Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 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. |
Paul Gortmaker | 449e3a7 | 2013-02-14 15:20:54 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 5 | Please keep the descriptions small enough to fit on one line. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 6 | Thanks -- Paul G. |
| 7 | |
| 8 | Following translations are available on the WWW: |
| 9 | |
Masanari Iida | 010f456 | 2012-02-14 23:19:07 +0900 | [diff] [blame] | 10 | - Japanese, maintained by the JF Project (jf@listserv.linux.or.jp), at |
| 11 | http://linuxjf.sourceforge.jp/ |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 12 | |
| 13 | 00-INDEX |
| 14 | - this file. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 15 | ABI/ |
| 16 | - info on kernel <-> userspace ABI and relative interface stability. |
Len Brown | b4d2730 | 2007-11-14 19:53:21 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 17 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 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 |
Paul Gortmaker | 449e3a7 | 2013-02-14 15:20:54 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 23 | - how the maintainers expect the C code in the kernel to look. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 24 | DMA-API.txt |
| 25 | - DMA API, pci_ API & extensions for non-consistent memory machines. |
Paul Gortmaker | 449e3a7 | 2013-02-14 15:20:54 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 26 | DMA-API-HOWTO.txt |
| 27 | - Dynamic DMA mapping Guide |
Rob Landley | 5ef4356 | 2007-10-16 23:31:25 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 28 | DMA-ISA-LPC.txt |
| 29 | - How to do DMA with ISA (and LPC) devices. |
Paul Gortmaker | 449e3a7 | 2013-02-14 15:20:54 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 30 | DMA-attributes.txt |
| 31 | - listing of the various possible attributes a DMA region can have |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 32 | DocBook/ |
| 33 | - directory with DocBook templates etc. for kernel documentation. |
Paul Gortmaker | 449e3a7 | 2013-02-14 15:20:54 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 34 | EDID/ |
| 35 | - directory with info on customizing EDID for broken gfx/displays. |
Greg Kroah-Hartman | d36cc9d | 2005-11-18 09:31:11 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 36 | HOWTO |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 37 | - the process and procedures of how to do Linux kernel development. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 38 | IPMI.txt |
| 39 | - info on Linux Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) Driver. |
| 40 | IRQ-affinity.txt |
| 41 | - how to select which CPU(s) handle which interrupt events on SMP. |
Paul Gortmaker | 449e3a7 | 2013-02-14 15:20:54 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 42 | IRQ-domain.txt |
| 43 | - info on inerrupt numbering and setting up IRQ domains. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 44 | IRQ.txt |
| 45 | - description of what an IRQ is. |
Paul Gortmaker | 449e3a7 | 2013-02-14 15:20:54 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 46 | Intel-IOMMU.txt |
| 47 | - basic info on the Intel IOMMU virtualization support. |
| 48 | Makefile |
| 49 | - some files in Documentation dir are actually sample code to build |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 50 | ManagementStyle |
| 51 | - how to (attempt to) manage kernel hackers. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 52 | RCU/ |
| 53 | - directory with info on RCU (read-copy update). |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 54 | SAK.txt |
| 55 | - info on Secure Attention Keys. |
Rob Landley | 5ef4356 | 2007-10-16 23:31:25 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 56 | SM501.txt |
| 57 | - Silicon Motion SM501 multimedia companion chip |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 58 | SecurityBugs |
| 59 | - procedure for reporting security bugs found in the kernel. |
| 60 | SubmitChecklist |
| 61 | - Linux kernel patch submission checklist. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 62 | SubmittingDrivers |
| 63 | - procedure to get a new driver source included into the kernel tree. |
| 64 | SubmittingPatches |
| 65 | - procedure to get a source patch included into the kernel tree. |
| 66 | VGA-softcursor.txt |
| 67 | - how to change your VGA cursor from a blinking underscore. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 68 | accounting/ |
| 69 | - documentation on accounting and taskstats. |
Len Brown | b4d2730 | 2007-11-14 19:53:21 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 70 | acpi/ |
| 71 | - info on ACPI-specific hooks in the kernel. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 72 | aoe/ |
| 73 | - description of AoE (ATA over Ethernet) along with config examples. |
Jesper Juhl | 754c797 | 2005-09-09 13:10:12 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 74 | applying-patches.txt |
| 75 | - description of various trees and how to apply their patches. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 76 | arm/ |
| 77 | - directory with info about Linux on the ARM architecture. |
Paul Gortmaker | 449e3a7 | 2013-02-14 15:20:54 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 78 | arm64/ |
| 79 | - directory with info about Linux on the 64 bit ARM architecture. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 80 | atomic_ops.txt |
| 81 | - semantics and behavior of atomic and bitmask operations. |
| 82 | auxdisplay/ |
| 83 | - misc. LCD driver documentation (cfag12864b, ks0108). |
Paul Gortmaker | 449e3a7 | 2013-02-14 15:20:54 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 84 | backlight/ |
| 85 | - directory with info on controlling backlights in flat panel displays |
| 86 | bad_memory.txt |
| 87 | - how to use kernel parameters to exclude bad RAM regions. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 88 | basic_profiling.txt |
| 89 | - basic instructions for those who wants to profile Linux kernel. |
| 90 | binfmt_misc.txt |
| 91 | - info on the kernel support for extra binary formats. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 92 | blackfin/ |
| 93 | - directory with documentation for the Blackfin arch. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 94 | block/ |
| 95 | - info on the Block I/O (BIO) layer. |
Randy Dunlap | 31c00fc | 2008-11-13 21:33:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 96 | blockdev/ |
| 97 | - info on block devices & drivers |
Paul Gortmaker | 449e3a7 | 2013-02-14 15:20:54 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 98 | braille-console.txt |
| 99 | - info on how to use serial devices for Braille support. |
| 100 | bt8xxgpio.txt |
| 101 | - info on how to modify a bt8xx video card for GPIO usage. |
Bing Zhao | 196be0c | 2009-06-02 14:29:38 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 102 | btmrvl.txt |
| 103 | - info on Marvell Bluetooth driver usage. |
Paul Gortmaker | 449e3a7 | 2013-02-14 15:20:54 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 104 | bus-devices/ |
| 105 | - directory with info on TI GPMC (General Purpose Memory Controller) |
Randy Dunlap | 9fe41e4 | 2010-07-19 22:20:27 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 106 | bus-virt-phys-mapping.txt |
| 107 | - how to access I/O mapped memory from within device drivers. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 108 | cachetlb.txt |
| 109 | - describes the cache/TLB flushing interfaces Linux uses. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 110 | cdrom/ |
| 111 | - directory with information on the CD-ROM drivers that Linux has. |
Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo | 21acb9c | 2009-02-04 10:12:08 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 112 | cgroups/ |
| 113 | - cgroups features, including cpusets and memory controller. |
Paul Gortmaker | 449e3a7 | 2013-02-14 15:20:54 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 114 | circular-buffers.txt |
| 115 | - how to make use of the existing circular buffer infrastructure |
| 116 | clk.txt |
| 117 | - info on the common clock framework |
| 118 | coccinelle.txt |
| 119 | - info on how to get and use the Coccinelle code checking tool. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 120 | connector/ |
| 121 | - docs on the netlink based userspace<->kernel space communication mod. |
| 122 | console/ |
| 123 | - documentation on Linux console drivers. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 124 | cpu-freq/ |
| 125 | - info on CPU frequency and voltage scaling. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 126 | cpu-hotplug.txt |
| 127 | - document describing CPU hotplug support in the Linux kernel. |
| 128 | cpu-load.txt |
| 129 | - document describing how CPU load statistics are collected. |
Venkatesh Pallipadi | fe8e288 | 2008-02-14 00:16:13 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 130 | cpuidle/ |
| 131 | - info on CPU_IDLE, CPU idle state management subsystem. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 132 | cputopology.txt |
| 133 | - documentation on how CPU topology info is exported via sysfs. |
Bob Pearson | fbedceb | 2012-03-23 15:02:22 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 134 | crc32.txt |
| 135 | - brief tutorial on CRC computation |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 136 | cris/ |
| 137 | - directory with info about Linux on CRIS architecture. |
| 138 | crypto/ |
| 139 | - directory with info on the Crypto API. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 140 | dcdbas.txt |
| 141 | - information on the Dell Systems Management Base Driver. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 142 | debugging-modules.txt |
| 143 | - some notes on debugging modules after Linux 2.6.3. |
Paul Gortmaker | 449e3a7 | 2013-02-14 15:20:54 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 144 | debugging-via-ohci1394.txt |
| 145 | - how to use firewire like a hardware debugger memory reader. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 146 | dell_rbu.txt |
| 147 | - document demonstrating the use of the Dell Remote BIOS Update driver. |
Paul Gortmaker | 449e3a7 | 2013-02-14 15:20:54 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 148 | development-process/ |
| 149 | - how to work with the mainline kernel development process. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 150 | device-mapper/ |
| 151 | - directory with info on Device Mapper. |
| 152 | devices.txt |
| 153 | - plain ASCII listing of all the nodes in /dev/ with major minor #'s. |
Paul Gortmaker | 449e3a7 | 2013-02-14 15:20:54 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 154 | devicetree/ |
| 155 | - directory with info on device tree files used by OF/PowerPC/ARM |
| 156 | digsig.txt |
| 157 | -info on the Digital Signature Verification API |
| 158 | dma-buf-sharing.txt |
| 159 | - the DMA Buffer Sharing API Guide |
| 160 | dmaengine.txt |
| 161 | -the DMA Engine API Guide |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 162 | dontdiff |
| 163 | - file containing a list of files that should never be diff'ed. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 164 | driver-model/ |
| 165 | - directory with info about Linux driver model. |
| 166 | dvb/ |
| 167 | - info on Linux Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) subsystem. |
Paul Gortmaker | 449e3a7 | 2013-02-14 15:20:54 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 168 | dynamic-debug-howto.txt |
| 169 | - how to use the dynamic debug (dyndbg) feature. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 170 | early-userspace/ |
| 171 | - info about initramfs, klibc, and userspace early during boot. |
Adrian Bunk | 4a6b88c | 2008-02-07 00:13:33 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 172 | edac.txt |
| 173 | - information on EDAC - Error Detection And Correction |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 174 | eisa.txt |
| 175 | - info on EISA bus support. |
Paul Gortmaker | 449e3a7 | 2013-02-14 15:20:54 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 176 | email-clients.txt |
| 177 | - info on how to use e-mail to send un-mangled (git) patches. |
| 178 | extcon/ |
| 179 | - directory with porting guide for Android kernel switch driver. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 180 | fault-injection/ |
| 181 | - dir with docs about the fault injection capabilities infrastructure. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 182 | fb/ |
| 183 | - directory with info on the frame buffer graphics abstraction layer. |
| 184 | filesystems/ |
J. Bruce Fields | 4f3b19c | 2007-09-24 18:52:09 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 185 | - info on the vfs and the various filesystems that Linux supports. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 186 | firmware_class/ |
| 187 | - request_firmware() hotplug interface info. |
Paul Gortmaker | 449e3a7 | 2013-02-14 15:20:54 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 188 | flexible-arrays.txt |
| 189 | - how to make use of flexible sized arrays in linux |
Adrian Bunk | 0868ff7 | 2008-02-03 15:54:28 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 190 | frv/ |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 191 | - Fujitsu FR-V Linux documentation. |
Paul Gortmaker | 449e3a7 | 2013-02-14 15:20:54 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 192 | futex-requeue-pi.txt |
| 193 | - info on requeueing of tasks from a non-PI futex to a PI futex |
| 194 | gcov.txt |
| 195 | - use of GCC's coverage testing tool "gcov" with the Linux kernel |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 196 | gpio.txt |
| 197 | - overview of GPIO (General Purpose Input/Output) access conventions. |
Paul Gortmaker | 449e3a7 | 2013-02-14 15:20:54 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 198 | hid/ |
| 199 | - directory with information on human interface devices |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 200 | highuid.txt |
| 201 | - notes on the change from 16 bit to 32 bit user/group IDs. |
Paul Gortmaker | 449e3a7 | 2013-02-14 15:20:54 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 202 | hwspinlock.txt |
| 203 | - hardware spinlock provides hardware assistance for synchronization |
Thomas Gleixner | 3833eec | 2008-03-05 18:28:15 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 204 | timers/ |
| 205 | - info on the timer related topics |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 206 | hw_random.txt |
| 207 | - info on Linux support for random number generator in i8xx chipsets. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 208 | hwmon/ |
| 209 | - directory with docs on various hardware monitoring drivers. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 210 | i2c/ |
| 211 | - directory with info about the I2C bus/protocol (2 wire, kHz speed). |
| 212 | i2o/ |
| 213 | - directory with info about the Linux I2O subsystem. |
Uwe Hermann | 71cced6 | 2008-10-20 09:32:21 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 214 | x86/i386/ |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 215 | - directory with info about Linux on Intel 32 bit architecture. |
| 216 | ia64/ |
| 217 | - directory with info about Linux on Intel 64 bit architecture. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 218 | infiniband/ |
| 219 | - directory with documents concerning Linux InfiniBand support. |
Paul Gortmaker | 449e3a7 | 2013-02-14 15:20:54 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 220 | init.txt |
| 221 | - what to do when the kernel can't find the 1st process to run. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 222 | initrd.txt |
| 223 | - how to use the RAM disk as an initial/temporary root filesystem. |
| 224 | input/ |
| 225 | - info on Linux input device support. |
Paul Gortmaker | 449e3a7 | 2013-02-14 15:20:54 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 226 | intel_txt.txt |
| 227 | - info on intel Trusted Execution Technology (intel TXT). |
Randy Dunlap | 9fe41e4 | 2010-07-19 22:20:27 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 228 | io-mapping.txt |
| 229 | - description of io_mapping functions in linux/io-mapping.h |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 230 | io_ordering.txt |
| 231 | - info on ordering I/O writes to memory-mapped addresses. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 232 | ioctl/ |
| 233 | - directory with documents describing various IOCTL calls. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 234 | iostats.txt |
| 235 | - info on I/O statistics Linux kernel provides. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 236 | irqflags-tracing.txt |
| 237 | - how to use the irq-flags tracing feature. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 238 | isapnp.txt |
| 239 | - info on Linux ISA Plug & Play support. |
| 240 | isdn/ |
| 241 | - directory with info on the Linux ISDN support, and supported cards. |
| 242 | java.txt |
| 243 | - info on the in-kernel binary support for Java(tm). |
Paul Gortmaker | 449e3a7 | 2013-02-14 15:20:54 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 244 | ja_JP/ |
| 245 | - directory with Japanese translations of various documents |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 246 | kbuild/ |
| 247 | - directory with info about the kernel build process. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 248 | kdump/ |
| 249 | - directory with mini HowTo on getting the crash dump code to work. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 250 | kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt |
| 251 | - mini HowTo on generation and location of kernel documentation files. |
| 252 | kernel-docs.txt |
| 253 | - listing of various WWW + books that document kernel internals. |
| 254 | kernel-parameters.txt |
| 255 | - summary listing of command line / boot prompt args for the kernel. |
Paul Gortmaker | 449e3a7 | 2013-02-14 15:20:54 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 256 | kmemcheck.txt |
| 257 | - info on dynamic checker that detects uses of uninitialized memory. |
| 258 | kmemleak.txt |
| 259 | - info on how to make use of the kernel memory leak detection system |
| 260 | ko_KR/ |
| 261 | - directory with Korean translations of various documents |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 262 | kobject.txt |
| 263 | - info of the kobject infrastructure of the Linux kernel. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 264 | kprobes.txt |
| 265 | - documents the kernel probes debugging feature. |
| 266 | kref.txt |
| 267 | - docs on adding reference counters (krefs) to kernel objects. |
Carlos Corbacho | d6ff365 | 2008-02-09 01:32:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 268 | laptops/ |
| 269 | - directory with laptop related info and laptop driver documentation. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 270 | ldm.txt |
| 271 | - a brief description of LDM (Windows Dynamic Disks). |
Antonio Ospite | 9a684e1 | 2011-04-04 15:08:46 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 272 | leds/ |
| 273 | - directory with info about LED handling under Linux. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 274 | local_ops.txt |
| 275 | - semantics and behavior of local atomic operations. |
| 276 | lockdep-design.txt |
| 277 | - documentation on the runtime locking correctness validator. |
Paul Gortmaker | 449e3a7 | 2013-02-14 15:20:54 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 278 | lockstat.txt |
| 279 | - info on collecting statistics on locks (and contention). |
Jean Delvare | fd05873 | 2012-10-21 12:05:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 280 | lockup-watchdogs.txt |
| 281 | - info on soft and hard lockup detectors (aka nmi_watchdog). |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 282 | logo.gif |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 283 | - full colour GIF image of Linux logo (penguin - Tux). |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 284 | logo.txt |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 285 | - info on creator of above logo & site to get additional images from. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 286 | m68k/ |
| 287 | - directory with info about Linux on Motorola 68k architecture. |
| 288 | magic-number.txt |
| 289 | - list of magic numbers used to mark/protect kernel data structures. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 290 | md.txt |
| 291 | - info on boot arguments for the multiple devices driver. |
Paul Gortmaker | 449e3a7 | 2013-02-14 15:20:54 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 292 | media-framework.txt |
| 293 | - info on media framework, its data structures, functions and usage. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 294 | memory-barriers.txt |
| 295 | - info on Linux kernel memory barriers. |
Paul Gortmaker | 449e3a7 | 2013-02-14 15:20:54 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 296 | memory-devices/ |
| 297 | - directory with info on parts like the Texas Instruments EMIF driver |
Rob Landley | 5ef4356 | 2007-10-16 23:31:25 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 298 | memory-hotplug.txt |
| 299 | - Hotpluggable memory support, how to use and current status. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 300 | memory.txt |
| 301 | - info on typical Linux memory problems. |
| 302 | mips/ |
| 303 | - directory with info about Linux on MIPS architecture. |
Paul Gortmaker | 449e3a7 | 2013-02-14 15:20:54 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 304 | misc-devices/ |
| 305 | - directory with info about devices using the misc dev subsystem |
Adrian Hunter | dfe86cb | 2010-08-11 14:17:46 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 306 | mmc/ |
| 307 | - directory with info about the MMC subsystem |
Paul Gortmaker | 449e3a7 | 2013-02-14 15:20:54 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 308 | mn10300/ |
| 309 | - directory with info about the mn10300 architecture port |
| 310 | mtd/ |
| 311 | - directory with info about memory technology devices (flash) |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 312 | mono.txt |
| 313 | - how to execute Mono-based .NET binaries with the help of BINFMT_MISC. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 314 | mutex-design.txt |
| 315 | - info on the generic mutex subsystem. |
Pavel Emelyanov | 2868f89 | 2007-11-28 16:21:39 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 316 | namespaces/ |
| 317 | - directory with various information about namespaces |
Paul Moore | 8802f61 | 2006-08-03 16:45:49 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 318 | netlabel/ |
| 319 | - directory with information on the NetLabel subsystem. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 320 | networking/ |
| 321 | - directory with info on various aspects of networking with Linux. |
Paul Gortmaker | 449e3a7 | 2013-02-14 15:20:54 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 322 | nfc/ |
| 323 | - directory relating info about Near Field Communications support. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 324 | nommu-mmap.txt |
| 325 | - documentation about no-mmu memory mapping support. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 326 | numastat.txt |
| 327 | - info on how to read Numa policy hit/miss statistics in sysfs. |
| 328 | oops-tracing.txt |
| 329 | - how to decode those nasty internal kernel error dump messages. |
Jonathan Corbet | 4047f8b | 2010-05-12 14:23:48 -0600 | [diff] [blame] | 330 | padata.txt |
| 331 | - An introduction to the "padata" parallel execution API |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 332 | parisc/ |
| 333 | - directory with info on using Linux on PA-RISC architecture. |
| 334 | parport.txt |
| 335 | - how to use the parallel-port driver. |
| 336 | parport-lowlevel.txt |
| 337 | - description and usage of the low level parallel port functions. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 338 | pcmcia/ |
| 339 | - info on the Linux PCMCIA driver. |
Paul Gortmaker | 449e3a7 | 2013-02-14 15:20:54 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 340 | percpu-rw-semaphore.txt |
| 341 | - RCU based read-write semaphore optimized for locking for reading |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 342 | pi-futex.txt |
Paul Gortmaker | 449e3a7 | 2013-02-14 15:20:54 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 343 | - documentation on lightweight priority inheritance futexes. |
| 344 | pinctrl.txt |
| 345 | - info on pinctrl subsystem and the PINMUX/PINCONF and drivers |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 346 | pnp.txt |
| 347 | - Linux Plug and Play documentation. |
| 348 | power/ |
| 349 | - directory with info on Linux PCI power management. |
| 350 | powerpc/ |
| 351 | - directory with info on using Linux with the PowerPC. |
Paul Gortmaker | 449e3a7 | 2013-02-14 15:20:54 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 352 | prctl/ |
| 353 | - directory with info on the priveledge control subsystem |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 354 | preempt-locking.txt |
| 355 | - info on locking under a preemptive kernel. |
Randy Dunlap | b67ad18 | 2008-11-12 13:26:55 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 356 | printk-formats.txt |
| 357 | - how to get printk format specifiers right |
Paul Gortmaker | 449e3a7 | 2013-02-14 15:20:54 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 358 | pps/ |
| 359 | - directory with information on the pulse-per-second support |
| 360 | ptp/ |
| 361 | - directory with info on support for IEEE 1588 PTP clocks in Linux. |
| 362 | pwm.txt |
| 363 | - info on the pulse width modulation driver subsystem |
Sergiu Iordache | 4126dac | 2011-08-13 12:34:56 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 364 | ramoops.txt |
| 365 | - documentation of the ramoops oops/panic logging module. |
Paul Gortmaker | 449e3a7 | 2013-02-14 15:20:54 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 366 | rapidio/ |
| 367 | - directory with info on RapidIO packet-based fabric interconnect |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 368 | rbtree.txt |
| 369 | - info on what red-black trees are and what they are for. |
Paul Gortmaker | 449e3a7 | 2013-02-14 15:20:54 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 370 | remoteproc.txt |
| 371 | - info on how to handle remote processor (e.g. AMP) offloads/usage. |
| 372 | rfkill.txt |
| 373 | - info on the radio frequency kill switch subsystem/support. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 374 | robust-futex-ABI.txt |
| 375 | - documentation of the robust futex ABI. |
| 376 | robust-futexes.txt |
| 377 | - a description of what robust futexes are. |
Paul Gortmaker | 449e3a7 | 2013-02-14 15:20:54 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 378 | rpmsg.txt |
| 379 | - info on the Remote Processor Messaging (rpmsg) Framework |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 380 | rt-mutex-design.txt |
| 381 | - description of the RealTime mutex implementation design. |
| 382 | rt-mutex.txt |
| 383 | - desc. of RT-mutex subsystem with PI (Priority Inheritance) support. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 384 | rtc.txt |
| 385 | - notes on how to use the Real Time Clock (aka CMOS clock) driver. |
| 386 | s390/ |
| 387 | - directory with info on using Linux on the IBM S390. |
J. Bruce Fields | 9b8eae7 | 2008-02-07 00:13:37 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 388 | scheduler/ |
| 389 | - directory with info on the scheduler. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 390 | scsi/ |
| 391 | - directory with info on Linux scsi support. |
Randy Dunlap | d410fa4e | 2011-05-19 15:59:38 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 392 | security/ |
| 393 | - directory that contains security-related info |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 394 | serial/ |
| 395 | - directory with info on the low level serial API. |
| 396 | serial-console.txt |
| 397 | - how to set up Linux with a serial line console as the default. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 398 | sgi-ioc4.txt |
| 399 | - description of the SGI IOC4 PCI (multi function) device. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 400 | sgi-visws.txt |
| 401 | - short blurb on the SGI Visual Workstations. |
| 402 | sh/ |
| 403 | - directory with info on porting Linux to a new architecture. |
Paul Gortmaker | 449e3a7 | 2013-02-14 15:20:54 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 404 | smsc_ece1099.txt |
| 405 | -info on the smsc Keyboard Scan Expansion/GPIO Expansion device. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 406 | sound/ |
| 407 | - directory with info on sound card support. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 408 | sparse.txt |
| 409 | - info on how to obtain and use the sparse tool for typechecking. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 410 | spi/ |
| 411 | - overview of Linux kernel Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) support. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 412 | spinlocks.txt |
| 413 | - info on using spinlocks to provide exclusive access in kernel. |
Greg Kroah-Hartman | 8907e94 | 2005-11-18 09:31:15 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 414 | stable_api_nonsense.txt |
| 415 | - info on why the kernel does not have a stable in-kernel api or abi. |
| 416 | stable_kernel_rules.txt |
| 417 | - rules and procedures for the -stable kernel releases. |
Paul Gortmaker | 449e3a7 | 2013-02-14 15:20:54 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 418 | static-keys.txt |
| 419 | - info on how static keys allow debug code in hotpaths via patching |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 420 | svga.txt |
| 421 | - short guide on selecting video modes at boot via VGA BIOS. |
Rob Landley | 5ef4356 | 2007-10-16 23:31:25 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 422 | sysfs-rules.txt |
| 423 | - How not to use sysfs. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 424 | sysctl/ |
| 425 | - directory with info on the /proc/sys/* files. |
| 426 | sysrq.txt |
| 427 | - info on the magic SysRq key. |
Paul Gortmaker | 449e3a7 | 2013-02-14 15:20:54 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 428 | target/ |
| 429 | - directory with info on generating TCM v4 fabric .ko modules |
| 430 | thermal/ |
| 431 | - directory with information on managing thermal issues (CPU/temp) |
| 432 | trace/ |
| 433 | - directory with info on tracing technologies within linux |
| 434 | unaligned-memory-access.txt |
| 435 | - info on how to avoid arch breaking unaligned memory access in code. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 436 | unicode.txt |
| 437 | - info on the Unicode character/font mapping used in Linux. |
| 438 | unshare.txt |
| 439 | - description of the Linux unshare system call. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 440 | usb/ |
| 441 | - directory with info regarding the Universal Serial Bus. |
Paul Gortmaker | 449e3a7 | 2013-02-14 15:20:54 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 442 | vDSO/ |
| 443 | - directory with info regarding virtual dynamic shared objects |
| 444 | vfio.txt |
| 445 | - info on Virtual Function I/O used in guest/hypervisor instances. |
| 446 | vgaarbiter.txt |
| 447 | - info on enable/disable the legacy decoding on different VGA devices |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 448 | video-output.txt |
| 449 | - sysfs class driver interface to enable/disable a video output device. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 450 | video4linux/ |
| 451 | - directory with info regarding video/TV/radio cards and linux. |
Paul Gortmaker | 449e3a7 | 2013-02-14 15:20:54 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 452 | virtual/ |
| 453 | - directory with information on the various linux virtualizations. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 454 | vm/ |
| 455 | - directory with info on the Linux vm code. |
Paul Gortmaker | 449e3a7 | 2013-02-14 15:20:54 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 456 | vme_api.txt |
| 457 | - file relating info on the VME bus API in linux |
Rob Landley | 5ef4356 | 2007-10-16 23:31:25 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 458 | volatile-considered-harmful.txt |
| 459 | - Why the "volatile" type class should not be used |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 460 | w1/ |
| 461 | - directory with documents regarding the 1-wire (w1) subsystem. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 462 | watchdog/ |
| 463 | - how to auto-reboot Linux if it has "fallen and can't get up". ;-) |
Paul Gortmaker | 449e3a7 | 2013-02-14 15:20:54 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 464 | wimax/ |
| 465 | - directory with info about Intel Wireless Wimax Connections |
| 466 | workqueue.txt |
| 467 | - information on the Concurrency Managed Workqueue implementation |
Uwe Hermann | 71cced6 | 2008-10-20 09:32:21 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 468 | x86/x86_64/ |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 469 | - directory with info on Linux support for AMD x86-64 (Hammer) machines. |
Paul Gortmaker | 449e3a7 | 2013-02-14 15:20:54 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 470 | xtensa/ |
| 471 | - directory with documents relating to arch/xtensa port/implementation |
| 472 | xz.txt |
| 473 | - how to make use of the XZ data compression within linux kernel |
| 474 | zh_CN/ |
| 475 | - directory with Chinese translations of various documents |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 476 | zorro.txt |
| 477 | - info on writing drivers for Zorro bus devices found on Amigas. |