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- 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 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.
- CodingStyle
- - nothing here, just a pointer to process/coding-style.rst.
- DMA-API.txt
- - DMA API, pci_ API & extensions for non-consistent memory machines.
- DMA-API-HOWTO.txt
- - Dynamic DMA mapping Guide
- DMA-ISA-LPC.txt
- - How to do DMA with ISA (and LPC) devices.
- DMA-attributes.txt
- - listing of the various possible attributes a DMA region can have
- EDID/
- - directory with info on customizing EDID for broken gfx/displays.
- 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-domain.txt
- - info on interrupt numbering and setting up IRQ domains.
- IRQ.txt
- - description of what an IRQ is.
- Intel-IOMMU.txt
- - basic info on the Intel IOMMU virtualization support.
- Makefile
- - It's not of interest for those who aren't touching the build system.
- PCI/
- - info related to PCI drivers.
- RCU/
- - directory with info on RCU (read-copy update).
- SAK.txt
- - info on Secure Attention Keys.
- SM501.txt
- - Silicon Motion SM501 multimedia companion chip
- SubmittingPatches
- - nothing here, just a pointer to process/coding-style.rst.
- accounting/
- - documentation on accounting and taskstats.
- acpi/
- - info on ACPI-specific hooks in the kernel.
- admin-guide/
- - info related to Linux users and system admins.
- aoe/
- - description of AoE (ATA over Ethernet) along with config examples.
- arm/
- - directory with info about Linux on the ARM architecture.
- arm64/
- - directory with info about Linux on the 64 bit ARM architecture.
- auxdisplay/
- - misc. LCD driver documentation (cfag12864b, ks0108).
- backlight/
- - directory with info on controlling backlights in flat panel displays
- bcache.txt
- - Block-layer cache on fast SSDs to improve slow (raid) I/O performance.
- blackfin/
- - directory with documentation for the Blackfin arch.
- block/
- - info on the Block I/O (BIO) layer.
- blockdev/
- - info on block devices & drivers
- bt8xxgpio.txt
- - info on how to modify a bt8xx video card for GPIO usage.
- btmrvl.txt
- - info on Marvell Bluetooth driver usage.
- bus-devices/
- - directory with info on TI GPMC (General Purpose Memory Controller)
- 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.
- cgroup-v1/
- - cgroups v1 features, including cpusets and memory controller.
- cgroup-v2.txt
- - cgroups v2 features, including cpusets and memory controller.
- circular-buffers.txt
- - how to make use of the existing circular buffer infrastructure
- clk.txt
- - info on the common clock framework
- cma/
- - Continuous Memory Area (CMA) debugfs interface.
- conf.py
- - It's not of interest for those who aren't touching the build system.
- connector/
- - docs on the netlink based userspace<->kernel space communication mod.
- console/
- - documentation on Linux console drivers.
- core-api/
- - documentation on kernel core components.
- 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.
- debugging-via-ohci1394.txt
- - how to use firewire like a hardware debugger memory reader.
- dell_rbu.txt
- - document demonstrating the use of the Dell Remote BIOS Update driver.
- dev-tools/
- - directory with info on development tools for the kernel.
- device-mapper/
- - directory with info on Device Mapper.
- dmaengine/
- - the DMA engine and controller API guides.
- devicetree/
- - directory with info on device tree files used by OF/PowerPC/ARM
- digsig.txt
- -info on the Digital Signature Verification API
- dma-buf-sharing.txt
- - the DMA Buffer Sharing API Guide
- docutils.conf
- - nothing here. Just a configuration file for docutils.
- dontdiff
- - file containing a list of files that should never be diff'ed.
- driver-api/
- - the Linux driver implementer's API guide.
- driver-model/
- - directory with info about Linux driver model.
- early-userspace/
- - info about initramfs, klibc, and userspace early during boot.
- efi-stub.txt
- - How to use the EFI boot stub to bypass GRUB or elilo on EFI systems.
- eisa.txt
- - info on EISA bus support.
- extcon/
- - directory with porting guide for Android kernel switch driver.
- isa.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.
- features/
- - status of feature implementation on different architectures.
- filesystems/
- - info on the vfs and the various filesystems that Linux supports.
- firmware_class/
- - request_firmware() hotplug interface info.
- flexible-arrays.txt
- - how to make use of flexible sized arrays in linux
- fmc/
- - information about the FMC bus abstraction
- fpga/
- - FPGA Manager Core.
- frv/
- - Fujitsu FR-V Linux documentation.
- futex-requeue-pi.txt
- - info on requeueing of tasks from a non-PI futex to a PI futex
- gcc-plugins.txt
- - GCC plugin infrastructure.
- gpio/
- - gpio related documentation
- gpu/
- - directory with information on GPU driver developer's guide.
- hid/
- - directory with information on human interface devices
- highuid.txt
- - notes on the change from 16 bit to 32 bit user/group IDs.
- hwspinlock.txt
- - hardware spinlock provides hardware assistance for synchronization
- 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).
- x86/i386/
- - directory with info about Linux on Intel 32 bit architecture.
- ia64/
- - directory with info about Linux on Intel 64 bit architecture.
- ide/
- - Information regarding the Enhanced IDE drive.
- iio/
- - info on industrial IIO configfs support.
- index.rst
- - main index for the documentation at ReST format.
- infiniband/
- - directory with documents concerning Linux InfiniBand support.
- input/
- - info on Linux input device support.
- intel_txt.txt
- - info on intel Trusted Execution Technology (intel TXT).
- 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.
- kbuild/
- - directory with info about the kernel build process.
- kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt
- - outdated info about kernel-doc documentation.
- kdump/
- - directory with mini HowTo on getting the crash dump code to work.
- doc-guide/
- - how to write and format reStructuredText kernel documentation
- kernel-per-CPU-kthreads.txt
- - List of all per-CPU kthreads and how they introduce jitter.
- 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.
- livepatch/
- - info on kernel live patching.
- locking/
- - directory with info about kernel locking primitives
- 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.
- lsm.txt
- - Linux Security Modules: General Security Hooks for Linux
- lzo.txt
- - kernel LZO decompressor input formats
- m68k/
- - directory with info about Linux on Motorola 68k architecture.
- mailbox.txt
- - How to write drivers for the common mailbox framework (IPC).
- md/
- - directory with info about Linux Software RAID
- media/
- - info on media drivers: uAPI, kAPI and driver documentation.
- memory-barriers.txt
- - info on Linux kernel memory barriers.
- memory-devices/
- - directory with info on parts like the Texas Instruments EMIF driver
- memory-hotplug.txt
- - Hotpluggable memory support, how to use and current status.
- men-chameleon-bus.txt
- - info on MEN chameleon bus.
- metag/
- - directory with info about Linux on Meta architecture.
- mic/
- - Intel Many Integrated Core (MIC) architecture device driver.
- mips/
- - directory with info about Linux on MIPS architecture.
- misc-devices/
- - directory with info about devices using the misc dev subsystem
- mmc/
- - directory with info about the MMC subsystem
- mn10300/
- - directory with info about the mn10300 architecture port
- mtd/
- - directory with info about memory technology devices (flash)
- 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.
- nfc/
- - directory relating info about Near Field Communications support.
- nios2/
- - Linux on the Nios II architecture.
- nommu-mmap.txt
- - documentation about no-mmu memory mapping support.
- numastat.txt
- - info on how to read Numa policy hit/miss statistics in sysfs.
- ntb.txt
- - info on Non-Transparent Bridge (NTB) drivers.
- nvdimm/
- - info on non-volatile devices.
- nvmem/
- - info on non volatile memory framework.
- output/
- - default directory where html/LaTeX/pdf files will be written.
- padata.txt
- - An introduction to the "padata" parallel execution API
- parisc/
- - directory with info on using Linux on PA-RISC architecture.
- parport-lowlevel.txt
- - description and usage of the low level parallel port functions.
- pcmcia/
- - info on the Linux PCMCIA driver.
- percpu-rw-semaphore.txt
- - RCU based read-write semaphore optimized for locking for reading
- perf/
- - info about the APM X-Gene SoC Performance Monitoring Unit (PMU).
- phy/
- - ino on Samsung USB 2.0 PHY adaptation layer.
- phy.txt
- - Description of the generic PHY framework.
- pi-futex.txt
- - documentation on lightweight priority inheritance futexes.
- pinctrl.txt
- - info on pinctrl subsystem and the PINMUX/PINCONF and drivers
- platform/
- - List of supported hardware by compal and Dell laptop.
- 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.
- prctl/
- - directory with info on the priveledge control subsystem
- preempt-locking.txt
- - info on locking under a preemptive kernel.
- printk-formats.txt
- - how to get printk format specifiers right
- process/
- - how to work with the mainline kernel development process.
- pps/
- - directory with information on the pulse-per-second support
- pti/
- - directory with info on Intel MID PTI.
- ptp/
- - directory with info on support for IEEE 1588 PTP clocks in Linux.
- pwm.txt
- - info on the pulse width modulation driver subsystem
- rapidio/
- - directory with info on RapidIO packet-based fabric interconnect
- rbtree.txt
- - info on what red-black trees are and what they are for.
- remoteproc.txt
- - info on how to handle remote processor (e.g. AMP) offloads/usage.
- rfkill.txt
- - info on the radio frequency kill switch subsystem/support.
- robust-futex-ABI.txt
- - documentation of the robust futex ABI.
- robust-futexes.txt
- - a description of what robust futexes are.
- rpmsg.txt
- - info on the Remote Processor Messaging (rpmsg) Framework
- 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.
- sgi-ioc4.txt
- - description of the SGI IOC4 PCI (multi function) device.
- sh/
- - directory with info on porting Linux to a new architecture.
- smsc_ece1099.txt
- -info on the smsc Keyboard Scan Expansion/GPIO Expansion device.
- sound/
- - directory with info on sound card support.
- spi/
- - overview of Linux kernel Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) support.
- sphinx/
- - no documentation here, just files required by Sphinx toolchain.
- sphinx-static/
- - no documentation here, just files required by Sphinx toolchain.
- static-keys.txt
- - info on how static keys allow debug code in hotpaths via patching
- svga.txt
- - short guide on selecting video modes at boot via VGA BIOS.
- sync_file.txt
- - Sync file API guide.
- sysctl/
- - directory with info on the /proc/sys/* files.
- target/
- - directory with info on generating TCM v4 fabric .ko modules
- tee.txt
- - info on the TEE subsystem and drivers
- this_cpu_ops.txt
- - List rationale behind and the way to use this_cpu operations.
- thermal/
- - directory with information on managing thermal issues (CPU/temp)
- trace/
- - directory with info on tracing technologies within linux
- translations/
- - translations of this document from English to another language
- unaligned-memory-access.txt
- - info on how to avoid arch breaking unaligned memory access in code.
- unshare.txt
- - description of the Linux unshare system call.
- usb/
- - directory with info regarding the Universal Serial Bus.
- vfio.txt
- - info on Virtual Function I/O used in guest/hypervisor instances.
- video-output.txt
- - sysfs class driver interface to enable/disable a video output device.
- virtual/
- - directory with information on the various linux virtualizations.
- vm/
- - directory with info on the Linux vm code.
- 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". ;-)
- wimax/
- - directory with info about Intel Wireless Wimax Connections
- core-api/workqueue.rst
- - information on the Concurrency Managed Workqueue implementation
- x86/x86_64/
- - directory with info on Linux support for AMD x86-64 (Hammer) machines.
- xillybus.txt
- - Overview and basic ui of xillybus driver
- xtensa/
- - directory with documents relating to arch/xtensa port/implementation
- xz.txt
- - how to make use of the XZ data compression within linux kernel
- zorro.txt
- - info on writing drivers for Zorro bus devices found on Amigas.
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