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 keep the descriptions small enough to fit on one line.
8 Following translations are available on the WWW:
10 - Japanese, maintained by the JF Project (jf@listserv.linux.or.jp), at
11 http://linuxjf.sourceforge.jp/
16 - info on kernel <-> userspace ABI and relative interface stability.
18 - nothing here, just a pointer to process/coding-style.rst.
20 - DMA API, pci_ API & extensions for non-consistent memory machines.
22 - Dynamic DMA mapping Guide
24 - How to do DMA with ISA (and LPC) devices.
26 - listing of the various possible attributes a DMA region can have
28 - directory with info on customizing EDID for broken gfx/displays.
30 - info on Linux Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) Driver.
32 - how to select which CPU(s) handle which interrupt events on SMP.
34 - info on interrupt numbering and setting up IRQ domains.
36 - description of what an IRQ is.
38 - basic info on the Intel IOMMU virtualization support.
40 - It's not of interest for those who aren't touching the build system.
42 - info related to PCI drivers.
44 - directory with info on RCU (read-copy update).
46 - info on Secure Attention Keys.
48 - Silicon Motion SM501 multimedia companion chip
50 - nothing here, just a pointer to process/coding-style.rst.
52 - documentation on accounting and taskstats.
54 - info on ACPI-specific hooks in the kernel.
56 - info related to Linux users and system admins.
58 - description of AoE (ATA over Ethernet) along with config examples.
60 - directory with info about Linux on the ARM architecture.
62 - directory with info about Linux on the 64 bit ARM architecture.
64 - misc. LCD driver documentation (cfag12864b, ks0108).
66 - directory with info on controlling backlights in flat panel displays
68 - Block-layer cache on fast SSDs to improve slow (raid) I/O performance.
70 - directory with documentation for the Blackfin arch.
72 - info on the Block I/O (BIO) layer.
74 - info on block devices & drivers
76 - info on how to modify a bt8xx video card for GPIO usage.
78 - info on Marvell Bluetooth driver usage.
80 - directory with info on TI GPMC (General Purpose Memory Controller)
81 bus-virt-phys-mapping.txt
82 - how to access I/O mapped memory from within device drivers.
84 - describes the cache/TLB flushing interfaces Linux uses.
86 - directory with information on the CD-ROM drivers that Linux has.
88 - cgroups v1 features, including cpusets and memory controller.
90 - cgroups v2 features, including cpusets and memory controller.
92 - how to make use of the existing circular buffer infrastructure
94 - info on the common clock framework
96 - Continuous Memory Area (CMA) debugfs interface.
98 - It's not of interest for those who aren't touching the build system.
100 - docs on the netlink based userspace<->kernel space communication mod.
102 - documentation on Linux console drivers.
104 - documentation on kernel core components.
106 - info on CPU frequency and voltage scaling.
108 - document describing CPU hotplug support in the Linux kernel.
110 - document describing how CPU load statistics are collected.
112 - info on CPU_IDLE, CPU idle state management subsystem.
114 - documentation on how CPU topology info is exported via sysfs.
116 - brief tutorial on CRC computation
118 - directory with info about Linux on CRIS architecture.
120 - directory with info on the Crypto API.
122 - information on the Dell Systems Management Base Driver.
123 debugging-modules.txt
124 - some notes on debugging modules after Linux 2.6.3.
125 debugging-via-ohci1394.txt
126 - how to use firewire like a hardware debugger memory reader.
128 - document demonstrating the use of the Dell Remote BIOS Update driver.
130 - directory with info on development tools for the kernel.
132 - directory with info on Device Mapper.
134 - the DMA engine and controller API guides.
136 - directory with info on device tree files used by OF/PowerPC/ARM
138 -info on the Digital Signature Verification API
140 - the DMA Buffer Sharing API Guide
142 - nothing here. Just a configuration file for docutils.
144 - file containing a list of files that should never be diff'ed.
146 - the Linux driver implementer's API guide.
148 - directory with info about Linux driver model.
150 - info about initramfs, klibc, and userspace early during boot.
152 - How to use the EFI boot stub to bypass GRUB or elilo on EFI systems.
154 - info on EISA bus support.
156 - directory with porting guide for Android kernel switch driver.
158 - info on EISA bus support.
160 - dir with docs about the fault injection capabilities infrastructure.
162 - directory with info on the frame buffer graphics abstraction layer.
164 - status of feature implementation on different architectures.
166 - info on the vfs and the various filesystems that Linux supports.
168 - request_firmware() hotplug interface info.
170 - how to make use of flexible sized arrays in linux
172 - information about the FMC bus abstraction
176 - Fujitsu FR-V Linux documentation.
178 - info on requeueing of tasks from a non-PI futex to a PI futex
180 - GCC plugin infrastructure.
182 - gpio related documentation
184 - directory with information on GPU driver developer's guide.
186 - directory with information on human interface devices
188 - notes on the change from 16 bit to 32 bit user/group IDs.
190 - hardware spinlock provides hardware assistance for synchronization
192 - info on the timer related topics
194 - info on Linux support for random number generator in i8xx chipsets.
196 - directory with docs on various hardware monitoring drivers.
198 - directory with info about the I2C bus/protocol (2 wire, kHz speed).
200 - directory with info about Linux on Intel 32 bit architecture.
202 - directory with info about Linux on Intel 64 bit architecture.
204 - Information regarding the Enhanced IDE drive.
206 - info on industrial IIO configfs support.
208 - main index for the documentation at ReST format.
210 - directory with documents concerning Linux InfiniBand support.
212 - info on Linux input device support.
214 - info on intel Trusted Execution Technology (intel TXT).
216 - description of io_mapping functions in linux/io-mapping.h
218 - info on ordering I/O writes to memory-mapped addresses.
220 - directory with documents describing various IOCTL calls.
222 - info on I/O statistics Linux kernel provides.
224 - how to use the irq-flags tracing feature.
226 - info on Linux ISA Plug & Play support.
228 - directory with info on the Linux ISDN support, and supported cards.
230 - directory with info about the kernel build process.
231 kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt
232 - outdated info about kernel-doc documentation.
234 - directory with mini HowTo on getting the crash dump code to work.
236 - how to write and format reStructuredText kernel documentation
237 kernel-per-CPU-kthreads.txt
238 - List of all per-CPU kthreads and how they introduce jitter.
240 - info of the kobject infrastructure of the Linux kernel.
242 - documents the kernel probes debugging feature.
244 - docs on adding reference counters (krefs) to kernel objects.
246 - directory with laptop related info and laptop driver documentation.
248 - a brief description of LDM (Windows Dynamic Disks).
250 - directory with info about LED handling under Linux.
252 - info on kernel live patching.
254 - directory with info about kernel locking primitives
256 - info on soft and hard lockup detectors (aka nmi_watchdog).
258 - full colour GIF image of Linux logo (penguin - Tux).
260 - info on creator of above logo & site to get additional images from.
262 - Linux Security Modules: General Security Hooks for Linux
264 - kernel LZO decompressor input formats
266 - directory with info about Linux on Motorola 68k architecture.
268 - How to write drivers for the common mailbox framework (IPC).
270 - directory with info about Linux Software RAID
272 - info on media drivers: uAPI, kAPI and driver documentation.
274 - info on Linux kernel memory barriers.
276 - directory with info on parts like the Texas Instruments EMIF driver
278 - Hotpluggable memory support, how to use and current status.
279 men-chameleon-bus.txt
280 - info on MEN chameleon bus.
282 - directory with info about Linux on Meta architecture.
284 - Intel Many Integrated Core (MIC) architecture device driver.
286 - directory with info about Linux on MIPS architecture.
288 - directory with info about devices using the misc dev subsystem
290 - directory with info about the MMC subsystem
292 - directory with info about the mn10300 architecture port
294 - directory with info about memory technology devices (flash)
296 - directory with various information about namespaces
298 - directory with information on the NetLabel subsystem.
300 - directory with info on various aspects of networking with Linux.
302 - directory relating info about Near Field Communications support.
304 - Linux on the Nios II architecture.
306 - documentation about no-mmu memory mapping support.
308 - info on how to read Numa policy hit/miss statistics in sysfs.
310 - info on Non-Transparent Bridge (NTB) drivers.
312 - info on non-volatile devices.
314 - info on non volatile memory framework.
316 - default directory where html/LaTeX/pdf files will be written.
318 - An introduction to the "padata" parallel execution API
320 - directory with info on using Linux on PA-RISC architecture.
322 - description and usage of the low level parallel port functions.
324 - info on the Linux PCMCIA driver.
325 percpu-rw-semaphore.txt
326 - RCU based read-write semaphore optimized for locking for reading
328 - info about the APM X-Gene SoC Performance Monitoring Unit (PMU).
330 - ino on Samsung USB 2.0 PHY adaptation layer.
332 - Description of the generic PHY framework.
334 - documentation on lightweight priority inheritance futexes.
336 - info on pinctrl subsystem and the PINMUX/PINCONF and drivers
338 - List of supported hardware by compal and Dell laptop.
340 - Linux Plug and Play documentation.
342 - directory with info on Linux PCI power management.
344 - directory with info on using Linux with the PowerPC.
346 - directory with info on the priveledge control subsystem
348 - info on locking under a preemptive kernel.
350 - how to get printk format specifiers right
352 - how to work with the mainline kernel development process.
354 - directory with information on the pulse-per-second support
356 - directory with info on Intel MID PTI.
358 - directory with info on support for IEEE 1588 PTP clocks in Linux.
360 - info on the pulse width modulation driver subsystem
362 - directory with info on RapidIO packet-based fabric interconnect
364 - info on what red-black trees are and what they are for.
366 - info on how to handle remote processor (e.g. AMP) offloads/usage.
368 - info on the radio frequency kill switch subsystem/support.
370 - documentation of the robust futex ABI.
372 - a description of what robust futexes are.
374 - info on the Remote Processor Messaging (rpmsg) Framework
376 - notes on how to use the Real Time Clock (aka CMOS clock) driver.
378 - directory with info on using Linux on the IBM S390.
380 - directory with info on the scheduler.
382 - directory with info on Linux scsi support.
384 - directory that contains security-related info
386 - directory with info on the low level serial API.
388 - description of the SGI IOC4 PCI (multi function) device.
390 - directory with info on porting Linux to a new architecture.
392 -info on the smsc Keyboard Scan Expansion/GPIO Expansion device.
394 - directory with info on sound card support.
396 - overview of Linux kernel Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) support.
398 - no documentation here, just files required by Sphinx toolchain.
400 - no documentation here, just files required by Sphinx toolchain.
402 - info on how static keys allow debug code in hotpaths via patching
404 - short guide on selecting video modes at boot via VGA BIOS.
406 - Sync file API guide.
408 - directory with info on the /proc/sys/* files.
410 - directory with info on generating TCM v4 fabric .ko modules
412 - info on the TEE subsystem and drivers
414 - List rationale behind and the way to use this_cpu operations.
416 - directory with information on managing thermal issues (CPU/temp)
418 - directory with info on tracing technologies within linux
420 - translations of this document from English to another language
421 unaligned-memory-access.txt
422 - info on how to avoid arch breaking unaligned memory access in code.
424 - description of the Linux unshare system call.
426 - directory with info regarding the Universal Serial Bus.
428 - info on Virtual Function I/O used in guest/hypervisor instances.
430 - sysfs class driver interface to enable/disable a video output device.
432 - directory with information on the various linux virtualizations.
434 - directory with info on the Linux vm code.
436 - directory with documents regarding the 1-wire (w1) subsystem.
438 - how to auto-reboot Linux if it has "fallen and can't get up". ;-)
440 - directory with info about Intel Wireless Wimax Connections
441 core-api/workqueue.rst
442 - information on the Concurrency Managed Workqueue implementation
444 - directory with info on Linux support for AMD x86-64 (Hammer) machines.
446 - Overview and basic ui of xillybus driver
448 - directory with documents relating to arch/xtensa port/implementation
450 - how to make use of the XZ data compression within linux kernel
452 - info on writing drivers for Zorro bus devices found on Amigas.