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