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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 try and keep the descriptions small enough to fit on one line.
6								 Thanks -- Paul G.
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8	Following translations are available on the WWW:
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10	   - Japanese, maintained by the JF Project (JF@linux.or.jp), at
11	     http://www.linux.or.jp/JF/
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13	00-INDEX
14		- this file.
15	ABI/
16		- info on kernel <-> userspace ABI and relative interface stability.
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18	BUG-HUNTING
19		- brute force method of doing binary search of patches to find bug.
20	Changes
21		- list of changes that break older software packages.
22	CodingStyle
23		- how the boss likes the C code in the kernel to look.
24	development-process/
25		- An extended tutorial on how to work with the kernel development
26		  process.
27	DMA-API.txt
28		- DMA API, pci_ API & extensions for non-consistent memory machines.
29	DMA-ISA-LPC.txt
30		- How to do DMA with ISA (and LPC) devices.
31	DocBook/
32		- directory with DocBook templates etc. for kernel documentation.
33	HOWTO
34		- the process and procedures of how to do Linux kernel development.
35	IPMI.txt
36		- info on Linux Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) Driver.
37	IRQ-affinity.txt
38		- how to select which CPU(s) handle which interrupt events on SMP.
39	IRQ.txt
40		- description of what an IRQ is.
41	ManagementStyle
42		- how to (attempt to) manage kernel hackers.
43	RCU/
44		- directory with info on RCU (read-copy update).
45	SAK.txt
46		- info on Secure Attention Keys.
47	SM501.txt
48		- Silicon Motion SM501 multimedia companion chip
49	SecurityBugs
50		- procedure for reporting security bugs found in the kernel.
51	SubmitChecklist
52		- Linux kernel patch submission checklist.
53	SubmittingDrivers
54		- procedure to get a new driver source included into the kernel tree.
55	SubmittingPatches
56		- procedure to get a source patch included into the kernel tree.
57	VGA-softcursor.txt
58		- how to change your VGA cursor from a blinking underscore.
59	accounting/
60		- documentation on accounting and taskstats.
61	acpi/
62		- info on ACPI-specific hooks in the kernel.
63	aoe/
64		- description of AoE (ATA over Ethernet) along with config examples.
65	applying-patches.txt
66		- description of various trees and how to apply their patches.
67	arm/
68		- directory with info about Linux on the ARM architecture.
69	atomic_ops.txt
70		- semantics and behavior of atomic and bitmask operations.
71	auxdisplay/
72		- misc. LCD driver documentation (cfag12864b, ks0108).
73	basic_profiling.txt
74		- basic instructions for those who wants to profile Linux kernel.
75	binfmt_misc.txt
76		- info on the kernel support for extra binary formats.
77	blackfin/
78		- directory with documentation for the Blackfin arch.
79	block/
80		- info on the Block I/O (BIO) layer.
81	blockdev/
82		- info on block devices & drivers
83	btmrvl.txt
84		- info on Marvell Bluetooth driver usage.
85	bus-virt-phys-mapping.txt
86		- how to access I/O mapped memory from within device drivers.
87	cachetlb.txt
88		- describes the cache/TLB flushing interfaces Linux uses.
89	cdrom/
90		- directory with information on the CD-ROM drivers that Linux has.
91	cgroups/
92		- cgroups features, including cpusets and memory controller.
93	connector/
94		- docs on the netlink based userspace<->kernel space communication mod.
95	console/
96		- documentation on Linux console drivers.
97	cpu-freq/
98		- info on CPU frequency and voltage scaling.
99	cpu-hotplug.txt
100		- document describing CPU hotplug support in the Linux kernel.
101	cpu-load.txt
102		- document describing how CPU load statistics are collected.
103	cpuidle/
104		- info on CPU_IDLE, CPU idle state management subsystem.
105	cputopology.txt
106		- documentation on how CPU topology info is exported via sysfs.
107	cris/
108		- directory with info about Linux on CRIS architecture.
109	crypto/
110		- directory with info on the Crypto API.
111	dcdbas.txt
112		- information on the Dell Systems Management Base Driver.
113	debugging-modules.txt
114		- some notes on debugging modules after Linux 2.6.3.
115	dell_rbu.txt
116		- document demonstrating the use of the Dell Remote BIOS Update driver.
117	device-mapper/
118		- directory with info on Device Mapper.
119	devices.txt
120		- plain ASCII listing of all the nodes in /dev/ with major minor #'s.
121	dontdiff
122		- file containing a list of files that should never be diff'ed.
123	driver-model/
124		- directory with info about Linux driver model.
125	dvb/
126		- info on Linux Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) subsystem.
127	early-userspace/
128		- info about initramfs, klibc, and userspace early during boot.
129	edac.txt
130		- information on EDAC - Error Detection And Correction
131	eisa.txt
132		- info on EISA bus support.
133	fault-injection/
134		- dir with docs about the fault injection capabilities infrastructure.
135	fb/
136		- directory with info on the frame buffer graphics abstraction layer.
137	feature-removal-schedule.txt
138		- list of files and features that are going to be removed.
139	filesystems/
140		- info on the vfs and the various filesystems that Linux supports.
141	firmware_class/
142		- request_firmware() hotplug interface info.
143	frv/
144		- Fujitsu FR-V Linux documentation.
145	gpio.txt
146		- overview of GPIO (General Purpose Input/Output) access conventions.
147	highuid.txt
148		- notes on the change from 16 bit to 32 bit user/group IDs.
149	timers/
150		- info on the timer related topics
151	hw_random.txt
152		- info on Linux support for random number generator in i8xx chipsets.
153	hwmon/
154		- directory with docs on various hardware monitoring drivers.
155	i2c/
156		- directory with info about the I2C bus/protocol (2 wire, kHz speed).
157	i2o/
158		- directory with info about the Linux I2O subsystem.
159	x86/i386/
160		- directory with info about Linux on Intel 32 bit architecture.
161	ia64/
162		- directory with info about Linux on Intel 64 bit architecture.
163	infiniband/
164		- directory with documents concerning Linux InfiniBand support.
165	initrd.txt
166		- how to use the RAM disk as an initial/temporary root filesystem.
167	input/
168		- info on Linux input device support.
169	io-mapping.txt
170		- description of io_mapping functions in linux/io-mapping.h
171	io_ordering.txt
172		- info on ordering I/O writes to memory-mapped addresses.
173	ioctl/
174		- directory with documents describing various IOCTL calls.
175	iostats.txt
176		- info on I/O statistics Linux kernel provides.
177	irqflags-tracing.txt
178		- how to use the irq-flags tracing feature.
179	isapnp.txt
180		- info on Linux ISA Plug & Play support.
181	isdn/
182		- directory with info on the Linux ISDN support, and supported cards.
183	java.txt
184		- info on the in-kernel binary support for Java(tm).
185	kbuild/
186		- directory with info about the kernel build process.
187	kdump/
188		- directory with mini HowTo on getting the crash dump code to work.
189	kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt
190		- mini HowTo on generation and location of kernel documentation files.
191	kernel-docs.txt
192		- listing of various WWW + books that document kernel internals.
193	kernel-parameters.txt
194		- summary listing of command line / boot prompt args for the kernel.
195	kobject.txt
196		- info of the kobject infrastructure of the Linux kernel.
197	kprobes.txt
198		- documents the kernel probes debugging feature.
199	kref.txt
200		- docs on adding reference counters (krefs) to kernel objects.
201	laptops/
202		- directory with laptop related info and laptop driver documentation.
203	ldm.txt
204		- a brief description of LDM (Windows Dynamic Disks).
205	leds/
206		- directory with info about LED handling under Linux.
207	local_ops.txt
208		- semantics and behavior of local atomic operations.
209	lockdep-design.txt
210		- documentation on the runtime locking correctness validator.
211	logo.gif
212		- full colour GIF image of Linux logo (penguin - Tux).
213	logo.txt
214		- info on creator of above logo & site to get additional images from.
215	m68k/
216		- directory with info about Linux on Motorola 68k architecture.
217	magic-number.txt
218		- list of magic numbers used to mark/protect kernel data structures.
219	mca.txt
220		- info on supporting Micro Channel Architecture (e.g. PS/2) systems.
221	md.txt
222		- info on boot arguments for the multiple devices driver.
223	memory-barriers.txt
224		- info on Linux kernel memory barriers.
225	memory-hotplug.txt
226		- Hotpluggable memory support, how to use and current status.
227	memory.txt
228		- info on typical Linux memory problems.
229	mips/
230		- directory with info about Linux on MIPS architecture.
231	mmc/
232		- directory with info about the MMC subsystem
233	mono.txt
234		- how to execute Mono-based .NET binaries with the help of BINFMT_MISC.
235	mutex-design.txt
236		- info on the generic mutex subsystem.
237	namespaces/
238		- directory with various information about namespaces
239	netlabel/
240		- directory with information on the NetLabel subsystem.
241	networking/
242		- directory with info on various aspects of networking with Linux.
243	nmi_watchdog.txt
244		- info on NMI watchdog for SMP systems.
245	nommu-mmap.txt
246		- documentation about no-mmu memory mapping support.
247	numastat.txt
248		- info on how to read Numa policy hit/miss statistics in sysfs.
249	oops-tracing.txt
250		- how to decode those nasty internal kernel error dump messages.
251	padata.txt
252		- An introduction to the "padata" parallel execution API
253	parisc/
254		- directory with info on using Linux on PA-RISC architecture.
255	parport.txt
256		- how to use the parallel-port driver.
257	parport-lowlevel.txt
258		- description and usage of the low level parallel port functions.
259	pcmcia/
260		- info on the Linux PCMCIA driver.
261	pi-futex.txt
262		- documentation on lightweight PI-futexes.
263	pnp.txt
264		- Linux Plug and Play documentation.
265	power/
266		- directory with info on Linux PCI power management.
267	powerpc/
268		- directory with info on using Linux with the PowerPC.
269	preempt-locking.txt
270		- info on locking under a preemptive kernel.
271	printk-formats.txt
272		- how to get printk format specifiers right
273	prio_tree.txt
274		- info on radix-priority-search-tree use for indexing vmas.
275	ramoops.txt
276		- documentation of the ramoops oops/panic logging module.
277	rbtree.txt
278		- info on what red-black trees are and what they are for.
279	robust-futex-ABI.txt
280		- documentation of the robust futex ABI.
281	robust-futexes.txt
282		- a description of what robust futexes are.
283	rt-mutex-design.txt
284		- description of the RealTime mutex implementation design.
285	rt-mutex.txt
286		- desc. of RT-mutex subsystem with PI (Priority Inheritance) support.
287	rtc.txt
288		- notes on how to use the Real Time Clock (aka CMOS clock) driver.
289	s390/
290		- directory with info on using Linux on the IBM S390.
291	scheduler/
292		- directory with info on the scheduler.
293	scsi/
294		- directory with info on Linux scsi support.
295	security/
296		- directory that contains security-related info
297	serial/
298		- directory with info on the low level serial API.
299	serial-console.txt
300		- how to set up Linux with a serial line console as the default.
301	sgi-ioc4.txt
302		- description of the SGI IOC4 PCI (multi function) device.
303	sgi-visws.txt
304		- short blurb on the SGI Visual Workstations.
305	sh/
306		- directory with info on porting Linux to a new architecture.
307	sound/
308		- directory with info on sound card support.
309	sparc/
310		- directory with info on using Linux on Sparc architecture.
311	sparse.txt
312		- info on how to obtain and use the sparse tool for typechecking.
313	spi/
314		- overview of Linux kernel Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) support.
315	spinlocks.txt
316		- info on using spinlocks to provide exclusive access in kernel.
317	stable_api_nonsense.txt
318		- info on why the kernel does not have a stable in-kernel api or abi.
319	stable_kernel_rules.txt
320		- rules and procedures for the -stable kernel releases.
321	svga.txt
322		- short guide on selecting video modes at boot via VGA BIOS.
323	sysfs-rules.txt
324		- How not to use sysfs.
325	sysctl/
326		- directory with info on the /proc/sys/* files.
327	sysrq.txt
328		- info on the magic SysRq key.
329	telephony/
330		- directory with info on telephony (e.g. voice over IP) support.
331	unicode.txt
332		- info on the Unicode character/font mapping used in Linux.
333	unshare.txt
334		- description of the Linux unshare system call.
335	usb/
336		- directory with info regarding the Universal Serial Bus.
337	video-output.txt
338		- sysfs class driver interface to enable/disable a video output device.
339	video4linux/
340		- directory with info regarding video/TV/radio cards and linux.
341	vm/
342		- directory with info on the Linux vm code.
343	volatile-considered-harmful.txt
344		- Why the "volatile" type class should not be used
345	w1/
346		- directory with documents regarding the 1-wire (w1) subsystem.
347	watchdog/
348		- how to auto-reboot Linux if it has "fallen and can't get up". ;-)
349	x86/x86_64/
350		- directory with info on Linux support for AMD x86-64 (Hammer) machines.
351	zorro.txt
352		- info on writing drivers for Zorro bus devices found on Amigas.
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