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. |
| 5 | Please try and keep the descriptions small enough to fit on one line. |
| 6 | Thanks -- Paul G. |
| 7 | |
| 8 | Following translations are available on the WWW: |
| 9 | |
| 10 | - Japanese, maintained by the JF Project (JF@linux.or.jp), at |
| 11 | http://www.linux.or.jp/JF/ |
| 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. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 17 | BUG-HUNTING |
| 18 | - brute force method of doing binary search of patches to find bug. |
| 19 | Changes |
| 20 | - list of changes that break older software packages. |
| 21 | CodingStyle |
| 22 | - how the boss likes the C code in the kernel to look. |
| 23 | DMA-API.txt |
| 24 | - DMA API, pci_ API & extensions for non-consistent memory machines. |
| 25 | DMA-mapping.txt |
| 26 | - info for PCI drivers using DMA portably across all platforms. |
| 27 | DocBook/ |
| 28 | - directory with DocBook templates etc. for kernel documentation. |
Greg Kroah-Hartman | d36cc9d | 2005-11-18 09:31:11 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 29 | HOWTO |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 30 | - the process and procedures of how to do Linux kernel development. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 31 | IO-mapping.txt |
| 32 | - how to access I/O mapped memory from within device drivers. |
| 33 | IPMI.txt |
| 34 | - info on Linux Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) Driver. |
| 35 | IRQ-affinity.txt |
| 36 | - how to select which CPU(s) handle which interrupt events on SMP. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 37 | IRQ.txt |
| 38 | - description of what an IRQ is. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 39 | ManagementStyle |
| 40 | - how to (attempt to) manage kernel hackers. |
| 41 | MSI-HOWTO.txt |
| 42 | - the Message Signaled Interrupts (MSI) Driver Guide HOWTO and FAQ. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 43 | PCIEBUS-HOWTO.txt |
| 44 | - a guide describing the PCI Express Port Bus driver. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 45 | RCU/ |
| 46 | - directory with info on RCU (read-copy update). |
| 47 | README.DAC960 |
| 48 | - info on Mylex DAC960/DAC1100 PCI RAID Controller Driver for Linux. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 49 | README.cycladesZ |
| 50 | - info on Cyclades-Z firmware loading. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 51 | SAK.txt |
| 52 | - info on Secure Attention Keys. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 53 | SecurityBugs |
| 54 | - procedure for reporting security bugs found in the kernel. |
| 55 | SubmitChecklist |
| 56 | - Linux kernel patch submission checklist. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 57 | SubmittingDrivers |
| 58 | - procedure to get a new driver source included into the kernel tree. |
| 59 | SubmittingPatches |
| 60 | - procedure to get a source patch included into the kernel tree. |
| 61 | VGA-softcursor.txt |
| 62 | - how to change your VGA cursor from a blinking underscore. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 63 | accounting/ |
| 64 | - documentation on accounting and taskstats. |
| 65 | aoe/ |
| 66 | - description of AoE (ATA over Ethernet) along with config examples. |
Jesper Juhl | 754c797 | 2005-09-09 13:10:12 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 67 | applying-patches.txt |
| 68 | - description of various trees and how to apply their patches. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 69 | arm/ |
| 70 | - directory with info about Linux on the ARM architecture. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 71 | atomic_ops.txt |
| 72 | - semantics and behavior of atomic and bitmask operations. |
| 73 | auxdisplay/ |
| 74 | - misc. LCD driver documentation (cfag12864b, ks0108). |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 75 | basic_profiling.txt |
| 76 | - basic instructions for those who wants to profile Linux kernel. |
| 77 | binfmt_misc.txt |
| 78 | - info on the kernel support for extra binary formats. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 79 | blackfin/ |
| 80 | - directory with documentation for the Blackfin arch. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 81 | block/ |
| 82 | - info on the Block I/O (BIO) layer. |
| 83 | cachetlb.txt |
| 84 | - describes the cache/TLB flushing interfaces Linux uses. |
| 85 | cciss.txt |
| 86 | - info, major/minor #'s for Compaq's SMART Array Controllers. |
| 87 | cdrom/ |
| 88 | - directory with information on the CD-ROM drivers that Linux has. |
| 89 | cli-sti-removal.txt |
| 90 | - cli()/sti() removal guide. |
| 91 | computone.txt |
| 92 | - info on Computone Intelliport II/Plus Multiport Serial Driver. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 93 | connector/ |
| 94 | - docs on the netlink based userspace<->kernel space communication mod. |
| 95 | console/ |
| 96 | - documentation on Linux console drivers. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 97 | cpqarray.txt |
| 98 | - info on using Compaq's SMART2 Intelligent Disk Array Controllers. |
| 99 | cpu-freq/ |
| 100 | - info on CPU frequency and voltage scaling. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 101 | cpu-hotplug.txt |
| 102 | - document describing CPU hotplug support in the Linux kernel. |
| 103 | cpu-load.txt |
| 104 | - document describing how CPU load statistics are collected. |
| 105 | cpusets.txt |
| 106 | - documents the cpusets feature; assign CPUs and Mem to a set of tasks. |
| 107 | cputopology.txt |
| 108 | - documentation on how CPU topology info is exported via sysfs. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 109 | cris/ |
| 110 | - directory with info about Linux on CRIS architecture. |
| 111 | crypto/ |
| 112 | - directory with info on the Crypto API. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 113 | dcdbas.txt |
| 114 | - information on the Dell Systems Management Base Driver. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 115 | debugging-modules.txt |
| 116 | - some notes on debugging modules after Linux 2.6.3. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 117 | dell_rbu.txt |
| 118 | - document demonstrating the use of the Dell Remote BIOS Update driver. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 119 | device-mapper/ |
| 120 | - directory with info on Device Mapper. |
| 121 | devices.txt |
| 122 | - plain ASCII listing of all the nodes in /dev/ with major minor #'s. |
| 123 | digiepca.txt |
| 124 | - info on Digi Intl. {PC,PCI,EISA}Xx and Xem series cards. |
| 125 | dnotify.txt |
| 126 | - info about directory notification in Linux. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 127 | dontdiff |
| 128 | - file containing a list of files that should never be diff'ed. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 129 | driver-model/ |
| 130 | - directory with info about Linux driver model. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 131 | drivers/ |
| 132 | - directory with driver documentation (currently only EDAC). |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 133 | dvb/ |
| 134 | - info on Linux Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) subsystem. |
| 135 | early-userspace/ |
| 136 | - info about initramfs, klibc, and userspace early during boot. |
| 137 | eisa.txt |
| 138 | - info on EISA bus support. |
| 139 | exception.txt |
| 140 | - how Linux v2.2 handles exceptions without verify_area etc. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 141 | fault-injection/ |
| 142 | - dir with docs about the fault injection capabilities infrastructure. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 143 | fb/ |
| 144 | - directory with info on the frame buffer graphics abstraction layer. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 145 | feature-removal-schedule.txt |
| 146 | - list of files and features that are going to be removed. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 147 | filesystems/ |
J. Bruce Fields | 4f3b19c | 2007-09-24 18:52:09 -0400 | [diff] [blame^] | 148 | - info on the vfs and the various filesystems that Linux supports. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 149 | firmware_class/ |
| 150 | - request_firmware() hotplug interface info. |
| 151 | floppy.txt |
| 152 | - notes and driver options for the floppy disk driver. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 153 | fujitsu/ |
| 154 | - Fujitsu FR-V Linux documentation. |
| 155 | gpio.txt |
| 156 | - overview of GPIO (General Purpose Input/Output) access conventions. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 157 | hayes-esp.txt |
| 158 | - info on using the Hayes ESP serial driver. |
| 159 | highuid.txt |
| 160 | - notes on the change from 16 bit to 32 bit user/group IDs. |
| 161 | hpet.txt |
| 162 | - High Precision Event Timer Driver for Linux. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 163 | hrtimer/ |
| 164 | - info on the timer_stats debugging facility for timer (ab)use. |
| 165 | hrtimers/ |
| 166 | - info on the hrtimers subsystem for high-resolution kernel timers. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 167 | hw_random.txt |
| 168 | - info on Linux support for random number generator in i8xx chipsets. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 169 | hwmon/ |
| 170 | - directory with docs on various hardware monitoring drivers. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 171 | i2c/ |
| 172 | - directory with info about the I2C bus/protocol (2 wire, kHz speed). |
| 173 | i2o/ |
| 174 | - directory with info about the Linux I2O subsystem. |
| 175 | i386/ |
| 176 | - directory with info about Linux on Intel 32 bit architecture. |
| 177 | ia64/ |
| 178 | - directory with info about Linux on Intel 64 bit architecture. |
| 179 | ide.txt |
| 180 | - important info for users of ATA devices (IDE/EIDE disks and CD-ROMS). |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 181 | infiniband/ |
| 182 | - directory with documents concerning Linux InfiniBand support. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 183 | initrd.txt |
| 184 | - how to use the RAM disk as an initial/temporary root filesystem. |
| 185 | input/ |
| 186 | - info on Linux input device support. |
| 187 | io_ordering.txt |
| 188 | - info on ordering I/O writes to memory-mapped addresses. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 189 | ioctl/ |
| 190 | - directory with documents describing various IOCTL calls. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 191 | ioctl-number.txt |
| 192 | - how to implement and register device/driver ioctl calls. |
| 193 | iostats.txt |
| 194 | - info on I/O statistics Linux kernel provides. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 195 | irqflags-tracing.txt |
| 196 | - how to use the irq-flags tracing feature. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 197 | isapnp.txt |
| 198 | - info on Linux ISA Plug & Play support. |
| 199 | isdn/ |
| 200 | - directory with info on the Linux ISDN support, and supported cards. |
| 201 | java.txt |
| 202 | - info on the in-kernel binary support for Java(tm). |
| 203 | kbuild/ |
| 204 | - directory with info about the kernel build process. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 205 | kdump/ |
| 206 | - directory with mini HowTo on getting the crash dump code to work. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 207 | kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt |
| 208 | - mini HowTo on generation and location of kernel documentation files. |
| 209 | kernel-docs.txt |
| 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. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 213 | keys-request-key.txt |
| 214 | - description of the kernel key request service. |
| 215 | keys.txt |
| 216 | - description of the kernel key retention service. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 217 | kobject.txt |
| 218 | - info of the kobject infrastructure of the Linux kernel. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 219 | kprobes.txt |
| 220 | - documents the kernel probes debugging feature. |
| 221 | kref.txt |
| 222 | - docs on adding reference counters (krefs) to kernel objects. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 223 | laptop-mode.txt |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 224 | - how to conserve battery power using laptop-mode. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 225 | ldm.txt |
| 226 | - a brief description of LDM (Windows Dynamic Disks). |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 227 | leds-class.txt |
| 228 | - documents LED handling under Linux. |
| 229 | local_ops.txt |
| 230 | - semantics and behavior of local atomic operations. |
| 231 | lockdep-design.txt |
| 232 | - documentation on the runtime locking correctness validator. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 233 | locks.txt |
| 234 | - info on file locking implementations, flock() vs. fcntl(), etc. |
| 235 | logo.gif |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 236 | - full colour GIF image of Linux logo (penguin - Tux). |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 237 | logo.txt |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 238 | - info on creator of above logo & site to get additional images from. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 239 | m68k/ |
| 240 | - directory with info about Linux on Motorola 68k architecture. |
| 241 | magic-number.txt |
| 242 | - list of magic numbers used to mark/protect kernel data structures. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 243 | mca.txt |
| 244 | - info on supporting Micro Channel Architecture (e.g. PS/2) systems. |
| 245 | md.txt |
| 246 | - info on boot arguments for the multiple devices driver. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 247 | memory-barriers.txt |
| 248 | - info on Linux kernel memory barriers. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 249 | memory.txt |
| 250 | - info on typical Linux memory problems. |
| 251 | mips/ |
| 252 | - directory with info about Linux on MIPS architecture. |
| 253 | mono.txt |
| 254 | - how to execute Mono-based .NET binaries with the help of BINFMT_MISC. |
| 255 | moxa-smartio |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 256 | - file with info on installing/using Moxa multiport serial driver. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 257 | mtrr.txt |
| 258 | - how to use PPro Memory Type Range Registers to increase performance. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 259 | mutex-design.txt |
| 260 | - info on the generic mutex subsystem. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 261 | nbd.txt |
| 262 | - info on a TCP implementation of a network block device. |
Paul Moore | 8802f61 | 2006-08-03 16:45:49 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 263 | netlabel/ |
| 264 | - directory with information on the NetLabel subsystem. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 265 | networking/ |
| 266 | - directory with info on various aspects of networking with Linux. |
| 267 | nfsroot.txt |
| 268 | - short guide on setting up a diskless box with NFS root filesystem. |
| 269 | nmi_watchdog.txt |
| 270 | - info on NMI watchdog for SMP systems. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 271 | nommu-mmap.txt |
| 272 | - documentation about no-mmu memory mapping support. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 273 | numastat.txt |
| 274 | - info on how to read Numa policy hit/miss statistics in sysfs. |
| 275 | oops-tracing.txt |
| 276 | - how to decode those nasty internal kernel error dump messages. |
| 277 | paride.txt |
| 278 | - information about the parallel port IDE subsystem. |
| 279 | parisc/ |
| 280 | - directory with info on using Linux on PA-RISC architecture. |
| 281 | parport.txt |
| 282 | - how to use the parallel-port driver. |
| 283 | parport-lowlevel.txt |
| 284 | - description and usage of the low level parallel port functions. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 285 | pci-error-recovery.txt |
| 286 | - info on PCI error recovery. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 287 | pci.txt |
| 288 | - info on the PCI subsystem for device driver authors. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 289 | pcieaer-howto.txt |
| 290 | - the PCI Express Advanced Error Reporting Driver Guide HOWTO. |
| 291 | pcmcia/ |
| 292 | - info on the Linux PCMCIA driver. |
| 293 | pi-futex.txt |
| 294 | - documentation on lightweight PI-futexes. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 295 | pm.txt |
| 296 | - info on Linux power management support. |
| 297 | pnp.txt |
| 298 | - Linux Plug and Play documentation. |
| 299 | power/ |
| 300 | - directory with info on Linux PCI power management. |
| 301 | powerpc/ |
| 302 | - directory with info on using Linux with the PowerPC. |
| 303 | preempt-locking.txt |
| 304 | - info on locking under a preemptive kernel. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 305 | prio_tree.txt |
| 306 | - info on radix-priority-search-tree use for indexing vmas. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 307 | ramdisk.txt |
| 308 | - short guide on how to set up and use the RAM disk. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 309 | rbtree.txt |
| 310 | - info on what red-black trees are and what they are for. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 311 | riscom8.txt |
| 312 | - notes on using the RISCom/8 multi-port serial driver. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 313 | robust-futex-ABI.txt |
| 314 | - documentation of the robust futex ABI. |
| 315 | robust-futexes.txt |
| 316 | - a description of what robust futexes are. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 317 | rocket.txt |
| 318 | - info on the Comtrol RocketPort multiport serial driver. |
| 319 | rpc-cache.txt |
| 320 | - introduction to the caching mechanisms in the sunrpc layer. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 321 | rt-mutex-design.txt |
| 322 | - description of the RealTime mutex implementation design. |
| 323 | rt-mutex.txt |
| 324 | - desc. of RT-mutex subsystem with PI (Priority Inheritance) support. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 325 | rtc.txt |
| 326 | - notes on how to use the Real Time Clock (aka CMOS clock) driver. |
| 327 | s390/ |
| 328 | - directory with info on using Linux on the IBM S390. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 329 | sched-arch.txt |
| 330 | - CPU Scheduler implementation hints for architecture specific code. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 331 | sched-coding.txt |
| 332 | - reference for various scheduler-related methods in the O(1) scheduler. |
| 333 | sched-design.txt |
| 334 | - goals, design and implementation of the Linux O(1) scheduler. |
| 335 | sched-domains.txt |
| 336 | - information on scheduling domains. |
| 337 | sched-stats.txt |
| 338 | - information on schedstats (Linux Scheduler Statistics). |
| 339 | scsi/ |
| 340 | - directory with info on Linux scsi support. |
| 341 | serial/ |
| 342 | - directory with info on the low level serial API. |
| 343 | serial-console.txt |
| 344 | - 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] | 345 | sgi-ioc4.txt |
| 346 | - description of the SGI IOC4 PCI (multi function) device. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 347 | sgi-visws.txt |
| 348 | - short blurb on the SGI Visual Workstations. |
| 349 | sh/ |
| 350 | - directory with info on porting Linux to a new architecture. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 351 | sharedsubtree.txt |
| 352 | - a description of shared subtrees for namespaces. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 353 | smart-config.txt |
| 354 | - description of the Smart Config makefile feature. |
| 355 | smp.txt |
| 356 | - a few notes on symmetric multi-processing. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 357 | sony-laptop.txt |
| 358 | - Sony Notebook Control Driver (SNC) Readme. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 359 | sonypi.txt |
| 360 | - info on Linux Sony Programmable I/O Device support. |
| 361 | sound/ |
| 362 | - directory with info on sound card support. |
| 363 | sparc/ |
| 364 | - directory with info on using Linux on Sparc architecture. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 365 | sparse.txt |
| 366 | - info on how to obtain and use the sparse tool for typechecking. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 367 | specialix.txt |
| 368 | - info on hardware/driver for specialix IO8+ multiport serial card. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 369 | spi/ |
| 370 | - overview of Linux kernel Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) support. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 371 | spinlocks.txt |
| 372 | - info on using spinlocks to provide exclusive access in kernel. |
Greg Kroah-Hartman | 8907e94 | 2005-11-18 09:31:15 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 373 | stable_api_nonsense.txt |
| 374 | - info on why the kernel does not have a stable in-kernel api or abi. |
| 375 | stable_kernel_rules.txt |
| 376 | - rules and procedures for the -stable kernel releases. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 377 | stallion.txt |
| 378 | - info on using the Stallion multiport serial driver. |
| 379 | svga.txt |
| 380 | - short guide on selecting video modes at boot via VGA BIOS. |
| 381 | sx.txt |
| 382 | - info on the Specialix SX/SI multiport serial driver. |
| 383 | sysctl/ |
| 384 | - directory with info on the /proc/sys/* files. |
| 385 | sysrq.txt |
| 386 | - info on the magic SysRq key. |
| 387 | telephony/ |
| 388 | - directory with info on telephony (e.g. voice over IP) support. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 389 | thinkpad-acpi.txt |
| 390 | - information on the (IBM and Lenovo) ThinkPad ACPI Extras driver. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 391 | time_interpolators.txt |
| 392 | - info on time interpolators. |
| 393 | tipar.txt |
| 394 | - information about Parallel link cable for Texas Instruments handhelds. |
| 395 | tty.txt |
| 396 | - guide to the locking policies of the tty layer. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 397 | uml/ |
Tobias Klauser | d533f67 | 2005-09-10 00:26:46 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 398 | - directory with information about User Mode Linux. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 399 | unicode.txt |
| 400 | - info on the Unicode character/font mapping used in Linux. |
| 401 | unshare.txt |
| 402 | - description of the Linux unshare system call. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 403 | usb/ |
| 404 | - directory with info regarding the Universal Serial Bus. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 405 | video-output.txt |
| 406 | - sysfs class driver interface to enable/disable a video output device. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 407 | video4linux/ |
| 408 | - directory with info regarding video/TV/radio cards and linux. |
| 409 | vm/ |
| 410 | - directory with info on the Linux vm code. |
| 411 | voyager.txt |
| 412 | - guide to running Linux on the Voyager architecture. |
Jesper Juhl | f6b07d3 | 2007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 413 | w1/ |
| 414 | - directory with documents regarding the 1-wire (w1) subsystem. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 415 | watchdog/ |
| 416 | - how to auto-reboot Linux if it has "fallen and can't get up". ;-) |
| 417 | x86_64/ |
| 418 | - directory with info on Linux support for AMD x86-64 (Hammer) machines. |
| 419 | xterm-linux.xpm |
| 420 | - XPM image of penguin logo (see logo.txt) sitting on an xterm. |
| 421 | zorro.txt |
| 422 | - info on writing drivers for Zorro bus devices found on Amigas. |