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 BUG-HUNTING
  16         - brute force method of doing binary search of patches to find bug.
  17 Changes
  18         - list of changes that break older software packages.
  19 CodingStyle
  20         - how the boss likes the C code in the kernel to look.
  21 DMA-API.txt
  22         - DMA API, pci_ API & extensions for non-consistent memory machines.
  23 DMA-mapping.txt
  24         - info for PCI drivers using DMA portably across all platforms.
  25 DocBook/
  26         - directory with DocBook templates etc. for kernel documentation.
  27 HOWTO
  28         - The process and procedures of how to do Linux kernel development.
  29 IO-mapping.txt
  30         - how to access I/O mapped memory from within device drivers.
  31 IPMI.txt
  32         - info on Linux Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) Driver.
  33 IRQ-affinity.txt
  34         - how to select which CPU(s) handle which interrupt events on SMP.
  35 ManagementStyle
  36         - how to (attempt to) manage kernel hackers.
  37 MSI-HOWTO.txt
  38         - the Message Signaled Interrupts (MSI) Driver Guide HOWTO and FAQ.
  39 RCU/
  40         - directory with info on RCU (read-copy update).
  41 README.DAC960
  42         - info on Mylex DAC960/DAC1100 PCI RAID Controller Driver for Linux.
  43 SAK.txt
  44         - info on Secure Attention Keys.
  45 SubmittingDrivers
  46         - procedure to get a new driver source included into the kernel tree.
  47 SubmittingPatches
  48         - procedure to get a source patch included into the kernel tree.
  49 VGA-softcursor.txt
  50         - how to change your VGA cursor from a blinking underscore.
  51 applying-patches.txt
  52         - description of various trees and how to apply their patches.
  53 arm/
  54         - directory with info about Linux on the ARM architecture.
  55 basic_profiling.txt
  56         - basic instructions for those who wants to profile Linux kernel.
  57 binfmt_misc.txt
  58         - info on the kernel support for extra binary formats.
  59 block/
  60         - info on the Block I/O (BIO) layer.
  61 cachetlb.txt
  62         - describes the cache/TLB flushing interfaces Linux uses.
  63 cciss.txt
  64         - info, major/minor #'s for Compaq's SMART Array Controllers.
  65 cdrom/
  66         - directory with information on the CD-ROM drivers that Linux has.
  67 cli-sti-removal.txt
  68         - cli()/sti() removal guide.
  69 computone.txt
  70         - info on Computone Intelliport II/Plus Multiport Serial Driver.
  71 cpqarray.txt
  72         - info on using Compaq's SMART2 Intelligent Disk Array Controllers.
  73 cpu-freq/
  74         - info on CPU frequency and voltage scaling.
  75 cris/
  76         - directory with info about Linux on CRIS architecture.
  77 crypto/
  78         - directory with info on the Crypto API.
  79 debugging-modules.txt
  80         - some notes on debugging modules after Linux 2.6.3.
  81 device-mapper/
  82         - directory with info on Device Mapper.
  83 devices.txt
  84         - plain ASCII listing of all the nodes in /dev/ with major minor #'s.
  85 digiepca.txt
  86         - info on Digi Intl. {PC,PCI,EISA}Xx and Xem series cards.
  87 dnotify.txt
  88         - info about directory notification in Linux.
  89 driver-model/
  90         - directory with info about Linux driver model.
  91 dvb/
  92         - info on Linux Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) subsystem.
  93 early-userspace/
  94         - info about initramfs, klibc, and userspace early during boot.
  95 eisa.txt
  96         - info on EISA bus support.
  97 exception.txt
  98         - how Linux v2.2 handles exceptions without verify_area etc.
  99 fb/
 100         - directory with info on the frame buffer graphics abstraction layer.
 101 filesystems/
 102         - directory with info on the various filesystems that Linux supports.
 103 firmware_class/
 104         - request_firmware() hotplug interface info.
 105 floppy.txt
 106         - notes and driver options for the floppy disk driver.
 107 ftape.txt
 108         - notes about the floppy tape device driver.
 109 hayes-esp.txt
 110         - info on using the Hayes ESP serial driver.
 111 highuid.txt
 112         - notes on the change from 16 bit to 32 bit user/group IDs.
 113 hpet.txt
 114         - High Precision Event Timer Driver for Linux.
 115 hw_random.txt
 116         - info on Linux support for random number generator in i8xx chipsets.
 117 i2c/
 118         - directory with info about the I2C bus/protocol (2 wire, kHz speed).
 119 i2o/
 120         - directory with info about the Linux I2O subsystem.
 121 i386/
 122         - directory with info about Linux on Intel 32 bit architecture.
 123 ia64/
 124         - directory with info about Linux on Intel 64 bit architecture.
 125 ide.txt
 126         - important info for users of ATA devices (IDE/EIDE disks and CD-ROMS).
 127 initrd.txt
 128         - how to use the RAM disk as an initial/temporary root filesystem.
 129 input/
 130         - info on Linux input device support.
 131 io_ordering.txt
 132         - info on ordering I/O writes to memory-mapped addresses.
 133 ioctl-number.txt
 134         - how to implement and register device/driver ioctl calls.
 135 iostats.txt
 136         - info on I/O statistics Linux kernel provides.
 137 isapnp.txt
 138         - info on Linux ISA Plug & Play support.
 139 isdn/
 140         - directory with info on the Linux ISDN support, and supported cards.
 141 java.txt
 142         - info on the in-kernel binary support for Java(tm).
 143 kbuild/
 144         - directory with info about the kernel build process.
 145 kdumpt.txt
 146        - mini HowTo on getting the crash dump code to work.
 147 kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt
 148         - mini HowTo on generation and location of kernel documentation files.
 149 kernel-docs.txt
 150         - listing of various WWW + books that document kernel internals.
 151 kernel-parameters.txt
 152         - summary listing of command line / boot prompt args for the kernel.
 153 kobject.txt
 154         - info of the kobject infrastructure of the Linux kernel.
 155 laptop-mode.txt
 156         - How to conserve battery power using laptop-mode.
 157 ldm.txt
 158         - a brief description of LDM (Windows Dynamic Disks).
 159 locks.txt
 160         - info on file locking implementations, flock() vs. fcntl(), etc.
 161 logo.gif
 162         - Full colour GIF image of Linux logo (penguin).
 163 logo.txt
 164         - Info on creator of above logo & site to get additional images from.
 165 m68k/
 166         - directory with info about Linux on Motorola 68k architecture.
 167 magic-number.txt
 168         - list of magic numbers used to mark/protect kernel data structures.
 169 mandatory.txt
 170         - info on the Linux implementation of Sys V mandatory file locking.
 171 mca.txt
 172         - info on supporting Micro Channel Architecture (e.g. PS/2) systems.
 173 md.txt
 174         - info on boot arguments for the multiple devices driver.
 175 memory.txt
 176         - info on typical Linux memory problems.
 177 mips/
 178         - directory with info about Linux on MIPS architecture.
 179 mono.txt
 180         - how to execute Mono-based .NET binaries with the help of BINFMT_MISC.
 181 moxa-smartio
 182         - info on installing/using Moxa multiport serial driver.
 183 mtrr.txt
 184         - how to use PPro Memory Type Range Registers to increase performance.
 185 nbd.txt
 186         - info on a TCP implementation of a network block device.
 187 netlabel/
 188         - directory with information on the NetLabel subsystem.
 189 networking/
 190         - directory with info on various aspects of networking with Linux.
 191 nfsroot.txt
 192         - short guide on setting up a diskless box with NFS root filesystem.
 193 nmi_watchdog.txt
 194         - info on NMI watchdog for SMP systems.
 195 numastat.txt
 196         - info on how to read Numa policy hit/miss statistics in sysfs.
 197 oops-tracing.txt
 198         - how to decode those nasty internal kernel error dump messages.
 199 paride.txt
 200         - information about the parallel port IDE subsystem.
 201 parisc/
 202         - directory with info on using Linux on PA-RISC architecture.
 203 parport.txt
 204         - how to use the parallel-port driver.
 205 parport-lowlevel.txt
 206         - description and usage of the low level parallel port functions.
 207 pci.txt
 208         - info on the PCI subsystem for device driver authors.
 209 pm.txt
 210         - info on Linux power management support.
 211 pnp.txt
 212         - Linux Plug and Play documentation.
 213 power/
 214         - directory with info on Linux PCI power management.
 215 powerpc/
 216         - directory with info on using Linux with the PowerPC.
 217 preempt-locking.txt
 218         - info on locking under a preemptive kernel.
 219 ramdisk.txt
 220         - short guide on how to set up and use the RAM disk.
 221 riscom8.txt
 222         - notes on using the RISCom/8 multi-port serial driver.
 223 rocket.txt
 224         - info on the Comtrol RocketPort multiport serial driver.
 225 rpc-cache.txt
 226         - introduction to the caching mechanisms in the sunrpc layer.
 227 rtc.txt
 228         - notes on how to use the Real Time Clock (aka CMOS clock) driver.
 229 s390/
 230         - directory with info on using Linux on the IBM S390.
 231 sched-coding.txt
 232         - reference for various scheduler-related methods in the O(1) scheduler.
 233 sched-design.txt
 234         - goals, design and implementation of the Linux O(1) scheduler.
 235 sched-domains.txt
 236         - information on scheduling domains.
 237 sched-stats.txt
 238         - information on schedstats (Linux Scheduler Statistics).
 239 scsi/
 240         - directory with info on Linux scsi support.
 241 serial/
 242         - directory with info on the low level serial API.
 243 serial-console.txt
 244         - how to set up Linux with a serial line console as the default.
 245 sgi-visws.txt
 246         - short blurb on the SGI Visual Workstations.
 247 sh/
 248         - directory with info on porting Linux to a new architecture.
 249 smart-config.txt
 250         - description of the Smart Config makefile feature.
 251 smp.txt
 252         - a few notes on symmetric multi-processing.
 253 sonypi.txt
 254         - info on Linux Sony Programmable I/O Device support.
 255 sound/
 256         - directory with info on sound card support.
 257 sparc/
 258         - directory with info on using Linux on Sparc architecture.
 259 specialix.txt
 260         - info on hardware/driver for specialix IO8+ multiport serial card.
 261 spinlocks.txt
 262         - info on using spinlocks to provide exclusive access in kernel.
 263 stable_api_nonsense.txt
 264         - info on why the kernel does not have a stable in-kernel api or abi.
 265 stable_kernel_rules.txt
 266         - rules and procedures for the -stable kernel releases.
 267 stallion.txt
 268         - info on using the Stallion multiport serial driver.
 269 svga.txt
 270         - short guide on selecting video modes at boot via VGA BIOS.
 271 sx.txt
 272         - info on the Specialix SX/SI multiport serial driver.
 273 sysctl/
 274         - directory with info on the /proc/sys/* files.
 275 sysrq.txt
 276         - info on the magic SysRq key.
 277 telephony/
 278         - directory with info on telephony (e.g. voice over IP) support.
 279 time_interpolators.txt
 280         - info on time interpolators.
 281 tipar.txt
 282         - information about Parallel link cable for Texas Instruments handhelds.
 283 tty.txt
 284         - guide to the locking policies of the tty layer.
 285 unicode.txt
 286         - info on the Unicode character/font mapping used in Linux.
 287 uml/
 288         - directory with information about User Mode Linux.
 289 usb/
 290         - directory with info regarding the Universal Serial Bus.
 291 video4linux/
 292         - directory with info regarding video/TV/radio cards and linux.
 293 vm/
 294         - directory with info on the Linux vm code.
 295 voyager.txt
 296         - guide to running Linux on the Voyager architecture.
 297 watchdog/
 298         - how to auto-reboot Linux if it has "fallen and can't get up". ;-)
 299 x86_64/
 300         - directory with info on Linux support for AMD x86-64 (Hammer) machines.
 301 xterm-linux.xpm
 302         - XPM image of penguin logo (see logo.txt) sitting on an xterm.
 303 zorro.txt
 304         - info on writing drivers for Zorro bus devices found on Amigas.