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 - directory with info on BitKeeper.
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 - info for PCI drivers using DMA portably across all platforms.
26 - directory with DocBook templates etc. for kernel documentation.
28 - how to access I/O mapped memory from within device drivers.
30 - how to select which CPU(s) handle which interrupt events on SMP.
32 - info on Mylex DAC960/DAC1100 PCI RAID Controller Driver for Linux
34 - release notes for Moxa mutiport serial card.
36 - info on Secure Attention Keys.
38 - procedure to get a new driver source included into the kernel tree.
40 - procedure to get a source patch included into the kernel tree.
42 - how to change your VGA cursor from a blinking underscore.
44 - directory with info about Linux on the ARM architecture.
46 - info on the kernel support for extra binary formats.
48 - info on the Block I/O (BIO) layer.
50 - describes the cache/TLB flushing interfaces Linux uses.
52 - info, major/minor #'s for Compaq's SMART Array Controllers.
54 - directory with information on the CD-ROM drivers that Linux has.
56 - info on Computone Intelliport II/Plus Multiport Serial Driver
58 - info on using Compaq's SMART2 Intelligent Disk Array Controllers.
60 - info on CPU frequency and voltage scaling
62 - directory with info about Linux on CRIS architecture.
64 - plain ASCII listing of all the nodes in /dev/ with major minor #'s
66 - info on the Digiboard PC/X{i,e,eve} multiport boards.
68 - info on Digi Intl. {PC,PCI,EISA}Xx and Xem series cards.
70 - info about directory notification in Linux.
72 - info about Linux driver model.
74 - how Linux v2.2 handles exceptions without verify_area etc.
76 - directory with info on the frame buffer graphics abstraction layer.
78 - directory with info on the various filesystems that Linux supports.
80 - notes and driver options for the floppy disk driver.
82 - notes about the floppy tape device driver
84 - info on using the Hayes ESP serial driver.
86 - notes on the change from 16 bit to 32 bit user/group IDs.
88 - directory with info about the I2C bus/protocol (2 wire, kHz speed)
90 - directory with info about Linux on intel 32 bit architecture.
92 - info on Linux support for random number generator in i8xx chipsets.
94 - directory with info about Linux on intel 64 bit architecture.
96 - important info for users of ATA devices (IDE/EIDE disks and CD-ROMS)
98 - how to use the RAM disk as an initial/temporary root filesystem.
100 - info on Linux input device support.
102 - how to implement and register device/driver ioctl calls.
104 - info on Linux ISA Plug & Play support
106 - directory with info on the Linux ISDN support, and supported cards.
108 - info on the in-kernel binary support for Java(tm)
110 - directory with info about the kernel build process
111 kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt
112 - mini HowTo on generation and location of kernel documentation files.
114 - listing of various WWW + books that document kernel internals.
115 kernel-parameters.txt
116 - summary listing of command line / boot prompt args for the kernel.
118 - info on the kernel module loader/unloader (kerneld replacement).
120 - a brief description of LDM (Windows Dynamic Disks).
122 - info on file locking implementations, flock() vs. fcntl(), etc.
124 - Full colour GIF image of Linux logo (penguin)
126 - Info on creator of above logo & site to get additional images from.
128 - directory with info about Linux on Motorola 68k architecture.
130 - list of magic numbers used to mark/protect kernel data structures.
132 - info on the Linux implementation of Sys V mandatory file locking.
134 - info on supporting Micro Channel Architecture (e.g. PS/2) systems.
136 - info on boot arguments for the multiple devices driver
138 - info on typical Linux memory problems.
140 - directory with info about Linux on MIPS architecture.
142 - script to make /dev entries for SMART controllers (see cciss.txt)
144 - script to make /dev entries for Intelligent Disk Array Controllers.
146 - short guide on how to make kernel parts into loadable modules
148 - info on installing/using Moxa multiport serial driver.
150 - how to use PPro Memory Type Range Registers to increase performance
152 - info on a TCP implementation of a network block device.
154 - directory with info on various aspects of networking with Linux.
156 - short guide on setting up a diskless box with NFS root filesystem
158 - info on NMI watchdog for SMP systems
160 - how to decode those nasty internal kernel error dump messages.
162 - information about the parallel port IDE subsystem.
164 - directory with info on using Linux on PA-RISC architecture.
166 - how to use the parallel-port driver.
168 - description and usage of the low level parallel port functions.
170 - info on the PCI subsystem for device driver authors
172 - info and sample code for using with the PC Watchdog reset card.
174 - info on Linux power management support.
176 - directory with info on Linux PCI power management.
178 - directory with info on using Linux with the PowerPC.
180 - info on locking under a preemptive kernel.
182 - short guide on how to set up and use the RAM disk.
184 - notes on using the RISCom/8 multi-port serial driver.
186 - info on installing/using the Comtrol RocketPort multiport serial driver
188 - notes on how to use the Real Time Clock (aka CMOS clock) driver.
190 - directory with info on using Linux on the IBM S390.
192 - directory with info on porting Linux to a new architecture.
194 - directory with info on Linux scsi support.
196 - how to set up Linux with a serial line console as the default.
198 - short blurb on the SGI Visual Workstations.
200 - description of the Smart Config makefile feature.
202 - LaTeX document describing implementation of Multiprocessor Linux
204 - a few more notes on symmetric multi-processing
206 - info on Linux Sony Programmable I/O Device support.
208 - directory with info on sound card support
210 - directory with info on using Linux on Sparc architecture.
212 - info on hardware/driver for specialix IO8+ multiport serial card.
214 - info on using spinlocks to provide exclusive access in kernel.
216 - info on using the Stallion multiport serial driver.
218 - short guide on selecting video modes at boot via VGA BIOS.
220 - info on the Specialix SX/SI multiport serial driver.
222 - directory with info on the /proc/sys/* files
224 - info on the magic SysRq key
226 - directory with info on telephony (e.g. voice over IP) support.
228 - info on the Unicode character/font mapping used in Linux.
230 - directory with info regarding the Universal Serial Bus.
232 - directory with info regarding video/TV/radio cards and linux.
234 - directory with info on the Linux vm code.
236 - how to auto-reboot Linux if it has "fallen and can't get up". ;-)
238 - directory with info on Linux support for AMD x86-64 (Hammer) machines.
240 - XPM image of penguin logo (see logo.txt) sitting on an xterm.
242 - info on writing drivers for Zorro bus devices found on Amigas.