1 2This is a brief list of all the files in ./linux/Documentation and what 3they contain. If you add a documentation file, please list it here in 4alphabetical order as well, or risk being hunted down like a rabid dog. 5Please keep the descriptions small enough to fit on one line. 6 Thanks -- Paul G. 7 8Following translations are available on the WWW: 9 10 - Japanese, maintained by the JF Project (jf@listserv.linux.or.jp), at 11 http://linuxjf.sourceforge.jp/ 12 1300-INDEX 14 - this file. 15ABI/ 16 - info on kernel <-> userspace ABI and relative interface stability. 17 18BUG-HUNTING 19 - brute force method of doing binary search of patches to find bug. 20Changes 21 - list of changes that break older software packages. 22CodingStyle 23 - how the maintainers expect the C code in the kernel to look. 24DMA-API.txt 25 - DMA API, pci_ API & extensions for non-consistent memory machines. 26DMA-API-HOWTO.txt 27 - Dynamic DMA mapping Guide 28DMA-ISA-LPC.txt 29 - How to do DMA with ISA (and LPC) devices. 30DMA-attributes.txt 31 - listing of the various possible attributes a DMA region can have 32DocBook/ 33 - directory with DocBook templates etc. for kernel documentation. 34EDID/ 35 - directory with info on customizing EDID for broken gfx/displays. 36HOWTO 37 - the process and procedures of how to do Linux kernel development. 38IPMI.txt 39 - info on Linux Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) Driver. 40IRQ-affinity.txt 41 - how to select which CPU(s) handle which interrupt events on SMP. 42IRQ-domain.txt 43 - info on inerrupt numbering and setting up IRQ domains. 44IRQ.txt 45 - description of what an IRQ is. 46Intel-IOMMU.txt 47 - basic info on the Intel IOMMU virtualization support. 48Makefile 49 - some files in Documentation dir are actually sample code to build 50ManagementStyle 51 - how to (attempt to) manage kernel hackers. 52RCU/ 53 - directory with info on RCU (read-copy update). 54SAK.txt 55 - info on Secure Attention Keys. 56SM501.txt 57 - Silicon Motion SM501 multimedia companion chip 58SecurityBugs 59 - procedure for reporting security bugs found in the kernel. 60SubmitChecklist 61 - Linux kernel patch submission checklist. 62SubmittingDrivers 63 - procedure to get a new driver source included into the kernel tree. 64SubmittingPatches 65 - procedure to get a source patch included into the kernel tree. 66VGA-softcursor.txt 67 - how to change your VGA cursor from a blinking underscore. 68accounting/ 69 - documentation on accounting and taskstats. 70acpi/ 71 - info on ACPI-specific hooks in the kernel. 72aoe/ 73 - description of AoE (ATA over Ethernet) along with config examples. 74applying-patches.txt 75 - description of various trees and how to apply their patches. 76arm/ 77 - directory with info about Linux on the ARM architecture. 78arm64/ 79 - directory with info about Linux on the 64 bit ARM architecture. 80atomic_ops.txt 81 - semantics and behavior of atomic and bitmask operations. 82auxdisplay/ 83 - misc. LCD driver documentation (cfag12864b, ks0108). 84backlight/ 85 - directory with info on controlling backlights in flat panel displays 86bad_memory.txt 87 - how to use kernel parameters to exclude bad RAM regions. 88basic_profiling.txt 89 - basic instructions for those who wants to profile Linux kernel. 90binfmt_misc.txt 91 - info on the kernel support for extra binary formats. 92blackfin/ 93 - directory with documentation for the Blackfin arch. 94block/ 95 - info on the Block I/O (BIO) layer. 96blockdev/ 97 - info on block devices & drivers 98braille-console.txt 99 - info on how to use serial devices for Braille support. 100bt8xxgpio.txt 101 - info on how to modify a bt8xx video card for GPIO usage. 102btmrvl.txt 103 - info on Marvell Bluetooth driver usage. 104bus-devices/ 105 - directory with info on TI GPMC (General Purpose Memory Controller) 106bus-virt-phys-mapping.txt 107 - how to access I/O mapped memory from within device drivers. 108cachetlb.txt 109 - describes the cache/TLB flushing interfaces Linux uses. 110cdrom/ 111 - directory with information on the CD-ROM drivers that Linux has. 112cgroups/ 113 - cgroups features, including cpusets and memory controller. 114circular-buffers.txt 115 - how to make use of the existing circular buffer infrastructure 116clk.txt 117 - info on the common clock framework 118coccinelle.txt 119 - info on how to get and use the Coccinelle code checking tool. 120connector/ 121 - docs on the netlink based userspace<->kernel space communication mod. 122console/ 123 - documentation on Linux console drivers. 124cpu-freq/ 125 - info on CPU frequency and voltage scaling. 126cpu-hotplug.txt 127 - document describing CPU hotplug support in the Linux kernel. 128cpu-load.txt 129 - document describing how CPU load statistics are collected. 130cpuidle/ 131 - info on CPU_IDLE, CPU idle state management subsystem. 132cputopology.txt 133 - documentation on how CPU topology info is exported via sysfs. 134crc32.txt 135 - brief tutorial on CRC computation 136cris/ 137 - directory with info about Linux on CRIS architecture. 138crypto/ 139 - directory with info on the Crypto API. 140dcdbas.txt 141 - information on the Dell Systems Management Base Driver. 142debugging-modules.txt 143 - some notes on debugging modules after Linux 2.6.3. 144debugging-via-ohci1394.txt 145 - how to use firewire like a hardware debugger memory reader. 146dell_rbu.txt 147 - document demonstrating the use of the Dell Remote BIOS Update driver. 148development-process/ 149 - how to work with the mainline kernel development process. 150device-mapper/ 151 - directory with info on Device Mapper. 152devices.txt 153 - plain ASCII listing of all the nodes in /dev/ with major minor #'s. 154devicetree/ 155 - directory with info on device tree files used by OF/PowerPC/ARM 156digsig.txt 157 -info on the Digital Signature Verification API 158dma-buf-sharing.txt 159 - the DMA Buffer Sharing API Guide 160dmaengine.txt 161 -the DMA Engine API Guide 162dontdiff 163 - file containing a list of files that should never be diff'ed. 164driver-model/ 165 - directory with info about Linux driver model. 166dvb/ 167 - info on Linux Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) subsystem. 168dynamic-debug-howto.txt 169 - how to use the dynamic debug (dyndbg) feature. 170early-userspace/ 171 - info about initramfs, klibc, and userspace early during boot. 172edac.txt 173 - information on EDAC - Error Detection And Correction 174eisa.txt 175 - info on EISA bus support. 176email-clients.txt 177 - info on how to use e-mail to send un-mangled (git) patches. 178extcon/ 179 - directory with porting guide for Android kernel switch driver. 180fault-injection/ 181 - dir with docs about the fault injection capabilities infrastructure. 182fb/ 183 - directory with info on the frame buffer graphics abstraction layer. 184filesystems/ 185 - info on the vfs and the various filesystems that Linux supports. 186firmware_class/ 187 - request_firmware() hotplug interface info. 188flexible-arrays.txt 189 - how to make use of flexible sized arrays in linux 190fmc/ 191 - information about the FMC bus abstraction 192frv/ 193 - Fujitsu FR-V Linux documentation. 194futex-requeue-pi.txt 195 - info on requeueing of tasks from a non-PI futex to a PI futex 196gcov.txt 197 - use of GCC's coverage testing tool "gcov" with the Linux kernel 198gpio.txt 199 - overview of GPIO (General Purpose Input/Output) access conventions. 200hid/ 201 - directory with information on human interface devices 202highuid.txt 203 - notes on the change from 16 bit to 32 bit user/group IDs. 204hwspinlock.txt 205 - hardware spinlock provides hardware assistance for synchronization 206timers/ 207 - info on the timer related topics 208hw_random.txt 209 - info on Linux support for random number generator in i8xx chipsets. 210hwmon/ 211 - directory with docs on various hardware monitoring drivers. 212i2c/ 213 - directory with info about the I2C bus/protocol (2 wire, kHz speed). 214i2o/ 215 - directory with info about the Linux I2O subsystem. 216x86/i386/ 217 - directory with info about Linux on Intel 32 bit architecture. 218ia64/ 219 - directory with info about Linux on Intel 64 bit architecture. 220infiniband/ 221 - directory with documents concerning Linux InfiniBand support. 222init.txt 223 - what to do when the kernel can't find the 1st process to run. 224initrd.txt 225 - how to use the RAM disk as an initial/temporary root filesystem. 226input/ 227 - info on Linux input device support. 228intel_txt.txt 229 - info on intel Trusted Execution Technology (intel TXT). 230io-mapping.txt 231 - description of io_mapping functions in linux/io-mapping.h 232io_ordering.txt 233 - info on ordering I/O writes to memory-mapped addresses. 234ioctl/ 235 - directory with documents describing various IOCTL calls. 236iostats.txt 237 - info on I/O statistics Linux kernel provides. 238irqflags-tracing.txt 239 - how to use the irq-flags tracing feature. 240isapnp.txt 241 - info on Linux ISA Plug & Play support. 242isdn/ 243 - directory with info on the Linux ISDN support, and supported cards. 244java.txt 245 - info on the in-kernel binary support for Java(tm). 246ja_JP/ 247 - directory with Japanese translations of various documents 248kbuild/ 249 - directory with info about the kernel build process. 250kdump/ 251 - directory with mini HowTo on getting the crash dump code to work. 252kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt 253 - mini HowTo on generation and location of kernel documentation files. 254kernel-docs.txt 255 - listing of various WWW + books that document kernel internals. 256kernel-parameters.txt 257 - summary listing of command line / boot prompt args for the kernel. 258kmemcheck.txt 259 - info on dynamic checker that detects uses of uninitialized memory. 260kmemleak.txt 261 - info on how to make use of the kernel memory leak detection system 262ko_KR/ 263 - directory with Korean translations of various documents 264kobject.txt 265 - info of the kobject infrastructure of the Linux kernel. 266kprobes.txt 267 - documents the kernel probes debugging feature. 268kref.txt 269 - docs on adding reference counters (krefs) to kernel objects. 270laptops/ 271 - directory with laptop related info and laptop driver documentation. 272ldm.txt 273 - a brief description of LDM (Windows Dynamic Disks). 274leds/ 275 - directory with info about LED handling under Linux. 276local_ops.txt 277 - semantics and behavior of local atomic operations. 278lockdep-design.txt 279 - documentation on the runtime locking correctness validator. 280lockstat.txt 281 - info on collecting statistics on locks (and contention). 282lockup-watchdogs.txt 283 - info on soft and hard lockup detectors (aka nmi_watchdog). 284logo.gif 285 - full colour GIF image of Linux logo (penguin - Tux). 286logo.txt 287 - info on creator of above logo & site to get additional images from. 288m68k/ 289 - directory with info about Linux on Motorola 68k architecture. 290magic-number.txt 291 - list of magic numbers used to mark/protect kernel data structures. 292md.txt 293 - info on boot arguments for the multiple devices driver. 294media-framework.txt 295 - info on media framework, its data structures, functions and usage. 296memory-barriers.txt 297 - info on Linux kernel memory barriers. 298memory-devices/ 299 - directory with info on parts like the Texas Instruments EMIF driver 300memory-hotplug.txt 301 - Hotpluggable memory support, how to use and current status. 302memory.txt 303 - info on typical Linux memory problems. 304metag/ 305 - directory with info about Linux on Meta architecture. 306mips/ 307 - directory with info about Linux on MIPS architecture. 308misc-devices/ 309 - directory with info about devices using the misc dev subsystem 310mmc/ 311 - directory with info about the MMC subsystem 312mn10300/ 313 - directory with info about the mn10300 architecture port 314mtd/ 315 - directory with info about memory technology devices (flash) 316mono.txt 317 - how to execute Mono-based .NET binaries with the help of BINFMT_MISC. 318mutex-design.txt 319 - info on the generic mutex subsystem. 320namespaces/ 321 - directory with various information about namespaces 322netlabel/ 323 - directory with information on the NetLabel subsystem. 324networking/ 325 - directory with info on various aspects of networking with Linux. 326nfc/ 327 - directory relating info about Near Field Communications support. 328nommu-mmap.txt 329 - documentation about no-mmu memory mapping support. 330numastat.txt 331 - info on how to read Numa policy hit/miss statistics in sysfs. 332oops-tracing.txt 333 - how to decode those nasty internal kernel error dump messages. 334padata.txt 335 - An introduction to the "padata" parallel execution API 336parisc/ 337 - directory with info on using Linux on PA-RISC architecture. 338parport.txt 339 - how to use the parallel-port driver. 340parport-lowlevel.txt 341 - description and usage of the low level parallel port functions. 342pcmcia/ 343 - info on the Linux PCMCIA driver. 344percpu-rw-semaphore.txt 345 - RCU based read-write semaphore optimized for locking for reading 346pi-futex.txt 347 - documentation on lightweight priority inheritance futexes. 348pinctrl.txt 349 - info on pinctrl subsystem and the PINMUX/PINCONF and drivers 350pnp.txt 351 - Linux Plug and Play documentation. 352power/ 353 - directory with info on Linux PCI power management. 354powerpc/ 355 - directory with info on using Linux with the PowerPC. 356prctl/ 357 - directory with info on the priveledge control subsystem 358preempt-locking.txt 359 - info on locking under a preemptive kernel. 360printk-formats.txt 361 - how to get printk format specifiers right 362pps/ 363 - directory with information on the pulse-per-second support 364ptp/ 365 - directory with info on support for IEEE 1588 PTP clocks in Linux. 366pwm.txt 367 - info on the pulse width modulation driver subsystem 368ramoops.txt 369 - documentation of the ramoops oops/panic logging module. 370rapidio/ 371 - directory with info on RapidIO packet-based fabric interconnect 372rbtree.txt 373 - info on what red-black trees are and what they are for. 374remoteproc.txt 375 - info on how to handle remote processor (e.g. AMP) offloads/usage. 376rfkill.txt 377 - info on the radio frequency kill switch subsystem/support. 378robust-futex-ABI.txt 379 - documentation of the robust futex ABI. 380robust-futexes.txt 381 - a description of what robust futexes are. 382rpmsg.txt 383 - info on the Remote Processor Messaging (rpmsg) Framework 384rt-mutex-design.txt 385 - description of the RealTime mutex implementation design. 386rt-mutex.txt 387 - desc. of RT-mutex subsystem with PI (Priority Inheritance) support. 388rtc.txt 389 - notes on how to use the Real Time Clock (aka CMOS clock) driver. 390s390/ 391 - directory with info on using Linux on the IBM S390. 392scheduler/ 393 - directory with info on the scheduler. 394scsi/ 395 - directory with info on Linux scsi support. 396security/ 397 - directory that contains security-related info 398serial/ 399 - directory with info on the low level serial API. 400serial-console.txt 401 - how to set up Linux with a serial line console as the default. 402sgi-ioc4.txt 403 - description of the SGI IOC4 PCI (multi function) device. 404sgi-visws.txt 405 - short blurb on the SGI Visual Workstations. 406sh/ 407 - directory with info on porting Linux to a new architecture. 408smsc_ece1099.txt 409 -info on the smsc Keyboard Scan Expansion/GPIO Expansion device. 410sound/ 411 - directory with info on sound card support. 412sparse.txt 413 - info on how to obtain and use the sparse tool for typechecking. 414spi/ 415 - overview of Linux kernel Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) support. 416spinlocks.txt 417 - info on using spinlocks to provide exclusive access in kernel. 418stable_api_nonsense.txt 419 - info on why the kernel does not have a stable in-kernel api or abi. 420stable_kernel_rules.txt 421 - rules and procedures for the -stable kernel releases. 422static-keys.txt 423 - info on how static keys allow debug code in hotpaths via patching 424svga.txt 425 - short guide on selecting video modes at boot via VGA BIOS. 426sysfs-rules.txt 427 - How not to use sysfs. 428sysctl/ 429 - directory with info on the /proc/sys/* files. 430sysrq.txt 431 - info on the magic SysRq key. 432target/ 433 - directory with info on generating TCM v4 fabric .ko modules 434thermal/ 435 - directory with information on managing thermal issues (CPU/temp) 436trace/ 437 - directory with info on tracing technologies within linux 438unaligned-memory-access.txt 439 - info on how to avoid arch breaking unaligned memory access in code. 440unicode.txt 441 - info on the Unicode character/font mapping used in Linux. 442unshare.txt 443 - description of the Linux unshare system call. 444usb/ 445 - directory with info regarding the Universal Serial Bus. 446vDSO/ 447 - directory with info regarding virtual dynamic shared objects 448vfio.txt 449 - info on Virtual Function I/O used in guest/hypervisor instances. 450vgaarbiter.txt 451 - info on enable/disable the legacy decoding on different VGA devices 452video-output.txt 453 - sysfs class driver interface to enable/disable a video output device. 454video4linux/ 455 - directory with info regarding video/TV/radio cards and linux. 456virtual/ 457 - directory with information on the various linux virtualizations. 458vm/ 459 - directory with info on the Linux vm code. 460vme_api.txt 461 - file relating info on the VME bus API in linux 462volatile-considered-harmful.txt 463 - Why the "volatile" type class should not be used 464w1/ 465 - directory with documents regarding the 1-wire (w1) subsystem. 466watchdog/ 467 - how to auto-reboot Linux if it has "fallen and can't get up". ;-) 468wimax/ 469 - directory with info about Intel Wireless Wimax Connections 470workqueue.txt 471 - information on the Concurrency Managed Workqueue implementation 472x86/x86_64/ 473 - directory with info on Linux support for AMD x86-64 (Hammer) machines. 474xtensa/ 475 - directory with documents relating to arch/xtensa port/implementation 476xz.txt 477 - how to make use of the XZ data compression within linux kernel 478zh_CN/ 479 - directory with Chinese translations of various documents 480zorro.txt 481 - info on writing drivers for Zorro bus devices found on Amigas. 482