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 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@listserv.linux.or.jp), at
11 http://linuxjf.sourceforge.jp/
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 maintainers expect the C code in the kernel to look.
25 - DMA API, pci_ API & extensions for non-consistent memory machines.
27 - Dynamic DMA mapping Guide
29 - How to do DMA with ISA (and LPC) devices.
31 - listing of the various possible attributes a DMA region can have
33 - how to compile, configure and use the dmatest system.
35 - directory with DocBook templates etc. for kernel documentation.
37 - directory with info on customizing EDID for broken gfx/displays.
39 - the process and procedures of how to do Linux kernel development.
41 - info on Linux Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) Driver.
43 - how to select which CPU(s) handle which interrupt events on SMP.
45 - info on interrupt numbering and setting up IRQ domains.
47 - description of what an IRQ is.
49 - basic info on the Intel IOMMU virtualization support.
51 - some files in Documentation dir are actually sample code to build
53 - how to (attempt to) manage kernel hackers.
55 - directory with info on RCU (read-copy update).
57 - info on Secure Attention Keys.
59 - Silicon Motion SM501 multimedia companion chip
61 - procedure for reporting security bugs found in the kernel.
63 - Linux kernel patch submission checklist.
65 - procedure to get a new driver source included into the kernel tree.
67 - procedure to get a source patch included into the kernel tree.
69 - how to change your VGA cursor from a blinking underscore.
71 - documentation on accounting and taskstats.
73 - info on ACPI-specific hooks in the kernel.
75 - description of AoE (ATA over Ethernet) along with config examples.
77 - description of various trees and how to apply their patches.
79 - directory with info about Linux on the ARM architecture.
81 - directory with info about Linux on the 64 bit ARM architecture.
83 - generic associative array intro.
85 - semantics and behavior of atomic and bitmask operations.
87 - misc. LCD driver documentation (cfag12864b, ks0108).
89 - directory with info on controlling backlights in flat panel displays
91 - how to use kernel parameters to exclude bad RAM regions.
93 - basic instructions for those who wants to profile Linux kernel.
95 - Block-layer cache on fast SSDs to improve slow (raid) I/O performance.
97 - info on the kernel support for extra binary formats.
99 - directory with documentation for the Blackfin arch.
101 - info on the Block I/O (BIO) layer.
103 - info on block devices & drivers
105 - info on how to use serial devices for Braille support.
107 - info on how to modify a bt8xx video card for GPIO usage.
109 - info on Marvell Bluetooth driver usage.
111 - directory with info on TI GPMC (General Purpose Memory Controller)
112 bus-virt-phys-mapping.txt
113 - how to access I/O mapped memory from within device drivers.
115 - describes the cache/TLB flushing interfaces Linux uses.
117 - directory with information on the CD-ROM drivers that Linux has.
119 - cgroups features, including cpusets and memory controller.
121 - how to make use of the existing circular buffer infrastructure
123 - info on the common clock framework
125 - info on how to get and use the Coccinelle code checking tool.
127 - docs on the netlink based userspace<->kernel space communication mod.
129 - documentation on Linux console drivers.
131 - info on CPU frequency and voltage scaling.
133 - document describing CPU hotplug support in the Linux kernel.
135 - document describing how CPU load statistics are collected.
137 - info on CPU_IDLE, CPU idle state management subsystem.
139 - documentation on how CPU topology info is exported via sysfs.
141 - brief tutorial on CRC computation
143 - directory with info about Linux on CRIS architecture.
145 - directory with info on the Crypto API.
147 - information on the Dell Systems Management Base Driver.
148 debugging-modules.txt
149 - some notes on debugging modules after Linux 2.6.3.
150 debugging-via-ohci1394.txt
151 - how to use firewire like a hardware debugger memory reader.
153 - document demonstrating the use of the Dell Remote BIOS Update driver.
155 - how to work with the mainline kernel development process.
157 - directory with info on Device Mapper.
159 - plain ASCII listing of all the nodes in /dev/ with major minor #'s.
161 - directory with info on device tree files used by OF/PowerPC/ARM
163 -info on the Digital Signature Verification API
165 - the DMA Buffer Sharing API Guide
167 -the DMA Engine API Guide
169 - file containing a list of files that should never be diff'ed.
171 - directory with info about Linux driver model.
173 - info on Linux Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) subsystem.
174 dynamic-debug-howto.txt
175 - how to use the dynamic debug (dyndbg) feature.
177 - info about initramfs, klibc, and userspace early during boot.
179 - information on EDAC - Error Detection And Correction
181 - How to use the EFI boot stub to bypass GRUB or elilo on EFI systems.
183 - info on EISA bus support.
185 - info on how to use e-mail to send un-mangled (git) patches.
187 - directory with porting guide for Android kernel switch driver.
189 - dir with docs about the fault injection capabilities infrastructure.
191 - directory with info on the frame buffer graphics abstraction layer.
193 - info on the vfs and the various filesystems that Linux supports.
195 - request_firmware() hotplug interface info.
197 - how to make use of flexible sized arrays in linux
199 - information about the FMC bus abstraction
201 - Fujitsu FR-V Linux documentation.
203 - info on requeueing of tasks from a non-PI futex to a PI futex
205 - use of GCC's coverage testing tool "gcov" with the Linux kernel
207 - gpio related documentation
209 - directory with information on human interface devices
211 - notes on the change from 16 bit to 32 bit user/group IDs.
213 - hardware spinlock provides hardware assistance for synchronization
215 - info on the timer related topics
217 - info on Linux support for random number generator in i8xx chipsets.
219 - directory with docs on various hardware monitoring drivers.
221 - directory with info about the I2C bus/protocol (2 wire, kHz speed).
223 - directory with info about the Linux I2O subsystem.
225 - directory with info about Linux on Intel 32 bit architecture.
227 - directory with info about Linux on Intel 64 bit architecture.
229 - directory with documents concerning Linux InfiniBand support.
231 - what to do when the kernel can't find the 1st process to run.
233 - how to use the RAM disk as an initial/temporary root filesystem.
235 - info on Linux input device support.
237 - info on intel Trusted Execution Technology (intel TXT).
239 - description of io_mapping functions in linux/io-mapping.h
241 - info on ordering I/O writes to memory-mapped addresses.
243 - directory with documents describing various IOCTL calls.
245 - info on I/O statistics Linux kernel provides.
247 - how to use the irq-flags tracing feature.
249 - info on Linux ISA Plug & Play support.
251 - directory with info on the Linux ISDN support, and supported cards.
253 - info on the in-kernel binary support for Java(tm).
255 - directory with Japanese translations of various documents
257 - directory with info about the kernel build process.
259 - directory with mini HowTo on getting the crash dump code to work.
260 kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt
261 - mini HowTo on generation and location of kernel documentation files.
263 - listing of various WWW + books that document kernel internals.
264 kernel-parameters.txt
265 - summary listing of command line / boot prompt args for the kernel.
266 kernel-per-CPU-kthreads.txt
267 - List of all per-CPU kthreads and how they introduce jitter.
269 - info on dynamic checker that detects uses of uninitialized memory.
271 - info on how to make use of the kernel memory leak detection system
273 - directory with Korean translations of various documents
275 - info of the kobject infrastructure of the Linux kernel.
277 - documents the kernel probes debugging feature.
279 - docs on adding reference counters (krefs) to kernel objects.
281 - directory with laptop related info and laptop driver documentation.
283 - a brief description of LDM (Windows Dynamic Disks).
285 - directory with info about LED handling under Linux.
287 - semantics and behavior of local atomic operations.
289 - documentation on the runtime locking correctness validator.
291 - info on collecting statistics on locks (and contention).
293 - info on soft and hard lockup detectors (aka nmi_watchdog).
295 - full colour GIF image of Linux logo (penguin - Tux).
297 - info on creator of above logo & site to get additional images from.
299 - directory with info about Linux on Motorola 68k architecture.
301 - list of magic numbers used to mark/protect kernel data structures.
303 - info on boot arguments for the multiple devices driver.
305 - info on media framework, its data structures, functions and usage.
307 - info on Linux kernel memory barriers.
309 - directory with info on parts like the Texas Instruments EMIF driver
311 - Hotpluggable memory support, how to use and current status.
313 - directory with info about Linux on Meta architecture.
315 - directory with info about Linux on MIPS architecture.
317 - directory with info about devices using the misc dev subsystem
319 - directory with info about the MMC subsystem
321 - directory with info about the mn10300 architecture port
323 - Kernel module signing for increased security when loading modules.
325 - directory with info about memory technology devices (flash)
327 - how to execute Mono-based .NET binaries with the help of BINFMT_MISC.
329 - info on the generic mutex subsystem.
331 - directory with various information about namespaces
333 - directory with information on the NetLabel subsystem.
335 - directory with info on various aspects of networking with Linux.
337 - directory relating info about Near Field Communications support.
339 - documentation about no-mmu memory mapping support.
341 - info on how to read Numa policy hit/miss statistics in sysfs.
343 - how to decode those nasty internal kernel error dump messages.
345 - An introduction to the "padata" parallel execution API
347 - directory with info on using Linux on PA-RISC architecture.
349 - how to use the parallel-port driver.
351 - description and usage of the low level parallel port functions.
353 - info on the Linux PCMCIA driver.
354 percpu-rw-semaphore.txt
355 - RCU based read-write semaphore optimized for locking for reading
357 - Description of the generic PHY framework.
359 - documentation on lightweight priority inheritance futexes.
361 - info on pinctrl subsystem and the PINMUX/PINCONF and drivers
363 - Linux Plug and Play documentation.
365 - directory with info on Linux PCI power management.
367 - directory with info on using Linux with the PowerPC.
369 - directory with info on the priveledge control subsystem
371 - info on locking under a preemptive kernel.
373 - how to get printk format specifiers right
375 - directory with information on the pulse-per-second support
377 - directory with info on support for IEEE 1588 PTP clocks in Linux.
379 - info on the pulse width modulation driver subsystem
381 - documentation of the ramoops oops/panic logging module.
383 - directory with info on RapidIO packet-based fabric interconnect
385 - info on what red-black trees are and what they are for.
387 - info on how to handle remote processor (e.g. AMP) offloads/usage.
389 - info on the radio frequency kill switch subsystem/support.
391 - documentation of the robust futex ABI.
393 - a description of what robust futexes are.
395 - info on the Remote Processor Messaging (rpmsg) Framework
397 - description of the RealTime mutex implementation design.
399 - desc. of RT-mutex subsystem with PI (Priority Inheritance) support.
401 - notes on how to use the Real Time Clock (aka CMOS clock) driver.
403 - directory with info on using Linux on the IBM S390.
405 - directory with info on the scheduler.
407 - directory with info on Linux scsi support.
409 - directory that contains security-related info
411 - directory with info on the low level serial API.
413 - how to set up Linux with a serial line console as the default.
415 - description of the SGI IOC4 PCI (multi function) device.
417 - short blurb on the SGI Visual Workstations.
419 - directory with info on porting Linux to a new architecture.
421 -info on the smsc Keyboard Scan Expansion/GPIO Expansion device.
423 - directory with info on sound card support.
425 - info on how to obtain and use the sparse tool for typechecking.
427 - overview of Linux kernel Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) support.
429 - info on using spinlocks to provide exclusive access in kernel.
430 stable_api_nonsense.txt
431 - info on why the kernel does not have a stable in-kernel api or abi.
432 stable_kernel_rules.txt
433 - rules and procedures for the -stable kernel releases.
435 - info on how static keys allow debug code in hotpaths via patching
437 - short guide on selecting video modes at boot via VGA BIOS.
439 - How not to use sysfs.
441 - directory with info on the /proc/sys/* files.
443 - info on the magic SysRq key.
445 - directory with info on generating TCM v4 fabric .ko modules
447 - List rationale behind and the way to use this_cpu operations.
449 - directory with information on managing thermal issues (CPU/temp)
451 - directory with info on tracing technologies within linux
452 unaligned-memory-access.txt
453 - info on how to avoid arch breaking unaligned memory access in code.
455 - info on the Unicode character/font mapping used in Linux.
457 - description of the Linux unshare system call.
459 - directory with info regarding the Universal Serial Bus.
461 - directory with info regarding virtual dynamic shared objects
463 - info on Virtual Function I/O used in guest/hypervisor instances.
465 - info on enable/disable the legacy decoding on different VGA devices
467 - sysfs class driver interface to enable/disable a video output device.
469 - directory with info regarding video/TV/radio cards and linux.
471 - directory with information on the various linux virtualizations.
473 - directory with info on the Linux vm code.
475 - file relating info on the VME bus API in linux
476 volatile-considered-harmful.txt
477 - Why the "volatile" type class should not be used
479 - directory with documents regarding the 1-wire (w1) subsystem.
481 - how to auto-reboot Linux if it has "fallen and can't get up". ;-)
483 - directory with info about Intel Wireless Wimax Connections
485 - information on the Concurrency Managed Workqueue implementation
487 - Intro to Mutex wait/would deadlock handling.s
489 - directory with info on Linux support for AMD x86-64 (Hammer) machines.
491 - directory with documents relating to arch/xtensa port/implementation
493 - how to make use of the XZ data compression within linux kernel
495 - directory with Chinese translations of various documents
497 - info on writing drivers for Zorro bus devices found on Amigas.