- directory with information on human interface devices
highuid.txt
- notes on the change from 16 bit to 32 bit user/group IDs.
+hsi.txt
+ - HSI subsystem overview.
hwspinlock.txt
- hardware spinlock provides hardware assistance for synchronization
timers/
- documents the kernel probes debugging feature.
kref.txt
- docs on adding reference counters (krefs) to kernel objects.
+kselftest.txt
+ - small unittests for (some) individual codepaths in the kernel.
laptops/
- directory with laptop related info and laptop driver documentation.
ldm.txt
- directory with info about LED handling under Linux.
local_ops.txt
- semantics and behavior of local atomic operations.
-lockdep-design.txt
- - documentation on the runtime locking correctness validator.
locking/
- directory with info about kernel locking primitives
-lockstat.txt
- - info on collecting statistics on locks (and contention).
lockup-watchdogs.txt
- info on soft and hard lockup detectors (aka nmi_watchdog).
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.
+lzo.txt
+ - kernel LZO decompressor input formats
m68k/
- directory with info about Linux on Motorola 68k architecture.
magic-number.txt
- list of magic numbers used to mark/protect kernel data structures.
+mailbox.txt
+ - How to write drivers for the common mailbox framework (IPC).
md.txt
- info on boot arguments for the multiple devices driver.
media-framework.txt
- directory with info about memory technology devices (flash)
mono.txt
- how to execute Mono-based .NET binaries with the help of BINFMT_MISC.
-mutex-design.txt
- - info on the generic mutex subsystem.
namespaces/
- directory with various information about namespaces
netlabel/
- a description of what robust futexes are.
rpmsg.txt
- info on the Remote Processor Messaging (rpmsg) Framework
-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/
- info on how to obtain and use the sparse tool for typechecking.
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
- directory with info about Intel Wireless Wimax Connections
workqueue.txt
- information on the Concurrency Managed Workqueue implementation
-ww-mutex-design.txt
- - Intro to Mutex wait/would deadlock handling.s
x86/x86_64/
- directory with info on Linux support for AMD x86-64 (Hammer) machines.
+xillybus.txt
+ - Overview and basic ui of xillybus driver
xtensa/
- directory with documents relating to arch/xtensa port/implementation
xz.txt
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+00-INDEX
+ - this file.
+lockdep-design.txt
+ - documentation on the runtime locking correctness validator.
+lockstat.txt
+ - info on collecting statistics on locks (and contention).
+mutex-design.txt
+ - info on the generic mutex subsystem.
+rt-mutex-design.txt
+ - description of the RealTime mutex implementation design.
+rt-mutex.txt
+ - desc. of RT-mutex subsystem with PI (Priority Inheritance) support.
+spinlocks.txt
+ - info on using spinlocks to provide exclusive access in kernel.
+ww-mutex-design.txt
+ - Intro to Mutex wait/would deadlock handling.s