- info on Secure Attention Keys.
SM501.txt
- Silicon Motion SM501 multimedia companion chip
-VGA-softcursor.txt
- - how to change your VGA cursor from a blinking underscore.
accounting/
- documentation on accounting and taskstats.
acpi/
- 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
-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 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/
- docs on the netlink based userspace<->kernel space communication mod.
console/
- the Linux driver implementer's API guide.
driver-model/
- directory with info about Linux driver model.
-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
- 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 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/
- 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/
- info on Linux ISA Plug & Play support.
isdn/
- directory with info on the Linux ISDN support, and supported cards.
-ja_JP/
- - directory with Japanese translations of various documents
kbuild/
- directory with info about the kernel build process.
kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt
- how to write and format reStructuredText kernel documentation
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
- 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/
- directory with info about kernel locking primitives
lockup-watchdogs.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-cluster.txt
- 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)
namespaces/
- 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 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.
static-keys.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 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
- 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.
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
w1/
- directory with documents regarding the 1-wire (w1) subsystem.
watchdog/
- 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.