| |
| 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 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@listserv.linux.or.jp), at |
| http://linuxjf.sourceforge.jp/ |
| |
| 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 maintainers expect the C code in the kernel to look. |
| DMA-API.txt |
| - DMA API, pci_ API & extensions for non-consistent memory machines. |
| DMA-API-HOWTO.txt |
| - Dynamic DMA mapping Guide |
| DMA-ISA-LPC.txt |
| - How to do DMA with ISA (and LPC) devices. |
| DMA-attributes.txt |
| - listing of the various possible attributes a DMA region can have |
| dmatest.txt |
| - how to compile, configure and use the dmatest system. |
| DocBook/ |
| - directory with DocBook templates etc. for kernel documentation. |
| EDID/ |
| - directory with info on customizing EDID for broken gfx/displays. |
| HOWTO |
| - the process and procedures of how to do Linux kernel development. |
| 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-domain.txt |
| - info on interrupt numbering and setting up IRQ domains. |
| IRQ.txt |
| - description of what an IRQ is. |
| Intel-IOMMU.txt |
| - basic info on the Intel IOMMU virtualization support. |
| Makefile |
| - some files in Documentation dir are actually sample code to build |
| ManagementStyle |
| - how to (attempt to) manage kernel hackers. |
| RCU/ |
| - directory with info on RCU (read-copy update). |
| 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. |
| acpi/ |
| - info on ACPI-specific hooks in the kernel. |
| 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. |
| arm64/ |
| - directory with info about Linux on the 64 bit ARM architecture. |
| assoc_array.txt |
| - generic associative array intro. |
| atomic_ops.txt |
| - semantics and behavior of atomic and bitmask operations. |
| auxdisplay/ |
| - misc. LCD driver documentation (cfag12864b, ks0108). |
| backlight/ |
| - directory with info on controlling backlights in flat panel displays |
| bad_memory.txt |
| - how to use kernel parameters to exclude bad RAM regions. |
| basic_profiling.txt |
| - basic instructions for those who wants to profile Linux kernel. |
| bcache.txt |
| - Block-layer cache on fast SSDs to improve slow (raid) I/O performance. |
| 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. |
| blockdev/ |
| - info on block devices & drivers |
| braille-console.txt |
| - info on how to use serial devices for Braille support. |
| bt8xxgpio.txt |
| - info on how to modify a bt8xx video card for GPIO usage. |
| btmrvl.txt |
| - info on Marvell Bluetooth driver usage. |
| bus-devices/ |
| - directory with info on TI GPMC (General Purpose Memory Controller) |
| bus-virt-phys-mapping.txt |
| - how to access I/O mapped memory from within device drivers. |
| cachetlb.txt |
| - describes the cache/TLB flushing interfaces Linux uses. |
| cdrom/ |
| - directory with information on the CD-ROM drivers that Linux has. |
| cgroups/ |
| - cgroups features, including cpusets and memory controller. |
| circular-buffers.txt |
| - how to make use of the existing circular buffer infrastructure |
| clk.txt |
| - info on the common clock framework |
| coccinelle.txt |
| - info on how to get and use the Coccinelle code checking tool. |
| connector/ |
| - docs on the netlink based userspace<->kernel space communication mod. |
| console/ |
| - documentation on Linux console drivers. |
| 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. |
| cpuidle/ |
| - info on CPU_IDLE, CPU idle state management subsystem. |
| cputopology.txt |
| - documentation on how CPU topology info is exported via sysfs. |
| crc32.txt |
| - brief tutorial on CRC computation |
| 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. |
| debugging-via-ohci1394.txt |
| - how to use firewire like a hardware debugger memory reader. |
| dell_rbu.txt |
| - document demonstrating the use of the Dell Remote BIOS Update driver. |
| development-process/ |
| - how to work with the mainline kernel development process. |
| device-mapper/ |
| - directory with info on Device Mapper. |
| devices.txt |
| - plain ASCII listing of all the nodes in /dev/ with major minor #'s. |
| devicetree/ |
| - directory with info on device tree files used by OF/PowerPC/ARM |
| digsig.txt |
| -info on the Digital Signature Verification API |
| dma-buf-sharing.txt |
| - the DMA Buffer Sharing API Guide |
| dmaengine.txt |
| -the DMA Engine API Guide |
| dontdiff |
| - file containing a list of files that should never be diff'ed. |
| driver-model/ |
| - directory with info about Linux driver model. |
| dvb/ |
| - info on Linux Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) subsystem. |
| dynamic-debug-howto.txt |
| - how to use the dynamic debug (dyndbg) feature. |
| early-userspace/ |
| - info about initramfs, klibc, and userspace early during boot. |
| edac.txt |
| - information on EDAC - Error Detection And Correction |
| efi-stub.txt |
| - How to use the EFI boot stub to bypass GRUB or elilo on EFI systems. |
| eisa.txt |
| - info on EISA bus support. |
| email-clients.txt |
| - info on how to use e-mail to send un-mangled (git) patches. |
| extcon/ |
| - directory with porting guide for Android kernel switch driver. |
| fault-injection/ |
| - dir with docs about the fault injection capabilities infrastructure. |
| fb/ |
| - directory with info on the frame buffer graphics abstraction layer. |
| filesystems/ |
| - info on the vfs and the various filesystems that Linux supports. |
| firmware_class/ |
| - request_firmware() hotplug interface info. |
| flexible-arrays.txt |
| - how to make use of flexible sized arrays in linux |
| fmc/ |
| - information about the FMC bus abstraction |
| frv/ |
| - Fujitsu FR-V Linux documentation. |
| futex-requeue-pi.txt |
| - info on requeueing of tasks from a non-PI futex to a PI futex |
| gcov.txt |
| - use of GCC's coverage testing tool "gcov" with the Linux kernel |
| gpio/ |
| - gpio related documentation |
| hid/ |
| - directory with information on human interface devices |
| highuid.txt |
| - notes on the change from 16 bit to 32 bit user/group IDs. |
| hwspinlock.txt |
| - hardware spinlock provides hardware assistance for synchronization |
| timers/ |
| - info on the timer related topics |
| 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. |
| x86/i386/ |
| - directory with info about Linux on Intel 32 bit architecture. |
| ia64/ |
| - directory with info about Linux on Intel 64 bit architecture. |
| infiniband/ |
| - directory with documents concerning Linux InfiniBand support. |
| init.txt |
| - what to do when the kernel can't find the 1st process to run. |
| initrd.txt |
| - how to use the RAM disk as an initial/temporary root filesystem. |
| input/ |
| - info on Linux input device support. |
| intel_txt.txt |
| - info on intel Trusted Execution Technology (intel TXT). |
| io-mapping.txt |
| - description of io_mapping functions in linux/io-mapping.h |
| io_ordering.txt |
| - info on ordering I/O writes to memory-mapped addresses. |
| ioctl/ |
| - directory with documents describing various 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). |
| ja_JP/ |
| - directory with Japanese translations of various documents |
| 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. |
| kernel-per-CPU-kthreads.txt |
| - List of all per-CPU kthreads and how they introduce jitter. |
| kmemcheck.txt |
| - info on dynamic checker that detects uses of uninitialized memory. |
| kmemleak.txt |
| - info on how to make use of the kernel memory leak detection system |
| ko_KR/ |
| - directory with Korean translations of various documents |
| 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. |
| laptops/ |
| - directory with laptop related info and laptop driver documentation. |
| ldm.txt |
| - a brief description of LDM (Windows Dynamic Disks). |
| leds/ |
| - 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. |
| 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. |
| m68k/ |
| - directory with info about Linux on Motorola 68k architecture. |
| magic-number.txt |
| - list of magic numbers used to mark/protect kernel data structures. |
| md.txt |
| - info on boot arguments for the multiple devices driver. |
| media-framework.txt |
| - info on media framework, its data structures, functions and usage. |
| memory-barriers.txt |
| - info on Linux kernel memory barriers. |
| memory-devices/ |
| - directory with info on parts like the Texas Instruments EMIF driver |
| memory-hotplug.txt |
| - Hotpluggable memory support, how to use and current status. |
| metag/ |
| - directory with info about Linux on Meta architecture. |
| mips/ |
| - directory with info about Linux on MIPS architecture. |
| misc-devices/ |
| - directory with info about devices using the misc dev subsystem |
| mmc/ |
| - directory with info about the MMC subsystem |
| mn10300/ |
| - directory with info about the mn10300 architecture port |
| module-signing.txt |
| - Kernel module signing for increased security when loading modules. |
| mtd/ |
| - 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/ |
| - directory with information on the NetLabel subsystem. |
| networking/ |
| - directory with info on various aspects of networking with Linux. |
| nfc/ |
| - directory relating info about Near Field Communications support. |
| 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. |
| padata.txt |
| - An introduction to the "padata" parallel execution API |
| 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. |
| pcmcia/ |
| - info on the Linux PCMCIA driver. |
| percpu-rw-semaphore.txt |
| - RCU based read-write semaphore optimized for locking for reading |
| phy.txt |
| - Description of the generic PHY framework. |
| pi-futex.txt |
| - documentation on lightweight priority inheritance futexes. |
| pinctrl.txt |
| - info on pinctrl subsystem and the PINMUX/PINCONF and drivers |
| pnp.txt |
| - Linux Plug and Play documentation. |
| power/ |
| - directory with info on Linux PCI power management. |
| powerpc/ |
| - directory with info on using Linux with the PowerPC. |
| prctl/ |
| - directory with info on the priveledge control subsystem |
| preempt-locking.txt |
| - info on locking under a preemptive kernel. |
| printk-formats.txt |
| - how to get printk format specifiers right |
| pps/ |
| - directory with information on the pulse-per-second support |
| ptp/ |
| - directory with info on support for IEEE 1588 PTP clocks in Linux. |
| pwm.txt |
| - info on the pulse width modulation driver subsystem |
| ramoops.txt |
| - documentation of the ramoops oops/panic logging module. |
| rapidio/ |
| - directory with info on RapidIO packet-based fabric interconnect |
| rbtree.txt |
| - info on what red-black trees are and what they are for. |
| remoteproc.txt |
| - info on how to handle remote processor (e.g. AMP) offloads/usage. |
| rfkill.txt |
| - info on the radio frequency kill switch subsystem/support. |
| robust-futex-ABI.txt |
| - documentation of the robust futex ABI. |
| robust-futexes.txt |
| - 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/ |
| - directory with info on using Linux on the IBM S390. |
| scheduler/ |
| - directory with info on the scheduler. |
| scsi/ |
| - directory with info on Linux scsi support. |
| security/ |
| - directory that contains security-related info |
| 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. |
| sh/ |
| - directory with info on porting Linux to a new architecture. |
| smsc_ece1099.txt |
| -info on the smsc Keyboard Scan Expansion/GPIO Expansion device. |
| sound/ |
| - directory with info on sound card support. |
| sparse.txt |
| - 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 |
| - rules and procedures for the -stable kernel releases. |
| static-keys.txt |
| - info on how static keys allow debug code in hotpaths via patching |
| svga.txt |
| - short guide on selecting video modes at boot via VGA BIOS. |
| sysfs-rules.txt |
| - How not to use sysfs. |
| sysctl/ |
| - directory with info on the /proc/sys/* files. |
| sysrq.txt |
| - info on the magic SysRq key. |
| target/ |
| - directory with info on generating TCM v4 fabric .ko modules |
| this_cpu_ops.txt |
| - List rationale behind and the way to use this_cpu operations. |
| thermal/ |
| - directory with information on managing thermal issues (CPU/temp) |
| trace/ |
| - directory with info on tracing technologies within linux |
| unaligned-memory-access.txt |
| - info on how to avoid arch breaking unaligned memory access in code. |
| 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. |
| vDSO/ |
| - directory with info regarding virtual dynamic shared objects |
| vfio.txt |
| - info on Virtual Function I/O used in guest/hypervisor instances. |
| vgaarbiter.txt |
| - info on enable/disable the legacy decoding on different VGA devices |
| 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. |
| virtual/ |
| - directory with information on the various linux virtualizations. |
| vm/ |
| - directory with info on the Linux vm code. |
| vme_api.txt |
| - file relating info on the VME bus API in linux |
| volatile-considered-harmful.txt |
| - Why the "volatile" type class should not be used |
| 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". ;-) |
| wimax/ |
| - 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. |
| xtensa/ |
| - directory with documents relating to arch/xtensa port/implementation |
| xz.txt |
| - how to make use of the XZ data compression within linux kernel |
| zh_CN/ |
| - directory with Chinese translations of various documents |
| zorro.txt |
| - info on writing drivers for Zorro bus devices found on Amigas. |
