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.
8 Following translations are available on the WWW:
10 - Japanese, maintained by the JF Project (JF@linux.or.jp), at
11 http://www.linux.or.jp/JF/
16 - info on kernel <-> userspace ABI and relative interface stability.
18 - brute force method of doing binary search of patches to find bug.
20 - list of changes that break older software packages.
22 - how the boss likes the C code in the kernel to look.
24 - DMA API, pci_ API & extensions for non-consistent memory machines.
26 - How to do DMA with ISA (and LPC) devices.
28 - info for PCI drivers using DMA portably across all platforms.
30 - directory with DocBook templates etc. for kernel documentation.
32 - the process and procedures of how to do Linux kernel development.
34 - how to access I/O mapped memory from within device drivers.
36 - info on Linux Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) Driver.
38 - how to select which CPU(s) handle which interrupt events on SMP.
40 - description of what an IRQ is.
42 - how to (attempt to) manage kernel hackers.
44 - the Message Signaled Interrupts (MSI) Driver Guide HOWTO and FAQ.
46 - a guide describing the PCI Express Port Bus driver.
48 - directory with info on RCU (read-copy update).
50 - info on Mylex DAC960/DAC1100 PCI RAID Controller Driver for Linux.
52 - info on Cyclades-Z firmware loading.
54 - info on Secure Attention Keys.
56 - Silicon Motion SM501 multimedia companion chip
58 - procedure for reporting security bugs found in the kernel.
60 - Linux kernel patch submission checklist.
62 - procedure to get a new driver source included into the kernel tree.
64 - procedure to get a source patch included into the kernel tree.
66 - how to change your VGA cursor from a blinking underscore.
68 - documentation on accounting and taskstats.
70 - description of AoE (ATA over Ethernet) along with config examples.
72 - description of various trees and how to apply their patches.
74 - directory with info about Linux on the ARM architecture.
76 - semantics and behavior of atomic and bitmask operations.
78 - misc. LCD driver documentation (cfag12864b, ks0108).
80 - basic instructions for those who wants to profile Linux kernel.
82 - info on the kernel support for extra binary formats.
84 - directory with documentation for the Blackfin arch.
86 - info on the Block I/O (BIO) layer.
88 - describes the cache/TLB flushing interfaces Linux uses.
90 - info, major/minor #'s for Compaq's SMART Array Controllers.
92 - directory with information on the CD-ROM drivers that Linux has.
94 - cli()/sti() removal guide.
96 - info on Computone Intelliport II/Plus Multiport Serial Driver.
98 - docs on the netlink based userspace<->kernel space communication mod.
100 - documentation on Linux console drivers.
102 - info on using Compaq's SMART2 Intelligent Disk Array Controllers.
104 - info on CPU frequency and voltage scaling.
106 - document describing CPU hotplug support in the Linux kernel.
108 - document describing how CPU load statistics are collected.
110 - documents the cpusets feature; assign CPUs and Mem to a set of tasks.
112 - documentation on how CPU topology info is exported via sysfs.
114 - directory with info about Linux on CRIS architecture.
116 - directory with info on the Crypto API.
118 - information on the Dell Systems Management Base Driver.
119 debugging-modules.txt
120 - some notes on debugging modules after Linux 2.6.3.
122 - document demonstrating the use of the Dell Remote BIOS Update driver.
124 - directory with info on Device Mapper.
126 - plain ASCII listing of all the nodes in /dev/ with major minor #'s.
128 - info on Digi Intl. {PC,PCI,EISA}Xx and Xem series cards.
130 - info about directory notification in Linux.
132 - file containing a list of files that should never be diff'ed.
134 - directory with info about Linux driver model.
136 - directory with driver documentation (currently only EDAC).
138 - info on Linux Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) subsystem.
140 - info about initramfs, klibc, and userspace early during boot.
142 - info on EISA bus support.
144 - how Linux v2.2 handles exceptions without verify_area etc.
146 - dir with docs about the fault injection capabilities infrastructure.
148 - directory with info on the frame buffer graphics abstraction layer.
149 feature-removal-schedule.txt
150 - list of files and features that are going to be removed.
152 - info on the vfs and the various filesystems that Linux supports.
154 - request_firmware() hotplug interface info.
156 - notes and driver options for the floppy disk driver.
158 - Fujitsu FR-V Linux documentation.
160 - overview of GPIO (General Purpose Input/Output) access conventions.
162 - info on using the Hayes ESP serial driver.
164 - notes on the change from 16 bit to 32 bit user/group IDs.
166 - High Precision Event Timer Driver for Linux.
168 - info on the timer_stats debugging facility for timer (ab)use.
170 - info on the hrtimers subsystem for high-resolution kernel timers.
172 - info on Linux support for random number generator in i8xx chipsets.
174 - directory with docs on various hardware monitoring drivers.
176 - directory with info about the I2C bus/protocol (2 wire, kHz speed).
178 - directory with info about the Linux I2O subsystem.
180 - directory with info about Linux on Intel 32 bit architecture.
182 - directory with info about Linux on Intel 64 bit architecture.
184 - important info for users of ATA devices (IDE/EIDE disks and CD-ROMS).
186 - directory with documents concerning Linux InfiniBand support.
188 - how to use the RAM disk as an initial/temporary root filesystem.
190 - info on Linux input device support.
192 - info on ordering I/O writes to memory-mapped addresses.
194 - directory with documents describing various IOCTL calls.
196 - how to implement and register device/driver ioctl calls.
198 - info on I/O statistics Linux kernel provides.
200 - how to use the irq-flags tracing feature.
202 - info on Linux ISA Plug & Play support.
204 - directory with info on the Linux ISDN support, and supported cards.
206 - info on the in-kernel binary support for Java(tm).
208 - directory with info about the kernel build process.
210 - directory with mini HowTo on getting the crash dump code to work.
211 kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt
212 - mini HowTo on generation and location of kernel documentation files.
214 - listing of various WWW + books that document kernel internals.
215 kernel-parameters.txt
216 - summary listing of command line / boot prompt args for the kernel.
218 - description of the kernel key request service.
220 - description of the kernel key retention service.
222 - info of the kobject infrastructure of the Linux kernel.
224 - documents the kernel probes debugging feature.
226 - docs on adding reference counters (krefs) to kernel objects.
228 - how to conserve battery power using laptop-mode.
230 - a brief description of LDM (Windows Dynamic Disks).
232 - documents LED handling under Linux.
234 - semantics and behavior of local atomic operations.
236 - documentation on the runtime locking correctness validator.
238 - full colour GIF image of Linux logo (penguin - Tux).
240 - info on creator of above logo & site to get additional images from.
242 - directory with info about Linux on Motorola 68k architecture.
244 - list of magic numbers used to mark/protect kernel data structures.
246 - info on supporting Micro Channel Architecture (e.g. PS/2) systems.
248 - info on boot arguments for the multiple devices driver.
250 - info on Linux kernel memory barriers.
252 - Hotpluggable memory support, how to use and current status.
254 - info on typical Linux memory problems.
256 - directory with info about Linux on MIPS architecture.
258 - how to execute Mono-based .NET binaries with the help of BINFMT_MISC.
260 - file with info on installing/using Moxa multiport serial driver.
262 - how to use PPro Memory Type Range Registers to increase performance.
264 - info on the generic mutex subsystem.
266 - directory with various information about namespaces
268 - info on a TCP implementation of a network block device.
270 - directory with information on the NetLabel subsystem.
272 - directory with info on various aspects of networking with Linux.
274 - short guide on setting up a diskless box with NFS root filesystem.
276 - info on NMI watchdog for SMP systems.
278 - documentation about no-mmu memory mapping support.
280 - info on how to read Numa policy hit/miss statistics in sysfs.
282 - how to decode those nasty internal kernel error dump messages.
284 - information about the parallel port IDE subsystem.
286 - directory with info on using Linux on PA-RISC architecture.
288 - how to use the parallel-port driver.
290 - description and usage of the low level parallel port functions.
291 pci-error-recovery.txt
292 - info on PCI error recovery.
294 - info on the PCI subsystem for device driver authors.
296 - the PCI Express Advanced Error Reporting Driver Guide HOWTO.
298 - info on the Linux PCMCIA driver.
300 - documentation on lightweight PI-futexes.
302 - info on Linux power management support.
304 - Linux Plug and Play documentation.
305 power_supply_class.txt
306 - Tells userspace about battery, UPS, AC or DC power supply properties
308 - directory with info on Linux PCI power management.
310 - directory with info on using Linux with the PowerPC.
312 - info on locking under a preemptive kernel.
314 - info on radix-priority-search-tree use for indexing vmas.
316 - short guide on how to set up and use the RAM disk.
318 - info on what red-black trees are and what they are for.
320 - notes on using the RISCom/8 multi-port serial driver.
322 - documentation of the robust futex ABI.
324 - a description of what robust futexes are.
326 - info on the Comtrol RocketPort multiport serial driver.
328 - introduction to the caching mechanisms in the sunrpc layer.
330 - description of the RealTime mutex implementation design.
332 - desc. of RT-mutex subsystem with PI (Priority Inheritance) support.
334 - notes on how to use the Real Time Clock (aka CMOS clock) driver.
336 - directory with info on using Linux on the IBM S390.
338 - CPU Scheduler implementation hints for architecture specific code.
340 - reference for various scheduler-related methods in the O(1) scheduler.
342 - goals, design and implementation of the Linux O(1) scheduler.
344 - goals, design and implementation of the Complete Fair Scheduler.
346 - information on scheduling domains.
347 sched-nice-design.txt
348 - How and why the scheduler's nice levels are implemented.
350 - information on schedstats (Linux Scheduler Statistics).
352 - directory with info on Linux scsi support.
354 - directory with info on the low level serial API.
356 - how to set up Linux with a serial line console as the default.
358 - description of the SGI IOC4 PCI (multi function) device.
360 - short blurb on the SGI Visual Workstations.
362 - directory with info on porting Linux to a new architecture.
364 - a description of shared subtrees for namespaces.
366 - description of the Smart Config makefile feature.
368 - Sony Notebook Control Driver (SNC) Readme.
370 - info on Linux Sony Programmable I/O Device support.
372 - directory with info on sound card support.
374 - directory with info on using Linux on Sparc architecture.
376 - info on how to obtain and use the sparse tool for typechecking.
378 - info on hardware/driver for specialix IO8+ multiport serial card.
380 - overview of Linux kernel Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) support.
382 - info on using spinlocks to provide exclusive access in kernel.
383 stable_api_nonsense.txt
384 - info on why the kernel does not have a stable in-kernel api or abi.
385 stable_kernel_rules.txt
386 - rules and procedures for the -stable kernel releases.
388 - info on using the Stallion multiport serial driver.
390 - short guide on selecting video modes at boot via VGA BIOS.
392 - How not to use sysfs.
394 - info on the Specialix SX/SI multiport serial driver.
396 - directory with info on the /proc/sys/* files.
398 - info on the magic SysRq key.
400 - directory with info on telephony (e.g. voice over IP) support.
402 - information on the (IBM and Lenovo) ThinkPad ACPI Extras driver.
403 time_interpolators.txt
404 - info on time interpolators.
406 - information about Parallel link cable for Texas Instruments handhelds.
408 - guide to the locking policies of the tty layer.
410 - directory with information about User Mode Linux.
412 - info on the Unicode character/font mapping used in Linux.
414 - description of the Linux unshare system call.
416 - directory with info regarding the Universal Serial Bus.
418 - sysfs class driver interface to enable/disable a video output device.
420 - directory with info regarding video/TV/radio cards and linux.
422 - directory with info on the Linux vm code.
423 volatile-considered-harmful.txt
424 - Why the "volatile" type class should not be used
426 - guide to running Linux on the Voyager architecture.
428 - directory with documents regarding the 1-wire (w1) subsystem.
430 - how to auto-reboot Linux if it has "fallen and can't get up". ;-)
432 - directory with info on Linux support for AMD x86-64 (Hammer) machines.
434 - info on writing drivers for Zorro bus devices found on Amigas.