- this file.
ABI/
- info on kernel <-> userspace ABI and relative interface stability.
-
-admin-guide/bug-hunting.rst
- - brute force method of doing binary search of patches to find bug.
-process/changes.rst
- - list of changes that break older software packages.
-process/coding-style.rst
- - how the maintainers expect the C code in the kernel to look.
DMA-API.txt
- DMA API, pci_ API & extensions for non-consistent memory machines.
DMA-API-HOWTO.txt
- directory with DocBook templates etc. for kernel documentation.
EDID/
- directory with info on customizing EDID for broken gfx/displays.
-process/howto.rst
- - 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
Makefile
- This file does nothing. Removing it breaks make htmldocs and
make distclean.
-process/management-style.rst
- - 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
-admin-guide/security-bugs.rst
- - procedure for reporting security bugs found in the kernel.
-process/submit-checklist.rst
- - Linux kernel patch submission checklist.
-process/submitting-drivers.rst
- - procedure to get a new driver source included into the kernel tree.
-process/submitting-patches.rst
- - 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.
+admin-guide/
+ - info related to Linux users and system admins.
aoe/
- description of AoE (ATA over Ethernet) along with config examples.
-process/applying-patches.rst
- - description of various trees and how to apply their patches.
arm/
- directory with info about Linux on the ARM architecture.
arm64/
- misc. LCD driver documentation (cfag12864b, ks0108).
backlight/
- directory with info on controlling backlights in flat panel displays
-admin-guide/bad-memory.rst
- - how to use kernel parameters to exclude bad RAM regions.
basic_profiling.txt
- basic instructions for those who wants to profile Linux kernel.
bcache.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.
-process/
- - how to work with the mainline kernel development process.
device-mapper/
- directory with info on Device Mapper.
-admin-guide/devices.rst
- - plain ASCII listing of all the nodes in /dev/ with major minor #'s.
devicetree/
- directory with info on device tree files used by OF/PowerPC/ARM
digsig.txt
- How to use the EFI boot stub to bypass GRUB or elilo on EFI systems.
eisa.txt
- info on EISA bus support.
-process/email-clients.rst
- - info on how to use e-mail to send un-mangled (git) patches.
extcon/
- directory with porting guide for Android kernel switch driver.
fault-injection/
- directory with info about Linux on Intel 64 bit architecture.
infiniband/
- directory with documents concerning Linux InfiniBand support.
-admin-guide/init.rst
- - what to do when the kernel can't find the 1st process to run.
-admin-guide/initrd.rst
- - how to use the RAM disk as an initial/temporary root filesystem.
input/
- info on Linux input device support.
intel_txt.txt
- info on Linux ISA Plug & Play support.
isdn/
- directory with info on the Linux ISDN support, and supported cards.
-admin-guide/java.rst
- - info on the in-kernel binary support for Java(tm).
ja_JP/
- directory with Japanese translations of various documents
kbuild/
- directory with info about the kernel build process.
kdump/
- directory with mini HowTo on getting the crash dump code to work.
-process/kernel-docs.rst
- - listing of various WWW + books that document kernel internals.
doc-guide/
- how to write and format reStructuredText kernel documentation
-admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst
- - summary listing of command line / boot prompt args for the kernel.
kernel-per-CPU-kthreads.txt
- List of all per-CPU kthreads and how they introduce jitter.
kmemcheck.txt
- list of magic numbers used to mark/protect kernel data structures.
mailbox.txt
- How to write drivers for the common mailbox framework (IPC).
-admin-guide/md.rst
- - info on boot arguments for the multiple devices driver.
media-framework.txt
- info on media framework, its data structures, functions and usage.
memory-barriers.txt
- Kernel module signing for increased security when loading modules.
mtd/
- directory with info about memory technology devices (flash)
-admin-guide/mono.rst
- - how to execute Mono-based .NET binaries with the help of BINFMT_MISC.
namespaces/
- directory with various information about namespaces
netlabel/
- documentation about no-mmu memory mapping support.
numastat.txt
- info on how to read Numa policy hit/miss statistics in sysfs.
-admin-guide/oops-tracing.rst
- - how to decode those nasty internal kernel error dump messages.
padata.txt
- An introduction to the "padata" parallel execution API
parisc/
- 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
ptp/
- directory with info on support for IEEE 1588 PTP clocks in Linux.
pwm.txt
- info on the pulse width modulation driver subsystem
-admin-guide/ramoops.rst
- - documentation of the ramoops oops/panic logging module.
rapidio/
- directory with info on RapidIO packet-based fabric interconnect
rbtree.txt
- directory that contains security-related info
serial/
- directory with info on the low level serial API.
-admin-guide/serial-console.rst
- - 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.
sh/
- info on how to obtain and use the sparse tool for typechecking.
spi/
- overview of Linux kernel Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) support.
-process/stable-api-nonsense.rst
- - info on why the kernel does not have a stable in-kernel api or abi.
-process/stable-kernel-rules.rst
- - rules and procedures for the -stable kernel releases.
static-keys.txt
- info on how static keys allow debug code in hotpaths via patching
svga.txt
- directory with info on tracing technologies within linux
unaligned-memory-access.txt
- info on how to avoid arch breaking unaligned memory access in code.
-admin-guide/unicode.rst
- - info on the Unicode character/font mapping used in Linux.
unshare.txt
- description of the Linux unshare system call.
usb/
- directory with info on the Linux vm code.
vme_api.txt
- file relating info on the VME bus API in linux
-process/volatile-considered-harmful.rst
- - Why the "volatile" type class should not be used
w1/
- directory with documents regarding the 1-wire (w1) subsystem.
watchdog/