lowlevel.txt
 289         - description and usage of the low level parallel port functions.
 290 pci-error-recovery.txt
 291         - info on PCI error recovery.
 292 pci.txt
 293         - info on the PCI subsystem for device driver authors.
 294 pcieaer-howto.txt
 295         - the PCI Express Advanced Error Reporting Driver Guide HOWTO.
 296 pcmcia/
 297         - info on the Linux PCMCIA driver.
 298 pi-futex.txt
 299         - documentation on lightweight PI-futexes.
 300 pnp.txt
 301         - Linux Plug and Play documentation.
 302 power/
 303         - directory with info on Linux PCI power management.
 304 powerpc/
 305         - directory with info on using Linux with the PowerPC.
 306 preempt-locking.txt
 307         - info on locking under a preemptive kernel.
 308 prio_tree.txt
 309         - info on radix-priority-search-tree use for indexing vmas.
 310 ramdisk.txt
 311         - short guide on how to set up and use the RAM disk.
 312 rbtree.txt
 313         - info on what red-black trees are and what they are for.
 314 riscom8.txt
 315         - notes on using the RISCom/8 multi-port serial driver.
 316 robust-futex-ABI.txt
 317         - documentation of the robust futex ABI.
 318 robust-futexes.txt
 319         - a description of what robust futexes are.
 320 rocket.txt
 321         - info on the Comtrol RocketPort multiport serial driver.
 322 rt-mutex-design.txt
 323         - description of the RealTime mutex implementation design.
 324 rt-mutex.txt
 325         - desc. of RT-mutex subsystem with PI (Priority Inheritance) support.
 326 rtc.txt
 327         - notes on how to use the Real Time Clock (aka CMOS clock) driver.
 328 s390/
 329         - directory with info on using Linux on the IBM S390.
 330 scheduler/
 331         - directory with info on the scheduler.
 332 scsi/
 333         - directory with info on Linux scsi support.
 334 serial/
 335         - directory with info on the low level serial API.
 336 serial-console.txt
 337         - how to set up Linux with a serial line console as the default.
 338 sgi-ioc4.txt
 339         - description of the SGI IOC4 PCI (multi function) device.
 340 sgi-visws.txt
 341         - short blurb on the SGI Visual Workstations.
 342 sh/
 343         - directory with info on porting Linux to a new architecture.
 344 smart-config.txt
 345         - description of the Smart Config makefile feature.
 346 sound/
 347         - directory with info on sound card support.
 348 sparc/
 349         - directory with info on using Linux on Sparc architecture.
 350 sparse.txt
 351         - info on how to obtain and use the sparse tool for typechecking.
 352 specialix.txt
 353         - info on hardware/driver for specialix IO8+ multiport serial card.
 354 spi/
 355         - overview of Linux kernel Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) support.
 356 spinlocks.txt
 357         - info on using spinlocks to provide exclusive access in kernel.
 358 stable_api_nonsense.txt
 359         - info on why the kernel does not have a stable in-kernel api or abi.
 360 stable_kernel_rules.txt
 361         - rules and procedures for the -stable kernel releases.
 362 stallion.txt
 363         - info on using the Stallion multiport serial driver.
 364 svga.txt
 365         - short guide on selecting video modes at boot via VGA BIOS.
 366 sysfs-rules.txt
 367         - How not to use sysfs.
 368 sx.txt
 369         - info on the Specialix SX/SI multiport serial driver.
 370 sysctl/
 371         - directory with info on the /proc/sys/* files.
 372 sysrq.txt
 373         - info on the magic SysRq key.
 374 telephony/
 375         - directory with info on telephony (e.g. voice over IP) support.
 376 time_interpolators.txt
 377         - info on time interpolators.
 378 tipar.txt
 379         - information about Parallel link cable for Texas Instruments handhelds.
 380 tty.txt
 381         - guide to the locking policies of the tty layer.
 382 uml/
 383         - directory with information about User Mode Linux.
 384 unicode.txt
 385         - info on the Unicode character/font mapping used in Linux.
 386 unshare.txt
 387         - description of the Linux unshare system call.
 388 usb/
 389         - directory with info regarding the Universal Serial Bus.
 390 video-output.txt
 391         - sysfs class driver interface to enable/disable a video output device.
 392 video4linux/
 393         - directory with info regarding video/TV/radio cards and linux.
 394 vm/
 395         - directory with info on the Linux vm code.
 396 volatile-considered-harmful.txt
 397         - Why the "volatile" type class should not be used
 398 voyager.txt
 399         - guide to running Linux on the Voyager architecture.
 400 w1/
 401         - directory with documents regarding the 1-wire (w1) subsystem.
 402 watchdog/
 403         - how to auto-reboot Linux if it has "fallen and can't get up". ;-)
 404 x86_64/
 405         - directory with info on Linux support for AMD x86-64 (Hammer) machines.
 406 zorro.txt
 407         - info on writing drivers for Zorro bus devices found on Amigas.