Makefile
- This file does nothing. Removing it breaks make htmldocs and
make distclean.
+PCI/
+ - info related to PCI drivers.
RCU/
- directory with info on RCU (read-copy update).
SAK.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.
+cgroup-v1/
+ - cgroups v1 features, including cpusets and memory controller.
+cgroup-v2.txt
+ - cgroups v2 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
+cma/
+ - Continuous Memory Area (CMA) debugfs interface.
coccinelle.txt
- info on how to get and use the Coccinelle code checking tool.
connector/
- how to use firewire like a hardware debugger memory reader.
dell_rbu.txt
- document demonstrating the use of the Dell Remote BIOS Update driver.
+dev-tools/
+ - directory with info on development tools for the kernel.
device-mapper/
- directory with info on Device Mapper.
+dmaengine/
+ - the DMA engine and controller API guides.
devicetree/
- directory with info on device tree files used by OF/PowerPC/ARM
digsig.txt
- the DMA Buffer Sharing API Guide
dontdiff
- file containing a list of files that should never be diff'ed.
+driver-api/
+ - the Linux driver implementer's API guide.
driver-model/
- directory with info about Linux driver model.
dynamic-debug-howto.txt
- info on EISA bus support.
extcon/
- directory with porting guide for Android kernel switch driver.
+isa.txt
+ - info on EISA bus support.
fault-injection/
- dir with docs about the fault injection capabilities infrastructure.
fb/
- directory with info on the frame buffer graphics abstraction layer.
+features/
+ - status of feature implementation on different architectures.
filesystems/
- info on the vfs and the various filesystems that Linux supports.
firmware_class/
- how to make use of flexible sized arrays in linux
fmc/
- information about the FMC bus abstraction
+fpga/
+ - FPGA Manager Core.
frv/
- Fujitsu FR-V Linux documentation.
futex-requeue-pi.txt
- info on requeueing of tasks from a non-PI futex to a PI futex
+gcc-plugins.txt
+ - GCC plugin infrastructure.
gcov.txt
- use of GCC's coverage testing tool "gcov" with the Linux kernel
gpio/
- gpio related documentation
+gpu/
+ - directory with information on GPU driver developer's guide.
hid/
- directory with information on human interface devices
highuid.txt
- directory with info about Linux on Intel 32 bit architecture.
ia64/
- directory with info about Linux on Intel 64 bit architecture.
+ide/
+ - Information regarding the Enhanced IDE drive.
+iio/
+ - info on industrial IIO configfs support.
infiniband/
- directory with documents concerning Linux InfiniBand support.
input/
- directory with Japanese translations of various documents
kbuild/
- directory with info about the kernel build process.
+kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt
+ - outdated info about kernel-doc documentation.
kdump/
- directory with mini HowTo on getting the crash dump code to work.
doc-guide/
- a brief description of LDM (Windows Dynamic Disks).
leds/
- directory with info about LED handling under Linux.
+livepatch/
+ - info on kernel live patching.
local_ops.txt
- semantics and behavior of local atomic operations.
locking/
- list of magic numbers used to mark/protect kernel data structures.
mailbox.txt
- How to write drivers for the common mailbox framework (IPC).
-media-framework.txt
- - info on media framework, its data structures, functions and usage.
+md-cluster.txt
+ - info on shared-device RAID MD cluster.
+media/
+ - info on media drivers: uAPI, kAPI and driver documentation.
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.
+men-chameleon-bus.txt
+ - info on MEN chameleon bus.
metag/
- directory with info about Linux on Meta architecture.
+mic/
+ - Intel Many Integrated Core (MIC) architecture device driver.
mips/
- directory with info about Linux on MIPS architecture.
misc-devices/
- directory with info on various aspects of networking with Linux.
nfc/
- directory relating info about Near Field Communications support.
+nios2/
+ - Linux on the Nios II architecture.
nommu-mmap.txt
- documentation about no-mmu memory mapping support.
numastat.txt
- info on how to read Numa policy hit/miss statistics in sysfs.
+ntb.txt
+ - info on Non-Transparent Bridge (NTB) drivers.
+nvdimm/
+ - info on non-volatile devices.
+nvmem/
+ - info on non volatile memory framework.
padata.txt
- An introduction to the "padata" parallel execution API
parisc/
- info on the Linux PCMCIA driver.
percpu-rw-semaphore.txt
- RCU based read-write semaphore optimized for locking for reading
+perf/
+ - info about the APM X-Gene SoC Performance Monitoring Unit (PMU).
+phy/
+ - ino on Samsung USB 2.0 PHY adaptation layer.
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
+platform/
+ - List of supported hardware by compal and Dell laptop.
pnp.txt
- Linux Plug and Play documentation.
power/
- how to work with the mainline kernel development process.
pps/
- directory with information on the pulse-per-second support
+pti/
+ - directory with info on Intel MID PTI.
ptp/
- directory with info on support for IEEE 1588 PTP clocks in Linux.
pwm.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.
+sync_file.txt
+ - Sync file API guide.
sysfs-rules.txt
- How not to use sysfs.
sysctl/
- directory with information on managing thermal issues (CPU/temp)
trace/
- directory with info on tracing technologies within linux
+translations/
+ - translations of this document from English to another language
unaligned-memory-access.txt
- info on how to avoid arch breaking unaligned memory access in code.
unshare.txt