Documentation/00-INDEX

   1
   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.
   7
   8 Following translations are available on the WWW:
   9
  10    - Japanese, maintained by the JF Project (JF@linux.or.jp), at
  11      http://www.linux.or.jp/JF/
  12
  13 00-INDEX
  14         - this file.
  15 ABI/
  16         - info on kernel <-> userspace ABI and relative interface stability.
  17
  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 development-process/
  25         - An extended tutorial on how to work with the kernel development
  26           process.
  27 DMA-API.txt
  28         - DMA API, pci_ API & extensions for non-consistent memory machines.
  29 DMA-ISA-LPC.txt
  30         - How to do DMA with ISA (and LPC) devices.
  31 DocBook/
  32         - directory with DocBook templates etc. for kernel documentation.
  33 HOWTO
  34         - the process and procedures of how to do Linux kernel development.
  35 IO-mapping.txt
  36         - how to access I/O mapped memory from within device drivers.
  37 IPMI.txt
  38         - info on Linux Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) Driver.
  39 IRQ-affinity.txt
  40         - how to select which CPU(s) handle which interrupt events on SMP.
  41 IRQ.txt
  42         - description of what an IRQ is.
  43 ManagementStyle
  44         - how to (attempt to) manage kernel hackers.
  45 RCU/
  46         - directory with info on RCU (read-copy update).
  47 SAK.txt
  48         - info on Secure Attention Keys.
  49 SM501.txt
  50         - Silicon Motion SM501 multimedia companion chip
  51 SecurityBugs
  52         - procedure for reporting security bugs found in the kernel.
  53 SubmitChecklist
  54         - Linux kernel patch submission checklist.
  55 SubmittingDrivers
  56         - procedure to get a new driver source included into the kernel tree.
  57 SubmittingPatches
  58         - procedure to get a source patch included into the kernel tree.
  59 VGA-softcursor.txt
  60         - how to change your VGA cursor from a blinking underscore.
  61 accounting/
  62         - documentation on accounting and taskstats.
  63 acpi/
  64         - info on ACPI-specific hooks in the kernel.
  65 aoe/
  66         - description of AoE (ATA over Ethernet) along with config examples.
  67 applying-patches.txt
  68         - description of various trees and how to apply their patches.
  69 arm/
  70         - directory with info about Linux on the ARM architecture.
  71 atomic_ops.txt
  72         - semantics and behavior of atomic and bitmask operations.
  73 auxdisplay/
  74         - misc. LCD driver documentation (cfag12864b, ks0108).
  75 basic_profiling.txt
  76         - basic instructions for those who wants to profile Linux kernel.
  77 binfmt_misc.txt
  78         - info on the kernel support for extra binary formats.
  79 blackfin/
  80         - directory with documentation for the Blackfin arch.
  81 block/
  82         - info on the Block I/O (BIO) layer.
  83 blockdev/
  84         - info on block devices & drivers
  85 cachetlb.txt
  86         - describes the cache/TLB flushing interfaces Linux uses.
  87 cdrom/
  88         - directory with information on the CD-ROM drivers that Linux has.
  89 connector/
  90         - docs on the netlink based userspace<->kernel space communication mod.
  91 console/
  92         - documentation on Linux console drivers.
  93 cpu-freq/
  94         - info on CPU frequency and voltage scaling.
  95 cpu-hotplug.txt
  96         - document describing CPU hotplug support in the Linux kernel.
  97 cpu-load.txt
  98         - document describing how CPU load statistics are collected.
  99 cpuidle/
 100         - info on CPU_IDLE, CPU idle state management subsystem.
 101 cpusets.txt
 102         - documents the cpusets feature; assign CPUs and Mem to a set of tasks.
 103 cputopology.txt
 104         - documentation on how CPU topology info is exported via sysfs.
 105 cris/
 106         - directory with info about Linux on CRIS architecture.
 107 crypto/
 108         - directory with info on the Crypto API.
 109 dcdbas.txt
 110         - information on the Dell Systems Management Base Driver.
 111 debugging-modules.txt
 112         - some notes on debugging modules after Linux 2.6.3.
 113 dell_rbu.txt
 114         - document demonstrating the use of the Dell Remote BIOS Update driver.
 115 device-mapper/
 116         - directory with info on Device Mapper.
 117 devices.txt
 118         - plain ASCII listing of all the nodes in /dev/ with major minor #'s.
 119 dontdiff
 120         - file containing a list of files that should never be diff'ed.
 121 driver-model/
 122         - directory with info about Linux driver model.
 123 dvb/
 124         - info on Linux Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) subsystem.
 125 early-userspace/
 126         - info about initramfs, klibc, and userspace early during boot.
 127 edac.txt
 128         - information on EDAC - Error Detection And Correction
 129 eisa.txt
 130         - info on EISA bus support.
 131 exception.txt
 132         - how Linux v2.2 handles exceptions without verify_area etc.
 133 fault-injection/
 134         - dir with docs about the fault injection capabilities infrastructure.
 135 fb/
 136         - directory with info on the frame buffer graphics abstraction layer.
 137 feature-removal-schedule.txt
 138         - list of files and features that are going to be removed.
 139 filesystems/
 140         - info on the vfs and the various filesystems that Linux supports.
 141 firmware_class/
 142         - request_firmware() hotplug interface info.
 143 frv/
 144         - Fujitsu FR-V Linux documentation.
 145 gpio.txt
 146         - overview of GPIO (General Purpose Input/Output) access conventions.
 147 highuid.txt
 148         - notes on the change from 16 bit to 32 bit user/group IDs.
 149 timers/
 150         - info on the timer related topics
 151 hw_random.txt
 152         - info on Linux support for random number generator in i8xx chipsets.
 153 hwmon/
 154         - directory with docs on various hardware monitoring drivers.
 155 i2c/
 156         - directory with info about the I2C bus/protocol (2 wire, kHz speed).
 157 i2o/
 158         - directory with info about the Linux I2O subsystem.
 159 x86/i386/
 160         - directory with info about Linux on Intel 32 bit architecture.
 161 ia64/
 162         - directory with info about Linux on Intel 64 bit architecture.
 163 infiniband/
 164         - directory with documents concerning Linux InfiniBand support.
 165 initrd.txt
 166         - how to use the RAM disk as an initial/temporary root filesystem.
 167 input/
 168         - info on Linux input device support.
 169 io_ordering.txt
 170         - info on ordering I/O writes to memory-mapped addresses.
 171 ioctl/
 172         - directory with documents describing various IOCTL calls.
 173 iostats.txt
 174         - info on I/O statistics Linux kernel provides.
 175 irqflags-tracing.txt
 176         - how to use the irq-flags tracing feature.
 177 isapnp.txt
 178         - info on Linux ISA Plug & Play support.
 179 isdn/
 180         - directory with info on the Linux ISDN support, and supported cards.
 181 java.txt
 182         - info on the in-kernel binary support for Java(tm).
 183 kbuild/
 184         - directory with info about the kernel build process.
 185 kdump/
 186         - directory with mini HowTo on getting the crash dump code to work.
 187 kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt
 188         - mini HowTo on generation and location of kernel documentation files.
 189 kernel-docs.txt
 190         - listing of various WWW + books that document kernel internals.
 191 kernel-parameters.txt
 192         - summary listing of command line / boot prompt args for the kernel.
 193 keys-request-key.txt
 194         - description of the kernel key request service.
 195 keys.txt
 196         - description of the kernel key retention service.
 197 kobject.txt
 198         - info of the kobject infrastructure of the Linux kernel.
 199 kprobes.txt
 200         - documents the kernel probes debugging feature.
 201 kref.txt
 202         - docs on adding reference counters (krefs) to kernel objects.
 203 laptops/
 204         - directory with laptop related info and laptop driver documentation.
 205 ldm.txt
 206         - a brief description of LDM (Windows Dynamic Disks).
 207 leds-class.txt
 208         - documents LED handling under Linux.
 209 local_ops.txt
 210         - semantics and behavior of local atomic operations.
 211 lockdep-design.txt
 212         - documentation on the runtime locking correctness validator.
 213 logo.gif
 214         - full colour GIF image of Linux logo (penguin - Tux).
 215 logo.txt
 216         - info on creator of above logo & site to get additional images from.
 217 m68k/
 218         - directory with info about Linux on Motorola 68k architecture.
 219 magic-number.txt
 220         - list of magic numbers used to mark/protect kernel data structures.
 221 mca.txt
 222         - info on supporting Micro Channel Architecture (e.g. PS/2) systems.
 223 md.txt
 224         - info on boot arguments for the multiple devices driver.
 225 memory-barriers.txt
 226         - info on Linux kernel memory barriers.
 227 memory-hotplug.txt
 228         - Hotpluggable memory support, how to use and current status.
 229 memory.txt
 230         - info on typical Linux memory problems.
 231 mips/
 232         - directory with info about Linux on MIPS architecture.
 233 mono.txt
 234         - how to execute Mono-based .NET binaries with the help of BINFMT_MISC.
 235 mutex-design.txt
 236         - info on the generic mutex subsystem.
 237 namespaces/
 238         - directory with various information about namespaces
 239 netlabel/
 240         - directory with information on the NetLabel subsystem.
 241 networking/
 242         - directory with info on various aspects of networking with Linux.
 243 nmi_watchdog.txt
 244         - info on NMI watchdog for SMP systems.
 245 nommu-mmap.txt
 246         - documentation about no-mmu memory mapping support.
 247 numastat.txt
 248         - info on how to read Numa policy hit/miss statistics in sysfs.
 249 oops-tracing.txt
 250         - how to decode those nasty internal kernel error dump messages.
 251 parisc/
 252         - directory with info on using Linux on PA-RISC architecture.
 253 parport.txt
 254         - how to use the parallel-port driver.
 255 parport-lowlevel.txt
 256         - description and usage of the low level parallel port functions.
 257 pcmcia/
 258         - info on the Linux PCMCIA driver.
 259 pi-futex.txt
 260         - documentation on lightweight PI-futexes.
 261 pnp.txt
 262         - Linux Plug and Play documentation.
 263 power/
 264         - directory with info on Linux PCI power management.
 265 powerpc/
 266         - directory with info on using Linux with the PowerPC.
 267 preempt-locking.txt
 268         - info on locking under a preemptive kernel.
 269 printk-formats.txt
 270         - how to get printk format specifiers right
 271 prio_tree.txt
 272         - info on radix-priority-search-tree use for indexing vmas.
 273 rbtree.txt
 274         - info on what red-black trees are and what they are for.
 275 robust-futex-ABI.txt
 276         - documentation of the robust futex ABI.
 277 robust-futexes.txt
 278         - a description of what robust futexes are.
 279 rt-mutex-design.txt
 280         - description of the RealTime mutex implementation design.
 281 rt-mutex.txt
 282         - desc. of RT-mutex subsystem with PI (Priority Inheritance) support.
 283 rtc.txt
 284         - notes on how to use the Real Time Clock (aka CMOS clock) driver.
 285 s390/
 286         - directory with info on using Linux on the IBM S390.
 287 scheduler/
 288         - directory with info on the scheduler.
 289 scsi/
 290         - directory with info on Linux scsi support.
 291 serial/
 292         - directory with info on the low level serial API.
 293 serial-console.txt
 294         - how to set up Linux with a serial line console as the default.
 295 sgi-ioc4.txt
 296         - description of the SGI IOC4 PCI (multi function) device.
 297 sgi-visws.txt
 298         - short blurb on the SGI Visual Workstations.
 299 sh/
 300         - directory with info on porting Linux to a new architecture.
 301 sound/
 302         - directory with info on sound card support.
 303 sparc/
 304         - directory with info on using Linux on Sparc architecture.
 305 sparse.txt
 306         - info on how to obtain and use the sparse tool for typechecking.
 307 spi/
 308         - overview of Linux kernel Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) support.
 309 spinlocks.txt
 310         - info on using spinlocks to provide exclusive access in kernel.
 311 stable_api_nonsense.txt
 312         - info on why the kernel does not have a stable in-kernel api or abi.
 313 stable_kernel_rules.txt
 314         - rules and procedures for the -stable kernel releases.
 315 svga.txt
 316         - short guide on selecting video modes at boot via VGA BIOS.
 317 sysfs-rules.txt
 318         - How not to use sysfs.
 319 sysctl/
 320         - directory with info on the /proc/sys/* files.
 321 sysrq.txt
 322         - info on the magic SysRq key.
 323 telephony/
 324         - directory with info on telephony (e.g. voice over IP) support.
 325 time_interpolators.txt
 326         - info on time interpolators.
 327 uml/
 328         - directory with information about User Mode Linux.
 329 unicode.txt
 330         - info on the Unicode character/font mapping used in Linux.
 331 unshare.txt
 332         - description of the Linux unshare system call.
 333 usb/
 334         - directory with info regarding the Universal Serial Bus.
 335 video-output.txt
 336         - sysfs class driver interface to enable/disable a video output device.
 337 video4linux/
 338         - directory with info regarding video/TV/radio cards and linux.
 339 vm/
 340         - directory with info on the Linux vm code.
 341 volatile-considered-harmful.txt
 342         - Why the "volatile" type class should not be used
 343 voyager.txt
 344         - guide to running Linux on the Voyager architecture.
 345 w1/
 346         - directory with documents regarding the 1-wire (w1) subsystem.
 347 watchdog/
 348         - how to auto-reboot Linux if it has "fallen and can't get up". ;-)
 349 x86/x86_64/
 350         - directory with info on Linux support for AMD x86-64 (Hammer) machines.
 351 zorro.txt
 352         - info on writing drivers for Zorro bus devices found on Amigas.