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.
19 - brute force method of doing binary search of patches to find bug.
21 - list of changes that break older software packages.
23 - how the boss likes the C code in the kernel to look.
25 - An extended tutorial on how to work with the kernel development
28 - DMA API, pci_ API & extensions for non-consistent memory machines.
30 - How to do DMA with ISA (and LPC) devices.
32 - directory with DocBook templates etc. for kernel documentation.
34 - the process and procedures of how to do Linux kernel development.
36 - how to access I/O mapped memory from within device drivers.
38 - info on Linux Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) Driver.
40 - how to select which CPU(s) handle which interrupt events on SMP.
42 - description of what an IRQ is.
44 - how to (attempt to) manage kernel hackers.
46 - the Message Signaled Interrupts (MSI) Driver Guide HOWTO and FAQ.
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 - info on ACPI-specific hooks in the kernel.
72 - description of AoE (ATA over Ethernet) along with config examples.
74 - description of various trees and how to apply their patches.
76 - directory with info about Linux on the ARM architecture.
78 - semantics and behavior of atomic and bitmask operations.
80 - misc. LCD driver documentation (cfag12864b, ks0108).
82 - basic instructions for those who wants to profile Linux kernel.
84 - info on the kernel support for extra binary formats.
86 - directory with documentation for the Blackfin arch.
88 - info on the Block I/O (BIO) layer.
90 - describes the cache/TLB flushing interfaces Linux uses.
92 - info, major/minor #'s for Compaq's SMART Array Controllers.
94 - directory with information on the CD-ROM drivers that Linux has.
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 - info on CPU_IDLE, CPU idle state management subsystem.
112 - documents the cpusets feature; assign CPUs and Mem to a set of tasks.
114 - documentation on how CPU topology info is exported via sysfs.
116 - directory with info about Linux on CRIS architecture.
118 - directory with info on the Crypto API.
120 - information on the Dell Systems Management Base Driver.
121 debugging-modules.txt
122 - some notes on debugging modules after Linux 2.6.3.
124 - document demonstrating the use of the Dell Remote BIOS Update driver.
126 - directory with info on Device Mapper.
128 - plain ASCII listing of all the nodes in /dev/ with major minor #'s.
130 - info on Digi Intl. {PC,PCI,EISA}Xx and Xem series cards.
132 - file containing a list of files that should never be diff'ed.
134 - directory with info about Linux driver model.
136 - info on Linux Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) subsystem.
138 - info about initramfs, klibc, and userspace early during boot.
140 - information on EDAC - Error Detection And Correction
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 - info on the timer related topics
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 - directory with documents concerning Linux InfiniBand support.
182 - how to use the RAM disk as an initial/temporary root filesystem.
184 - info on Linux input device support.
186 - info on ordering I/O writes to memory-mapped addresses.
188 - directory with documents describing various IOCTL calls.
190 - how to implement and register device/driver ioctl calls.
192 - info on I/O statistics Linux kernel provides.
194 - how to use the irq-flags tracing feature.
196 - info on Linux ISA Plug & Play support.
198 - directory with info on the Linux ISDN support, and supported cards.
200 - info on the in-kernel binary support for Java(tm).
202 - directory with info about the kernel build process.
204 - directory with mini HowTo on getting the crash dump code to work.
205 kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt
206 - mini HowTo on generation and location of kernel documentation files.
208 - listing of various WWW + books that document kernel internals.
209 kernel-parameters.txt
210 - summary listing of command line / boot prompt args for the kernel.
212 - description of the kernel key request service.
214 - description of the kernel key retention service.
216 - info of the kobject infrastructure of the Linux kernel.
218 - documents the kernel probes debugging feature.
220 - docs on adding reference counters (krefs) to kernel objects.
222 - directory with laptop related info and laptop driver documentation.
224 - a brief description of LDM (Windows Dynamic Disks).
226 - documents LED handling under Linux.
228 - semantics and behavior of local atomic operations.
230 - documentation on the runtime locking correctness validator.
232 - full colour GIF image of Linux logo (penguin - Tux).
234 - info on creator of above logo & site to get additional images from.
236 - directory with info about Linux on Motorola 68k architecture.
238 - list of magic numbers used to mark/protect kernel data structures.
240 - info on supporting Micro Channel Architecture (e.g. PS/2) systems.
242 - info on boot arguments for the multiple devices driver.
244 - info on Linux kernel memory barriers.
246 - Hotpluggable memory support, how to use and current status.
248 - info on typical Linux memory problems.
250 - directory with info about Linux on MIPS architecture.
252 - how to execute Mono-based .NET binaries with the help of BINFMT_MISC.
254 - file with info on installing/using Moxa multiport serial driver.
256 - info on the generic mutex subsystem.
258 - directory with various information about namespaces
260 - info on a TCP implementation of a network block device.
262 - directory with information on the NetLabel subsystem.
264 - directory with info on various aspects of networking with Linux.
266 - info on NMI watchdog for SMP systems.
268 - documentation about no-mmu memory mapping support.
270 - info on how to read Numa policy hit/miss statistics in sysfs.
272 - how to decode those nasty internal kernel error dump messages.
274 - information about the parallel port IDE subsystem.
276 - directory with info on using Linux on PA-RISC architecture.
278 - how to use the parallel-port driver.
280 - description and usage of the low level parallel port functions.
282 - info on the Linux PCMCIA driver.
284 - documentation on lightweight PI-futexes.
286 - Linux Plug and Play documentation.
288 - directory with info on Linux PCI power management.
290 - directory with info on using Linux with the PowerPC.
292 - info on locking under a preemptive kernel.
294 - info on radix-priority-search-tree use for indexing vmas.
296 - short guide on how to set up and use the RAM disk.
298 - info on what red-black trees are and what they are for.
300 - notes on using the RISCom/8 multi-port serial driver.
302 - documentation of the robust futex ABI.
304 - a description of what robust futexes are.
306 - info on the Comtrol RocketPort multiport serial driver.
308 - description of the RealTime mutex implementation design.
310 - desc. of RT-mutex subsystem with PI (Priority Inheritance) support.
312 - notes on how to use the Real Time Clock (aka CMOS clock) driver.
314 - directory with info on using Linux on the IBM S390.
316 - directory with info on the scheduler.
318 - directory with info on Linux scsi support.
320 - directory with info on the low level serial API.
322 - how to set up Linux with a serial line console as the default.
324 - description of the SGI IOC4 PCI (multi function) device.
326 - short blurb on the SGI Visual Workstations.
328 - directory with info on porting Linux to a new architecture.
330 - directory with info on sound card support.
332 - directory with info on using Linux on Sparc architecture.
334 - info on how to obtain and use the sparse tool for typechecking.
336 - info on hardware/driver for specialix IO8+ multiport serial card.
338 - overview of Linux kernel Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) support.
340 - info on using spinlocks to provide exclusive access in kernel.
341 stable_api_nonsense.txt
342 - info on why the kernel does not have a stable in-kernel api or abi.
343 stable_kernel_rules.txt
344 - rules and procedures for the -stable kernel releases.
346 - info on using the Stallion multiport serial driver.
348 - short guide on selecting video modes at boot via VGA BIOS.
350 - How not to use sysfs.
352 - info on the Specialix SX/SI multiport serial driver.
354 - directory with info on the /proc/sys/* files.
356 - info on the magic SysRq key.
358 - directory with info on telephony (e.g. voice over IP) support.
359 time_interpolators.txt
360 - info on time interpolators.
362 - guide to the locking policies of the tty layer.
364 - directory with information about User Mode Linux.
366 - info on the Unicode character/font mapping used in Linux.
368 - description of the Linux unshare system call.
370 - directory with info regarding the Universal Serial Bus.
372 - sysfs class driver interface to enable/disable a video output device.
374 - directory with info regarding video/TV/radio cards and linux.
376 - directory with info on the Linux vm code.
377 volatile-considered-harmful.txt
378 - Why the "volatile" type class should not be used
380 - guide to running Linux on the Voyager architecture.
382 - directory with documents regarding the 1-wire (w1) subsystem.
384 - how to auto-reboot Linux if it has "fallen and can't get up". ;-)
386 - directory with info on Linux support for AMD x86-64 (Hammer) machines.
388 - info on writing drivers for Zorro bus devices found on Amigas.