This is a brief list of all the files in ./linux/Documentation and what they contain. If you add a documentation file, please list it here in alphabetical order as well, or risk being hunted down like a rabid dog. Please try and keep the descriptions small enough to fit on one line. Thanks -- Paul G. Following translations are available on the WWW: - Japanese, maintained by the JF Project (jf@listserv.linux.or.jp), at http://linuxjf.sourceforge.jp/ 00-INDEX - this file. ABI/ - info on kernel <-> userspace ABI and relative interface stability. BUG-HUNTING - brute force method of doing binary search of patches to find bug. Changes - list of changes that break older software packages. CodingStyle - how the boss likes the C code in the kernel to look. development-process/ - An extended tutorial on how to work with the kernel development process. DMA-API.txt - DMA API, pci_ API & extensions for non-consistent memory machines. DMA-ISA-LPC.txt - How to do DMA with ISA (and LPC) devices. DocBook/ - directory with DocBook templates etc. for kernel documentation. HOWTO - the process and procedures of how to do Linux kernel development. IPMI.txt - info on Linux Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) Driver. IRQ-affinity.txt - how to select which CPU(s) handle which interrupt events on SMP. IRQ.txt - description of what an IRQ is. ManagementStyle - how to (attempt to) manage kernel hackers. RCU/ - directory with info on RCU (read-copy update). SAK.txt - info on Secure Attention Keys. SM501.txt - Silicon Motion SM501 multimedia companion chip SecurityBugs - procedure for reporting security bugs found in the kernel. SubmitChecklist - Linux kernel patch submission checklist. SubmittingDrivers - procedure to get a new driver source included into the kernel tree. SubmittingPatches - procedure to get a source patch included into the kernel tree. VGA-softcursor.txt - how to change your VGA cursor from a blinking underscore. accounting/ - documentation on accounting and taskstats. acpi/ - info on ACPI-specific hooks in the kernel. aoe/ - description of AoE (ATA over Ethernet) along with config examples. applying-patches.txt - description of various trees and how to apply their patches. arm/ - directory with info about Linux on the ARM architecture. atomic_ops.txt - semantics and behavior of atomic and bitmask operations. auxdisplay/ - misc. LCD driver documentation (cfag12864b, ks0108). basic_profiling.txt - basic instructions for those who wants to profile Linux kernel. binfmt_misc.txt - info on the kernel support for extra binary formats. blackfin/ - directory with documentation for the Blackfin arch. block/ - info on the Block I/O (BIO) layer. blockdev/ - info on block devices & drivers btmrvl.txt - info on Marvell Bluetooth driver usage. bus-virt-phys-mapping.txt - how to access I/O mapped memory from within device drivers. cachetlb.txt - describes the cache/TLB flushing interfaces Linux uses. cdrom/ - directory with information on the CD-ROM drivers that Linux has. cgroups/ - cgroups features, including cpusets and memory controller. connector/ - docs on the netlink based userspace<->kernel space communication mod. console/ - documentation on Linux console drivers. cpu-freq/ - info on CPU frequency and voltage scaling. cpu-hotplug.txt - document describing CPU hotplug support in the Linux kernel. cpu-load.txt - document describing how CPU load statistics are collected. cpuidle/ - info on CPU_IDLE, CPU idle state management subsystem. cputopology.txt - documentation on how CPU topology info is exported via sysfs. crc32.txt - brief tutorial on CRC computation cris/ - directory with info about Linux on CRIS architecture. crypto/ - directory with info on the Crypto API. dcdbas.txt - information on the Dell Systems Management Base Driver. debugging-modules.txt - some notes on debugging modules after Linux 2.6.3. dell_rbu.txt - document demonstrating the use of the Dell Remote BIOS Update driver. device-mapper/ - directory with info on Device Mapper. devices.txt - plain ASCII listing of all the nodes in /dev/ with major minor #'s. dontdiff - file containing a list of files that should never be diff'ed. driver-model/ - directory with info about Linux driver model. dvb/ - info on Linux Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) subsystem. early-userspace/ - info about initramfs, klibc, and userspace early during boot. edac.txt - information on EDAC - Error Detection And Correction eisa.txt - info on EISA bus support. fault-injection/ - dir with docs about the fault injection capabilities infrastructure. fb/ - directory with info on the frame buffer graphics abstraction layer. filesystems/ - info on the vfs and the various filesystems that Linux supports. firmware_class/ - request_firmware() hotplug interface info. frv/ - Fujitsu FR-V Linux documentation. gpio.txt - overview of GPIO (General Purpose Input/Output) access conventions. highuid.txt - notes on the change from 16 bit to 32 bit user/group IDs. timers/ - info on the timer related topics hw_random.txt - info on Linux support for random number generator in i8xx chipsets. hwmon/ - directory with docs on various hardware monitoring drivers. i2c/ - directory with info about the I2C bus/protocol (2 wire, kHz speed). i2o/ - directory with info about the Linux I2O subsystem. x86/i386/ - directory with info about Linux on Intel 32 bit architecture. ia64/ - directory with info about Linux on Intel 64 bit architecture. infiniband/ - directory with documents concerning Linux InfiniBand support. initrd.txt - how to use the RAM disk as an initial/temporary root filesystem. input/ - info on Linux input device support. io-mapping.txt - description of io_mapping functions in linux/io-mapping.h io_ordering.txt - info on ordering I/O writes to memory-mapped addresses. ioctl/ - directory with documents describing various IOCTL calls. iostats.txt - info on I/O statistics Linux kernel provides. irqflags-tracing.txt - how to use the irq-flags tracing feature. isapnp.txt - info on Linux ISA Plug & Play support. isdn/ - directory with info on the Linux ISDN support, and supported cards. java.txt - info on the in-kernel binary support for Java(tm). kbuild/ - directory with info about the kernel build process. kdump/ - directory with mini HowTo on getting the crash dump code to work. kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt - mini HowTo on generation and location of kernel documentation files. kernel-docs.txt - listing of various WWW + books that document kernel internals. kernel-parameters.txt - summary listing of command line / boot prompt args for the kernel. kobject.txt - info of the kobject infrastructure of the Linux kernel. kprobes.txt - documents the kernel probes debugging feature. kref.txt - docs on adding reference counters (krefs) to kernel objects. laptops/ - directory with laptop related info and laptop driver documentation. ldm.txt - a brief description of LDM (Windows Dynamic Disks). leds/ - directory with info about LED handling under Linux. local_ops.txt - semantics and behavior of local atomic operations. lockdep-design.txt - documentation on the runtime locking correctness validator. lockup-watchdogs.txt - info on soft and hard lockup detectors (aka nmi_watchdog). logo.gif - full colour GIF image of Linux logo (penguin - Tux). logo.txt - info on creator of above logo & site to get additional images from. m68k/ - directory with info about Linux on Motorola 68k architecture. magic-number.txt - list of magic numbers used to mark/protect kernel data structures. md.txt - info on boot arguments for the multiple devices driver. memory-barriers.txt - info on Linux kernel memory barriers. memory-hotplug.txt - Hotpluggable memory support, how to use and current status. memory.txt - info on typical Linux memory problems. metag/ - directory with info about Linux on Meta architecture. mips/ - directory with info about Linux on MIPS architecture. mmc/ - directory with info about the MMC subsystem mono.txt - how to execute Mono-based .NET binaries with the help of BINFMT_MISC. mutex-design.txt - info on the generic mutex subsystem. namespaces/ - directory with various information about namespaces netlabel/ - directory with information on the NetLabel subsystem. networking/ - directory with info on various aspects of networking with Linux. nommu-mmap.txt - documentation about no-mmu memory mapping support. numastat.txt - info on how to read Numa policy hit/miss statistics in sysfs. oops-tracing.txt - how to decode those nasty internal kernel error dump messages. padata.txt - An introduction to the "padata" parallel execution API parisc/ - directory with info on using Linux on PA-RISC architecture. parport.txt - how to use the parallel-port driver. parport-lowlevel.txt - description and usage of the low level parallel port functions. pcmcia/ - info on the Linux PCMCIA driver. pi-futex.txt - documentation on lightweight PI-futexes. pnp.txt - Linux Plug and Play documentation. power/ - directory with info on Linux PCI power management. powerpc/ - directory with info on using Linux with the PowerPC. preempt-locking.txt - info on locking under a preemptive kernel. printk-formats.txt - how to get printk format specifiers right ramoops.txt - documentation of the ramoops oops/panic logging module. rbtree.txt - info on what red-black trees are and what they are for. robust-futex-ABI.txt - documentation of the robust futex ABI. robust-futexes.txt - a description of what robust futexes are. rt-mutex-design.txt - description of the RealTime mutex implementation design. rt-mutex.txt - desc. of RT-mutex subsystem with PI (Priority Inheritance) support. rtc.txt - notes on how to use the Real Time Clock (aka CMOS clock) driver. s390/ - directory with info on using Linux on the IBM S390. scheduler/ - directory with info on the scheduler. scsi/ - directory with info on Linux scsi support. security/ - directory that contains security-related info serial/ - directory with info on the low level serial API. serial-console.txt - how to set up Linux with a serial line console as the default. sgi-ioc4.txt - description of the SGI IOC4 PCI (multi function) device. sgi-visws.txt - short blurb on the SGI Visual Workstations. sh/ - directory with info on porting Linux to a new architecture. sound/ - directory with info on sound card support. sparc/ - directory with info on using Linux on Sparc architecture. sparse.txt - info on how to obtain and use the sparse tool for typechecking. spi/ - overview of Linux kernel Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) support. spinlocks.txt - info on using spinlocks to provide exclusive access in kernel. stable_api_nonsense.txt - info on why the kernel does not have a stable in-kernel api or abi. stable_kernel_rules.txt - rules and procedures for the -stable kernel releases. svga.txt - short guide on selecting video modes at boot via VGA BIOS. sysfs-rules.txt - How not to use sysfs. sysctl/ - directory with info on the /proc/sys/* files. sysrq.txt - info on the magic SysRq key. telephony/ - directory with info on telephony (e.g. voice over IP) support. unicode.txt - info on the Unicode character/font mapping used in Linux. unshare.txt - description of the Linux unshare system call. usb/ - directory with info regarding the Universal Serial Bus. video-output.txt - sysfs class driver interface to enable/disable a video output device. video4linux/ - directory with info regarding video/TV/radio cards and linux. vm/ - directory with info on the Linux vm code. volatile-considered-harmful.txt - Why the "volatile" type class should not be used w1/ - directory with documents regarding the 1-wire (w1) subsystem. watchdog/ - how to auto-reboot Linux if it has "fallen and can't get up". ;-) x86/x86_64/ - directory with info on Linux support for AMD x86-64 (Hammer) machines. zorro.txt - info on writing drivers for Zorro bus devices found on Amigas.