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 - directory with DocBook templates etc. for kernel documentation.
35 - directory with info on customizing EDID for broken gfx/displays.
37 - the process and procedures of how to do Linux kernel development.
39 - info on Linux Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) Driver.
41 - how to select which CPU(s) handle which interrupt events on SMP.
43 - info on interrupt numbering and setting up IRQ domains.
45 - description of what an IRQ is.
47 - basic info on the Intel IOMMU virtualization support.
49 - This file does nothing. Removing it breaks make htmldocs and
52 - how to (attempt to) manage kernel hackers.
54 - directory with info on RCU (read-copy update).
56 - info on Secure Attention Keys.
58 - Silicon Motion SM501 multimedia companion chip
60 - procedure for reporting security bugs found in the kernel.
62 - Linux kernel patch submission checklist.
64 - procedure to get a new driver source included into the kernel tree.
66 - procedure to get a source patch included into the kernel tree.
68 - how to change your VGA cursor from a blinking underscore.
70 - documentation on accounting and taskstats.
72 - info on ACPI-specific hooks in the kernel.
74 - description of AoE (ATA over Ethernet) along with config examples.
76 - description of various trees and how to apply their patches.
78 - directory with info about Linux on the ARM architecture.
80 - directory with info about Linux on the 64 bit ARM architecture.
82 - generic associative array intro.
84 - semantics and behavior of atomic and bitmask operations.
86 - misc. LCD driver documentation (cfag12864b, ks0108).
88 - directory with info on controlling backlights in flat panel displays
90 - how to use kernel parameters to exclude bad RAM regions.
92 - basic instructions for those who wants to profile Linux kernel.
94 - Block-layer cache on fast SSDs to improve slow (raid) I/O performance.
96 - info on the kernel support for extra binary formats.
98 - directory with documentation for the Blackfin arch.
100 - info on the Block I/O (BIO) layer.
102 - info on block devices & drivers
104 - info on how to use serial devices for Braille support.
106 - info on how to modify a bt8xx video card for GPIO usage.
108 - info on Marvell Bluetooth driver usage.
110 - directory with info on TI GPMC (General Purpose Memory Controller)
111 bus-virt-phys-mapping.txt
112 - how to access I/O mapped memory from within device drivers.
114 - describes the cache/TLB flushing interfaces Linux uses.
116 - directory with information on the CD-ROM drivers that Linux has.
118 - cgroups features, including cpusets and memory controller.
120 - how to make use of the existing circular buffer infrastructure
122 - info on the common clock framework
124 - info on how to get and use the Coccinelle code checking tool.
126 - docs on the netlink based userspace<->kernel space communication mod.
128 - documentation on Linux console drivers.
130 - info on CPU frequency and voltage scaling.
132 - document describing CPU hotplug support in the Linux kernel.
134 - document describing how CPU load statistics are collected.
136 - info on CPU_IDLE, CPU idle state management subsystem.
138 - documentation on how CPU topology info is exported via sysfs.
140 - brief tutorial on CRC computation
142 - directory with info about Linux on CRIS architecture.
144 - directory with info on the Crypto API.
146 - information on the Dell Systems Management Base Driver.
147 debugging-modules.txt
148 - some notes on debugging modules after Linux 2.6.3.
149 debugging-via-ohci1394.txt
150 - how to use firewire like a hardware debugger memory reader.
152 - document demonstrating the use of the Dell Remote BIOS Update driver.
154 - how to work with the mainline kernel development process.
156 - directory with info on Device Mapper.
158 - plain ASCII listing of all the nodes in /dev/ with major minor #'s.
160 - directory with info on device tree files used by OF/PowerPC/ARM
162 -info on the Digital Signature Verification API
164 - the DMA Buffer Sharing API Guide
166 - file containing a list of files that should never be diff'ed.
168 - directory with info about Linux driver model.
170 - info on Linux Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) subsystem.
171 dynamic-debug-howto.txt
172 - how to use the dynamic debug (dyndbg) feature.
174 - info about initramfs, klibc, and userspace early during boot.
176 - information on EDAC - Error Detection And Correction
178 - How to use the EFI boot stub to bypass GRUB or elilo on EFI systems.
180 - info on EISA bus support.
182 - info on how to use e-mail to send un-mangled (git) patches.
184 - directory with porting guide for Android kernel switch driver.
186 - dir with docs about the fault injection capabilities infrastructure.
188 - directory with info on the frame buffer graphics abstraction layer.
190 - info on the vfs and the various filesystems that Linux supports.
192 - request_firmware() hotplug interface info.
194 - how to make use of flexible sized arrays in linux
196 - information about the FMC bus abstraction
198 - Fujitsu FR-V Linux documentation.
200 - info on requeueing of tasks from a non-PI futex to a PI futex
202 - use of GCC's coverage testing tool "gcov" with the Linux kernel
204 - gpio related documentation
206 - directory with information on human interface devices
208 - notes on the change from 16 bit to 32 bit user/group IDs.
210 - HSI subsystem overview.
212 - hardware spinlock provides hardware assistance for synchronization
214 - info on the timer related topics
216 - info on Linux support for random number generator in i8xx chipsets.
218 - directory with docs on various hardware monitoring drivers.
220 - directory with info about the I2C bus/protocol (2 wire, kHz speed).
222 - directory with info about the Linux I2O subsystem.
224 - directory with info about Linux on Intel 32 bit architecture.
226 - directory with info about Linux on Intel 64 bit architecture.
228 - directory with documents concerning Linux InfiniBand support.
230 - what to do when the kernel can't find the 1st process to run.
232 - how to use the RAM disk as an initial/temporary root filesystem.
234 - info on Linux input device support.
236 - info on intel Trusted Execution Technology (intel TXT).
238 - description of io_mapping functions in linux/io-mapping.h
240 - info on ordering I/O writes to memory-mapped addresses.
242 - directory with documents describing various IOCTL calls.
244 - info on I/O statistics Linux kernel provides.
246 - how to use the irq-flags tracing feature.
248 - info on Linux ISA Plug & Play support.
250 - directory with info on the Linux ISDN support, and supported cards.
252 - info on the in-kernel binary support for Java(tm).
254 - directory with Japanese translations of various documents
256 - directory with info about the kernel build process.
258 - directory with mini HowTo on getting the crash dump code to work.
260 - listing of various WWW + books that document kernel internals.
261 kernel-documentation.rst
262 - how to write and format reStructuredText kernel documentation
263 kernel-parameters.txt
264 - summary listing of command line / boot prompt args for the kernel.
265 kernel-per-CPU-kthreads.txt
266 - List of all per-CPU kthreads and how they introduce jitter.
268 - info on dynamic checker that detects uses of uninitialized memory.
270 - info on how to make use of the kernel memory leak detection system
272 - directory with Korean translations of various documents
274 - info of the kobject infrastructure of the Linux kernel.
276 - documents the kernel probes debugging feature.
278 - docs on adding reference counters (krefs) to kernel objects.
280 - small unittests for (some) individual codepaths in the kernel.
282 - directory with laptop related info and laptop driver documentation.
284 - a brief description of LDM (Windows Dynamic Disks).
286 - directory with info about LED handling under Linux.
288 - semantics and behavior of local atomic operations.
290 - directory with info about kernel locking primitives
292 - info on soft and hard lockup detectors (aka nmi_watchdog).
294 - full colour GIF image of Linux logo (penguin - Tux).
296 - info on creator of above logo & site to get additional images from.
298 - kernel LZO decompressor input formats
300 - directory with info about Linux on Motorola 68k architecture.
302 - list of magic numbers used to mark/protect kernel data structures.
304 - How to write drivers for the common mailbox framework (IPC).
306 - info on boot arguments for the multiple devices driver.
308 - info on media framework, its data structures, functions and usage.
310 - info on Linux kernel memory barriers.
312 - directory with info on parts like the Texas Instruments EMIF driver
314 - Hotpluggable memory support, how to use and current status.
316 - directory with info about Linux on Meta architecture.
318 - directory with info about Linux on MIPS architecture.
320 - directory with info about devices using the misc dev subsystem
322 - directory with info about the MMC subsystem
324 - directory with info about the mn10300 architecture port
326 - Kernel module signing for increased security when loading modules.
328 - directory with info about memory technology devices (flash)
330 - how to execute Mono-based .NET binaries with the help of BINFMT_MISC.
332 - directory with various information about namespaces
334 - directory with information on the NetLabel subsystem.
336 - directory with info on various aspects of networking with Linux.
338 - directory relating info about Near Field Communications support.
340 - documentation about no-mmu memory mapping support.
342 - info on how to read Numa policy hit/miss statistics in sysfs.
344 - how to decode those nasty internal kernel error dump messages.
346 - An introduction to the "padata" parallel execution API
348 - directory with info on using Linux on PA-RISC architecture.
350 - how to use the parallel-port driver.
352 - description and usage of the low level parallel port functions.
354 - info on the Linux PCMCIA driver.
355 percpu-rw-semaphore.txt
356 - RCU based read-write semaphore optimized for locking for reading
358 - Description of the generic PHY framework.
360 - documentation on lightweight priority inheritance futexes.
362 - info on pinctrl subsystem and the PINMUX/PINCONF and drivers
364 - Linux Plug and Play documentation.
366 - directory with info on Linux PCI power management.
368 - directory with info on using Linux with the PowerPC.
370 - directory with info on the priveledge control subsystem
372 - info on locking under a preemptive kernel.
374 - how to get printk format specifiers right
376 - directory with information on the pulse-per-second support
378 - directory with info on support for IEEE 1588 PTP clocks in Linux.
380 - info on the pulse width modulation driver subsystem
382 - documentation of the ramoops oops/panic logging module.
384 - directory with info on RapidIO packet-based fabric interconnect
386 - info on what red-black trees are and what they are for.
388 - info on how to handle remote processor (e.g. AMP) offloads/usage.
390 - info on the radio frequency kill switch subsystem/support.
392 - documentation of the robust futex ABI.
394 - a description of what robust futexes are.
396 - info on the Remote Processor Messaging (rpmsg) Framework
398 - notes on how to use the Real Time Clock (aka CMOS clock) driver.
400 - directory with info on using Linux on the IBM S390.
402 - directory with info on the scheduler.
404 - directory with info on Linux scsi support.
406 - directory that contains security-related info
408 - directory with info on the low level serial API.
410 - how to set up Linux with a serial line console as the default.
412 - description of the SGI IOC4 PCI (multi function) device.
414 - directory with info on porting Linux to a new architecture.
416 -info on the smsc Keyboard Scan Expansion/GPIO Expansion device.
418 - directory with info on sound card support.
420 - info on how to obtain and use the sparse tool for typechecking.
422 - overview of Linux kernel Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) support.
423 stable_api_nonsense.txt
424 - info on why the kernel does not have a stable in-kernel api or abi.
425 stable_kernel_rules.txt
426 - rules and procedures for the -stable kernel releases.
428 - info on how static keys allow debug code in hotpaths via patching
430 - short guide on selecting video modes at boot via VGA BIOS.
432 - How not to use sysfs.
434 - directory with info on the /proc/sys/* files.
436 - info on the magic SysRq key.
438 - directory with info on generating TCM v4 fabric .ko modules
440 - List rationale behind and the way to use this_cpu operations.
442 - directory with information on managing thermal issues (CPU/temp)
444 - directory with info on tracing technologies within linux
445 unaligned-memory-access.txt
446 - info on how to avoid arch breaking unaligned memory access in code.
448 - info on the Unicode character/font mapping used in Linux.
450 - description of the Linux unshare system call.
452 - directory with info regarding the Universal Serial Bus.
454 - directory with info regarding virtual dynamic shared objects
456 - info on Virtual Function I/O used in guest/hypervisor instances.
458 - info on enable/disable the legacy decoding on different VGA devices
460 - sysfs class driver interface to enable/disable a video output device.
462 - directory with info regarding video/TV/radio cards and linux.
464 - directory with information on the various linux virtualizations.
466 - directory with info on the Linux vm code.
468 - file relating info on the VME bus API in linux
469 volatile-considered-harmful.txt
470 - Why the "volatile" type class should not be used
472 - directory with documents regarding the 1-wire (w1) subsystem.
474 - how to auto-reboot Linux if it has "fallen and can't get up". ;-)
476 - directory with info about Intel Wireless Wimax Connections
478 - information on the Concurrency Managed Workqueue implementation
480 - directory with info on Linux support for AMD x86-64 (Hammer) machines.
482 - Overview and basic ui of xillybus driver
484 - directory with documents relating to arch/xtensa port/implementation
486 - how to make use of the XZ data compression within linux kernel
488 - directory with Chinese translations of various documents
490 - info on writing drivers for Zorro bus devices found on Amigas.