blob: 6e9c4050a41baedb072d0d0ba60d2391c7fd4e88 [file] [log] [blame]
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001
2This is a brief list of all the files in ./linux/Documentation and what
3they contain. If you add a documentation file, please list it here in
4alphabetical order as well, or risk being hunted down like a rabid dog.
5Please try and keep the descriptions small enough to fit on one line.
6 Thanks -- Paul G.
7
8Following 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
1300-INDEX
14 - this file.
Jesper Juhlf6b07d32007-07-15 23:41:41 -070015ABI/
16 - info on kernel <-> userspace ABI and relative interface stability.
Len Brownb4d27302007-11-14 19:53:21 -050017
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070018BUG-HUNTING
19 - brute force method of doing binary search of patches to find bug.
20Changes
21 - list of changes that break older software packages.
22CodingStyle
23 - how the boss likes the C code in the kernel to look.
24DMA-API.txt
25 - DMA API, pci_ API & extensions for non-consistent memory machines.
Rob Landley5ef43562007-10-16 23:31:25 -070026DMA-ISA-LPC.txt
27 - How to do DMA with ISA (and LPC) devices.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070028DMA-mapping.txt
29 - info for PCI drivers using DMA portably across all platforms.
30DocBook/
31 - directory with DocBook templates etc. for kernel documentation.
Greg Kroah-Hartmand36cc9d2005-11-18 09:31:11 -080032HOWTO
Jesper Juhlf6b07d32007-07-15 23:41:41 -070033 - the process and procedures of how to do Linux kernel development.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070034IO-mapping.txt
35 - how to access I/O mapped memory from within device drivers.
36IPMI.txt
37 - info on Linux Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) Driver.
38IRQ-affinity.txt
39 - how to select which CPU(s) handle which interrupt events on SMP.
Jesper Juhlf6b07d32007-07-15 23:41:41 -070040IRQ.txt
41 - description of what an IRQ is.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070042ManagementStyle
43 - how to (attempt to) manage kernel hackers.
44MSI-HOWTO.txt
45 - the Message Signaled Interrupts (MSI) Driver Guide HOWTO and FAQ.
Jesper Juhlf6b07d32007-07-15 23:41:41 -070046PCIEBUS-HOWTO.txt
47 - a guide describing the PCI Express Port Bus driver.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070048RCU/
49 - directory with info on RCU (read-copy update).
50README.DAC960
51 - info on Mylex DAC960/DAC1100 PCI RAID Controller Driver for Linux.
Jesper Juhlf6b07d32007-07-15 23:41:41 -070052README.cycladesZ
53 - info on Cyclades-Z firmware loading.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070054SAK.txt
55 - info on Secure Attention Keys.
Rob Landley5ef43562007-10-16 23:31:25 -070056SM501.txt
57 - Silicon Motion SM501 multimedia companion chip
Jesper Juhlf6b07d32007-07-15 23:41:41 -070058SecurityBugs
59 - procedure for reporting security bugs found in the kernel.
60SubmitChecklist
61 - Linux kernel patch submission checklist.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070062SubmittingDrivers
63 - procedure to get a new driver source included into the kernel tree.
64SubmittingPatches
65 - procedure to get a source patch included into the kernel tree.
66VGA-softcursor.txt
67 - how to change your VGA cursor from a blinking underscore.
Jesper Juhlf6b07d32007-07-15 23:41:41 -070068accounting/
69 - documentation on accounting and taskstats.
Len Brownb4d27302007-11-14 19:53:21 -050070acpi/
71 - info on ACPI-specific hooks in the kernel.
Jesper Juhlf6b07d32007-07-15 23:41:41 -070072aoe/
73 - description of AoE (ATA over Ethernet) along with config examples.
Jesper Juhl754c7972005-09-09 13:10:12 -070074applying-patches.txt
75 - description of various trees and how to apply their patches.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070076arm/
77 - directory with info about Linux on the ARM architecture.
Jesper Juhlf6b07d32007-07-15 23:41:41 -070078atomic_ops.txt
79 - semantics and behavior of atomic and bitmask operations.
80auxdisplay/
81 - misc. LCD driver documentation (cfag12864b, ks0108).
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070082basic_profiling.txt
83 - basic instructions for those who wants to profile Linux kernel.
84binfmt_misc.txt
85 - info on the kernel support for extra binary formats.
Jesper Juhlf6b07d32007-07-15 23:41:41 -070086blackfin/
87 - directory with documentation for the Blackfin arch.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070088block/
89 - info on the Block I/O (BIO) layer.
90cachetlb.txt
91 - describes the cache/TLB flushing interfaces Linux uses.
92cciss.txt
93 - info, major/minor #'s for Compaq's SMART Array Controllers.
94cdrom/
95 - directory with information on the CD-ROM drivers that Linux has.
96cli-sti-removal.txt
97 - cli()/sti() removal guide.
98computone.txt
99 - info on Computone Intelliport II/Plus Multiport Serial Driver.
Jesper Juhlf6b07d32007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700100connector/
101 - docs on the netlink based userspace<->kernel space communication mod.
102console/
103 - documentation on Linux console drivers.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700104cpqarray.txt
105 - info on using Compaq's SMART2 Intelligent Disk Array Controllers.
106cpu-freq/
107 - info on CPU frequency and voltage scaling.
Jesper Juhlf6b07d32007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700108cpu-hotplug.txt
109 - document describing CPU hotplug support in the Linux kernel.
110cpu-load.txt
111 - document describing how CPU load statistics are collected.
112cpusets.txt
113 - documents the cpusets feature; assign CPUs and Mem to a set of tasks.
114cputopology.txt
115 - documentation on how CPU topology info is exported via sysfs.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700116cris/
117 - directory with info about Linux on CRIS architecture.
118crypto/
119 - directory with info on the Crypto API.
Jesper Juhlf6b07d32007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700120dcdbas.txt
121 - information on the Dell Systems Management Base Driver.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700122debugging-modules.txt
123 - some notes on debugging modules after Linux 2.6.3.
Jesper Juhlf6b07d32007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700124dell_rbu.txt
125 - document demonstrating the use of the Dell Remote BIOS Update driver.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700126device-mapper/
127 - directory with info on Device Mapper.
128devices.txt
129 - plain ASCII listing of all the nodes in /dev/ with major minor #'s.
130digiepca.txt
131 - info on Digi Intl. {PC,PCI,EISA}Xx and Xem series cards.
Jesper Juhlf6b07d32007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700132dontdiff
133 - file containing a list of files that should never be diff'ed.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700134driver-model/
135 - directory with info about Linux driver model.
136dvb/
137 - info on Linux Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) subsystem.
138early-userspace/
139 - info about initramfs, klibc, and userspace early during boot.
Adrian Bunk4a6b88c2008-02-07 00:13:33 -0800140edac.txt
141 - information on EDAC - Error Detection And Correction
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700142eisa.txt
143 - info on EISA bus support.
144exception.txt
145 - how Linux v2.2 handles exceptions without verify_area etc.
Jesper Juhlf6b07d32007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700146fault-injection/
147 - dir with docs about the fault injection capabilities infrastructure.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700148fb/
149 - directory with info on the frame buffer graphics abstraction layer.
Jesper Juhlf6b07d32007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700150feature-removal-schedule.txt
151 - list of files and features that are going to be removed.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700152filesystems/
J. Bruce Fields4f3b19c2007-09-24 18:52:09 -0400153 - info on the vfs and the various filesystems that Linux supports.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700154firmware_class/
155 - request_firmware() hotplug interface info.
156floppy.txt
157 - notes and driver options for the floppy disk driver.
Adrian Bunk0868ff72008-02-03 15:54:28 +0200158frv/
Jesper Juhlf6b07d32007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700159 - Fujitsu FR-V Linux documentation.
160gpio.txt
161 - overview of GPIO (General Purpose Input/Output) access conventions.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700162hayes-esp.txt
163 - info on using the Hayes ESP serial driver.
164highuid.txt
165 - notes on the change from 16 bit to 32 bit user/group IDs.
166hpet.txt
167 - High Precision Event Timer Driver for Linux.
Jesper Juhlf6b07d32007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700168hrtimer/
169 - info on the timer_stats debugging facility for timer (ab)use.
170hrtimers/
171 - info on the hrtimers subsystem for high-resolution kernel timers.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700172hw_random.txt
173 - info on Linux support for random number generator in i8xx chipsets.
Jesper Juhlf6b07d32007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700174hwmon/
175 - directory with docs on various hardware monitoring drivers.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700176i2c/
177 - directory with info about the I2C bus/protocol (2 wire, kHz speed).
178i2o/
179 - directory with info about the Linux I2O subsystem.
180i386/
181 - directory with info about Linux on Intel 32 bit architecture.
182ia64/
183 - directory with info about Linux on Intel 64 bit architecture.
184ide.txt
185 - important info for users of ATA devices (IDE/EIDE disks and CD-ROMS).
Jesper Juhlf6b07d32007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700186infiniband/
187 - directory with documents concerning Linux InfiniBand support.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700188initrd.txt
189 - how to use the RAM disk as an initial/temporary root filesystem.
190input/
191 - info on Linux input device support.
192io_ordering.txt
193 - info on ordering I/O writes to memory-mapped addresses.
Jesper Juhlf6b07d32007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700194ioctl/
195 - directory with documents describing various IOCTL calls.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700196ioctl-number.txt
197 - how to implement and register device/driver ioctl calls.
198iostats.txt
199 - info on I/O statistics Linux kernel provides.
Jesper Juhlf6b07d32007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700200irqflags-tracing.txt
201 - how to use the irq-flags tracing feature.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700202isapnp.txt
203 - info on Linux ISA Plug & Play support.
204isdn/
205 - directory with info on the Linux ISDN support, and supported cards.
206java.txt
207 - info on the in-kernel binary support for Java(tm).
208kbuild/
209 - directory with info about the kernel build process.
Jesper Juhlf6b07d32007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700210kdump/
211 - directory with mini HowTo on getting the crash dump code to work.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700212kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt
213 - mini HowTo on generation and location of kernel documentation files.
214kernel-docs.txt
215 - listing of various WWW + books that document kernel internals.
216kernel-parameters.txt
217 - summary listing of command line / boot prompt args for the kernel.
Jesper Juhlf6b07d32007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700218keys-request-key.txt
219 - description of the kernel key request service.
220keys.txt
221 - description of the kernel key retention service.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700222kobject.txt
223 - info of the kobject infrastructure of the Linux kernel.
Jesper Juhlf6b07d32007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700224kprobes.txt
225 - documents the kernel probes debugging feature.
226kref.txt
227 - docs on adding reference counters (krefs) to kernel objects.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700228laptop-mode.txt
Jesper Juhlf6b07d32007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700229 - how to conserve battery power using laptop-mode.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700230ldm.txt
231 - a brief description of LDM (Windows Dynamic Disks).
Jesper Juhlf6b07d32007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700232leds-class.txt
233 - documents LED handling under Linux.
234local_ops.txt
235 - semantics and behavior of local atomic operations.
236lockdep-design.txt
237 - documentation on the runtime locking correctness validator.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700238logo.gif
Jesper Juhlf6b07d32007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700239 - full colour GIF image of Linux logo (penguin - Tux).
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700240logo.txt
Jesper Juhlf6b07d32007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700241 - info on creator of above logo & site to get additional images from.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700242m68k/
243 - directory with info about Linux on Motorola 68k architecture.
244magic-number.txt
245 - list of magic numbers used to mark/protect kernel data structures.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700246mca.txt
247 - info on supporting Micro Channel Architecture (e.g. PS/2) systems.
248md.txt
249 - info on boot arguments for the multiple devices driver.
Jesper Juhlf6b07d32007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700250memory-barriers.txt
251 - info on Linux kernel memory barriers.
Rob Landley5ef43562007-10-16 23:31:25 -0700252memory-hotplug.txt
253 - Hotpluggable memory support, how to use and current status.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700254memory.txt
255 - info on typical Linux memory problems.
256mips/
257 - directory with info about Linux on MIPS architecture.
258mono.txt
259 - how to execute Mono-based .NET binaries with the help of BINFMT_MISC.
260moxa-smartio
Jesper Juhlf6b07d32007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700261 - file with info on installing/using Moxa multiport serial driver.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700262mtrr.txt
263 - how to use PPro Memory Type Range Registers to increase performance.
Jesper Juhlf6b07d32007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700264mutex-design.txt
265 - info on the generic mutex subsystem.
Pavel Emelyanov2868f892007-11-28 16:21:39 -0800266namespaces/
267 - directory with various information about namespaces
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700268nbd.txt
269 - info on a TCP implementation of a network block device.
Paul Moore8802f612006-08-03 16:45:49 -0700270netlabel/
271 - directory with information on the NetLabel subsystem.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700272networking/
273 - directory with info on various aspects of networking with Linux.
274nfsroot.txt
275 - short guide on setting up a diskless box with NFS root filesystem.
276nmi_watchdog.txt
277 - info on NMI watchdog for SMP systems.
Jesper Juhlf6b07d32007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700278nommu-mmap.txt
279 - documentation about no-mmu memory mapping support.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700280numastat.txt
281 - info on how to read Numa policy hit/miss statistics in sysfs.
282oops-tracing.txt
283 - how to decode those nasty internal kernel error dump messages.
284paride.txt
285 - information about the parallel port IDE subsystem.
286parisc/
287 - directory with info on using Linux on PA-RISC architecture.
288parport.txt
289 - how to use the parallel-port driver.
290parport-lowlevel.txt
291 - description and usage of the low level parallel port functions.
Jesper Juhlf6b07d32007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700292pci-error-recovery.txt
293 - info on PCI error recovery.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700294pci.txt
295 - info on the PCI subsystem for device driver authors.
Jesper Juhlf6b07d32007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700296pcieaer-howto.txt
297 - the PCI Express Advanced Error Reporting Driver Guide HOWTO.
298pcmcia/
299 - info on the Linux PCMCIA driver.
300pi-futex.txt
301 - documentation on lightweight PI-futexes.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700302pm.txt
303 - info on Linux power management support.
304pnp.txt
305 - Linux Plug and Play documentation.
Rob Landley5ef43562007-10-16 23:31:25 -0700306power_supply_class.txt
307 - Tells userspace about battery, UPS, AC or DC power supply properties
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700308power/
309 - directory with info on Linux PCI power management.
310powerpc/
311 - directory with info on using Linux with the PowerPC.
312preempt-locking.txt
313 - info on locking under a preemptive kernel.
Jesper Juhlf6b07d32007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700314prio_tree.txt
315 - info on radix-priority-search-tree use for indexing vmas.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700316ramdisk.txt
317 - short guide on how to set up and use the RAM disk.
Jesper Juhlf6b07d32007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700318rbtree.txt
319 - info on what red-black trees are and what they are for.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700320riscom8.txt
321 - notes on using the RISCom/8 multi-port serial driver.
Jesper Juhlf6b07d32007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700322robust-futex-ABI.txt
323 - documentation of the robust futex ABI.
324robust-futexes.txt
325 - a description of what robust futexes are.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700326rocket.txt
327 - info on the Comtrol RocketPort multiport serial driver.
328rpc-cache.txt
329 - introduction to the caching mechanisms in the sunrpc layer.
Jesper Juhlf6b07d32007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700330rt-mutex-design.txt
331 - description of the RealTime mutex implementation design.
332rt-mutex.txt
333 - desc. of RT-mutex subsystem with PI (Priority Inheritance) support.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700334rtc.txt
335 - notes on how to use the Real Time Clock (aka CMOS clock) driver.
336s390/
337 - directory with info on using Linux on the IBM S390.
J. Bruce Fields9b8eae72008-02-07 00:13:37 -0800338scheduler/
339 - directory with info on the scheduler.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700340scsi/
341 - directory with info on Linux scsi support.
342serial/
343 - directory with info on the low level serial API.
344serial-console.txt
345 - how to set up Linux with a serial line console as the default.
Jesper Juhlf6b07d32007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700346sgi-ioc4.txt
347 - description of the SGI IOC4 PCI (multi function) device.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700348sgi-visws.txt
349 - short blurb on the SGI Visual Workstations.
350sh/
351 - directory with info on porting Linux to a new architecture.
352smart-config.txt
353 - description of the Smart Config makefile feature.
Jesper Juhlf6b07d32007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700354sony-laptop.txt
355 - Sony Notebook Control Driver (SNC) Readme.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700356sonypi.txt
357 - info on Linux Sony Programmable I/O Device support.
358sound/
359 - directory with info on sound card support.
360sparc/
361 - directory with info on using Linux on Sparc architecture.
Jesper Juhlf6b07d32007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700362sparse.txt
363 - info on how to obtain and use the sparse tool for typechecking.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700364specialix.txt
365 - info on hardware/driver for specialix IO8+ multiport serial card.
Jesper Juhlf6b07d32007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700366spi/
367 - overview of Linux kernel Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) support.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700368spinlocks.txt
369 - info on using spinlocks to provide exclusive access in kernel.
Greg Kroah-Hartman8907e942005-11-18 09:31:15 -0800370stable_api_nonsense.txt
371 - info on why the kernel does not have a stable in-kernel api or abi.
372stable_kernel_rules.txt
373 - rules and procedures for the -stable kernel releases.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700374stallion.txt
375 - info on using the Stallion multiport serial driver.
376svga.txt
377 - short guide on selecting video modes at boot via VGA BIOS.
Rob Landley5ef43562007-10-16 23:31:25 -0700378sysfs-rules.txt
379 - How not to use sysfs.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700380sx.txt
381 - info on the Specialix SX/SI multiport serial driver.
382sysctl/
383 - directory with info on the /proc/sys/* files.
384sysrq.txt
385 - info on the magic SysRq key.
386telephony/
387 - directory with info on telephony (e.g. voice over IP) support.
Jesper Juhlf6b07d32007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700388thinkpad-acpi.txt
389 - information on the (IBM and Lenovo) ThinkPad ACPI Extras driver.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700390time_interpolators.txt
391 - info on time interpolators.
392tipar.txt
393 - information about Parallel link cable for Texas Instruments handhelds.
394tty.txt
395 - guide to the locking policies of the tty layer.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700396uml/
Tobias Klauserd533f672005-09-10 00:26:46 -0700397 - directory with information about User Mode Linux.
Jesper Juhlf6b07d32007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700398unicode.txt
399 - info on the Unicode character/font mapping used in Linux.
400unshare.txt
401 - description of the Linux unshare system call.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700402usb/
403 - directory with info regarding the Universal Serial Bus.
Jesper Juhlf6b07d32007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700404video-output.txt
405 - sysfs class driver interface to enable/disable a video output device.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700406video4linux/
407 - directory with info regarding video/TV/radio cards and linux.
408vm/
409 - directory with info on the Linux vm code.
Rob Landley5ef43562007-10-16 23:31:25 -0700410volatile-considered-harmful.txt
411 - Why the "volatile" type class should not be used
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700412voyager.txt
413 - guide to running Linux on the Voyager architecture.
Jesper Juhlf6b07d32007-07-15 23:41:41 -0700414w1/
415 - directory with documents regarding the 1-wire (w1) subsystem.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700416watchdog/
417 - how to auto-reboot Linux if it has "fallen and can't get up". ;-)
418x86_64/
419 - directory with info on Linux support for AMD x86-64 (Hammer) machines.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700420zorro.txt
421 - info on writing drivers for Zorro bus devices found on Amigas.