linux-hardened/Documentation/00-INDEX
Henrik Austad 3cf8ca1c25 Documentation/: update 00-INDEX files
Some of the 00-INDEX files are somewhat outdated and some folders does
not contain 00-INDEX at all.  Only outdated (with the notably exception
of spi) indexes are touched here, the 169 folders without 00-INDEX has
not been touched.

New 00-INDEX
 - spi/* was added in a series of commits dating back to 2006

Added files (missing in (*/)00-INDEX)
 - dmatest.txt was added by commit 851b7e16a0 ("dmatest: run test via
   debugfs")
 - this_cpu_ops.txt was added by commit a1b2a555d6 ("percpu: add
   documentation on this_cpu operations")
 - ww-mutex-design.txt was added by commit 040a0a3710 ("mutex: Add
   support for wound/wait style locks")
 - bcache.txt was added by commit cafe563591 ("bcache: A block layer
   cache")
 - kernel-per-CPU-kthreads.txt was added by commit 49717cb404
   ("kthread: Document ways of reducing OS jitter due to per-CPU
   kthreads")
 - phy.txt was added by commit ff76496347 ("drivers: phy: add generic
   PHY framework")
 - block/null_blk was added by commit 12f8f4fc03 ("null_blk:
   documentation")
 - module-signing.txt was added by commit 3cafea3076 ("Add
   Documentation/module-signing.txt file")
 - assoc_array.txt was added by commit 3cb989501c ("Add a generic
   associative array implementation.")
 - arm/IXP4xx was part of the initial repo
 - arm/cluster-pm-race-avoidance.txt was added by commit 7fe31d28e8
   ("ARM: mcpm: introduce helpers for platform coherency exit/setup")
 - arm/firmware.txt was added by commit 7366b92a77 ("ARM: Add
   interface for registering and calling firmware-specific operations")
 - arm/kernel_mode_neon.txt was added by commit 2afd0a0524 ("ARM:
   7825/1: document the use of NEON in kernel mode")
 - arm/tcm.txt was added by commit bc581770cf ("ARM: 5580/2: ARM TCM
   (Tightly-Coupled Memory) support v3")
 - arm/vlocks.txt was added by commit 9762f12d3e ("ARM: mcpm: Add
   baremetal voting mutexes")
 - blackfin/gptimers-example.c, Makefile was added by commit
   4b60779d5e ("Blackfin: add an example showing how to use the
   gptimers API")
 - devicetree/usage-model.txt was added by commit 31134efc68 ("dt:
   Linux DT usage model documentation")
 - fb/api.txt was added by commit fb21c2f428 ("fbdev: Add FOURCC-based
   format configuration API")
 - fb/sm501.txt was added by commit e6a0498071 ("video, sm501: add
   edid and commandline support")
 - fb/udlfb.txt was added by commit 96f8d864af ("fbdev: move udlfb out
   of staging.")
 - filesystems/Makefile was added by commit 1e0051ae48
   ("Documentation/fs/: split txt and source files")
 - filesystems/nfs/nfsd-admin-interfaces.txt was added by commit
   8a4c6e19cf ("nfsd: document kernel interfaces for nfsd
   configuration")
 - ide/warm-plug-howto.txt was added by commit f74c91413e ("ide: add
   warm-plug support for IDE devices (take 2)")
 - laptops/Makefile was added by commit d49129accc
   ("Documentation/laptop/: split txt and source files")
 - leds/leds-blinkm.txt was added by commit b54cf35a7f ("LEDS: add
   BlinkM RGB LED driver, documentation and update MAINTAINERS")
 - leds/ledtrig-oneshot.txt was added by commit 5e417281cd ("leds: add
   oneshot trigger")
 - leds/ledtrig-transient.txt was added by commit 44e1e9f8e7 ("leds:
   add new transient trigger for one shot timer activation")
 - m68k/README.buddha was part of the initial repo
 - networking/LICENSE.(qla3xxx|qlcnic|qlge) was added by commits
   40839129f7, c4e84bde1d, 5a4faa8737
 - networking/Makefile was added by commit 3794f3e812 ("docsrc: build
   Documentation/ sources")
 - networking/i40evf.txt was added by commit 105bf2fe6b ("i40evf: add
   driver to kernel build system")
 - networking/ipsec.txt was added by commit b3c6efbc36 ("xfrm: Add
   file to document IPsec corner case")
 - networking/mac80211-auth-assoc-deauth.txt was added by commit
   3cd7920a2b ("mac80211: add auth/assoc/deauth flow diagram")
 - networking/netlink_mmap.txt was added by commit 5683264c39
   ("netlink: add documentation for memory mapped I/O")
 - networking/nf_conntrack-sysctl.txt was added by commit c9f9e0e159
   ("netfilter: doc: add nf_conntrack sysctl api documentation") lan)
 - networking/team.txt was added by commit 3d249d4ca7 ("net: introduce
   ethernet teaming device")
 - networking/vxlan.txt was added by commit d342894c5d ("vxlan:
   virtual extensible lan")
 - power/runtime_pm.txt was added by commit 5e928f77a0 ("PM: Introduce
   core framework for run-time PM of I/O devices (rev.  17)")
 - power/charger-manager.txt was added by commit 3bb3dbbd56
   ("power_supply: Add initial Charger-Manager driver")
 - RCU/lockdep-splat.txt was added by commit d7bd2d68aa ("rcu:
   Document interpretation of RCU-lockdep splats")
 - s390/kvm.txt was added by 5ecee4b (KVM: s390: API documentation)
 - s390/qeth.txt was added by commit b4d72c08b3 ("qeth: bridgeport
   support - basic control")
 - scheduler/sched-bwc.txt was added by commit 88ebc08ea9 ("sched: Add
   documentation for bandwidth control")
 - scsi/advansys.txt was added by commit 4bd6d7f356 ("[SCSI] advansys:
   Move documentation to Documentation/scsi")
 - scsi/bfa.txt was added by commit 1ec90174bd ("[SCSI] bfa: add
   readme file")
 - scsi/bnx2fc.txt was added by commit 12b8fc10ea ("[SCSI] bnx2fc: Add
   driver documentation")
 - scsi/cxgb3i.txt was added by commit c3673464eb ("[SCSI] cxgb3i: Add
   cxgb3i iSCSI driver.")
 - scsi/hpsa.txt was added by commit 992ebcf14f ("[SCSI] hpsa: Add
   hpsa.txt to Documentation/scsi")
 - scsi/link_power_management_policy.txt was added by commit
   ca77329fb7 ("[libata] Link power management infrastructure")
 - scsi/osd.txt was added by commit 78e0c621de ("[SCSI] osd:
   Documentation for OSD library")
 - scsi/scsi-parameter.txt was created/moved by commit 163475fb11
   ("Documentation: move SCSI parameters to their own text file")
 - serial/driver was part of the initial repo
 - serial/n_gsm.txt was added by commit 323e84122e ("n_gsm: add a
   documentation")
 - timers/Makefile was added by commit 3794f3e812 ("docsrc: build
   Documentation/ sources")
 - virt/kvm/s390.txt was added by commit d9101fca3d ("KVM: s390:
   diagnose call documentation")
 - vm/split_page_table_lock was added by commit 49076ec2cc ("mm:
   dynamically allocate page->ptl if it cannot be embedded to struct
   page")
 - w1/slaves/w1_ds28e04 was added by commit fbf7f7b4e2 ("w1: Add
   1-wire slave device driver for DS28E04-100")
 - w1/masters/omap-hdq was added by commit e0a29382c6 ("hdq:
   documentation for OMAP HDQ")
 - x86/early-microcode.txt was added by commit 0d91ea86a8 ("x86, doc:
   Documentation for early microcode loading")
 - x86/earlyprintk.txt was added by commit a1aade4788 ("x86/doc:
   mini-howto for using earlyprintk=dbgp")
 - x86/entry_64.txt was added by commit 8b4777a4b5 ("x86-64: Document
   some of entry_64.S")
 - x86/pat.txt was added by commit d27554d874 ("x86: PAT
   documentation")

Moved files
 - arm/kernel_user_helpers.txt was moved out of arch/arm/kernel by
   commit 37b8304642 ("ARM: kuser: move interface documentation out of
   the source code")
 - efi-stub.txt was moved out of x86/ and down into Documentation/ in
   commit 4172fe2f8a ("EFI stub documentation updates")
 - laptops/hpfall.c was moved out of hwmon/ and into laptops/ in commit
   efcfed9bad ("Move hp_accel to drivers/platform/x86")
 - commit 5616c23ad9 ("x86: doc: move x86-generic documentation from
   Doc/x86/i386"):
   * x86/usb-legacy-support.txt
   * x86/boot.txt
   * x86/zero_page.txt
 - power/video_extension.txt was moved to acpi in commit 70e66e4df1
   ("ACPI / video: move video_extension.txt to Documentation/acpi")

Removed files (left in 00-INDEX)
 - memory.txt was removed by commit 00ea8990aa ("memory.txt: remove
   stray information")
 - gpio.txt was moved to gpio/ in commit fd8e198cfc ("Documentation:
   gpiolib: document new interface")
 - networking/DLINK.txt was removed by commit 168e06ae26
   ("drivers/net: delete old parallel port de600/de620 drivers")
 - serial/hayes-esp.txt was removed by commit f53a2ade0b ("tty: esp:
   remove broken driver")
 - s390/TAPE was removed by commit 9e280f6693 ("[S390] remove tape
   block docu")
 - vm/locking was removed by commit 57ea8171d2 ("mm: documentation:
   remove hopelessly out-of-date locking doc")
 - laptops/acer-wmi.txt was remvoed by commit 020036678e ("acer-wmi:
   Delete out-of-date documentation")

Typos/misc issues
 - rpc-server-gss.txt was added as knfsd-rpcgss.txt in commit
   030d794bf4 ("SUNRPC: Use gssproxy upcall for server RPCGSS
   authentication.")
 - commit b88cf73d92 ("net: add missing entries to
   Documentation/networking/00-INDEX")
   * generic-hdlc.txt was added as generic_hdlc.txt
   * spider_net.txt was added as spider-net.txt
 - w1/master/mxc-w1 was added as mxc_w1 by commit a5fd9139f7 ("w1: add
   1-wire master driver for i.MX27 / i.MX31")
 - s390/zfcpdump.txt was added as zfcpdump by commit 6920c12a40
   ("[S390] Add Documentation/s390/00-INDEX.")

Signed-off-by: Henrik Austad <henrik@austad.us>
Reviewed-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>	[rcu bits]
Acked-by: Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>
Cc: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Rob Herring <robh+dt@kernel.org>
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Gleb Natapov <gleb@kernel.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
Cc: James Bottomley <JBottomley@parallels.com>
Cc: Jean-Christophe Plagniol-Villard <plagnioj@jcrosoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2014-02-10 16:01:40 -08:00

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This is a brief list of all the files in ./linux/Documentation and what
they contain. If you add a documentation file, please list it here in
alphabetical order as well, or risk being hunted down like a rabid dog.
Please keep the descriptions small enough to fit on one line.
Thanks -- Paul G.
Following translations are available on the WWW:
- Japanese, maintained by the JF Project (jf@listserv.linux.or.jp), at
http://linuxjf.sourceforge.jp/
00-INDEX
- this file.
ABI/
- info on kernel <-> userspace ABI and relative interface stability.
BUG-HUNTING
- brute force method of doing binary search of patches to find bug.
Changes
- list of changes that break older software packages.
CodingStyle
- 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
- Dynamic DMA mapping Guide
DMA-ISA-LPC.txt
- How to do DMA with ISA (and LPC) devices.
DMA-attributes.txt
- listing of the various possible attributes a DMA region can have
dmatest.txt
- how to compile, configure and use the dmatest system.
DocBook/
- directory with DocBook templates etc. for kernel documentation.
EDID/
- directory with info on customizing EDID for broken gfx/displays.
HOWTO
- 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
- how to select which CPU(s) handle which interrupt events on SMP.
IRQ-domain.txt
- info on interrupt numbering and setting up IRQ domains.
IRQ.txt
- description of what an IRQ is.
Intel-IOMMU.txt
- basic info on the Intel IOMMU virtualization support.
Makefile
- some files in Documentation dir are actually sample code to build
ManagementStyle
- 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
SecurityBugs
- procedure for reporting security bugs found in the kernel.
SubmitChecklist
- Linux kernel patch submission checklist.
SubmittingDrivers
- procedure to get a new driver source included into the kernel tree.
SubmittingPatches
- 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.
aoe/
- description of AoE (ATA over Ethernet) along with config examples.
applying-patches.txt
- description of various trees and how to apply their patches.
arm/
- directory with info about Linux on the ARM architecture.
arm64/
- directory with info about Linux on the 64 bit ARM architecture.
assoc_array.txt
- generic associative array intro.
atomic_ops.txt
- semantics and behavior of atomic and bitmask operations.
auxdisplay/
- misc. LCD driver documentation (cfag12864b, ks0108).
backlight/
- directory with info on controlling backlights in flat panel displays
bad_memory.txt
- 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
- Block-layer cache on fast SSDs to improve slow (raid) I/O performance.
binfmt_misc.txt
- info on the kernel support for extra binary formats.
blackfin/
- directory with documentation for the Blackfin arch.
block/
- info on the Block I/O (BIO) layer.
blockdev/
- info on block devices & drivers
braille-console.txt
- info on how to use serial devices for Braille support.
bt8xxgpio.txt
- info on how to modify a bt8xx video card for GPIO usage.
btmrvl.txt
- info on Marvell Bluetooth driver usage.
bus-devices/
- directory with info on TI GPMC (General Purpose Memory Controller)
bus-virt-phys-mapping.txt
- how to access I/O mapped memory from within device drivers.
cachetlb.txt
- describes the cache/TLB flushing interfaces Linux uses.
cdrom/
- directory with information on the CD-ROM drivers that Linux has.
cgroups/
- cgroups features, including cpusets and memory controller.
circular-buffers.txt
- how to make use of the existing circular buffer infrastructure
clk.txt
- info on the common clock framework
coccinelle.txt
- info on how to get and use the Coccinelle code checking tool.
connector/
- docs on the netlink based userspace<->kernel space communication mod.
console/
- documentation on Linux console drivers.
cpu-freq/
- info on CPU frequency and voltage scaling.
cpu-hotplug.txt
- document describing CPU hotplug support in the Linux kernel.
cpu-load.txt
- document describing how CPU load statistics are collected.
cpuidle/
- info on CPU_IDLE, CPU idle state management subsystem.
cputopology.txt
- documentation on how CPU topology info is exported via sysfs.
crc32.txt
- brief tutorial on CRC computation
cris/
- directory with info about Linux on CRIS architecture.
crypto/
- directory with info on the Crypto API.
dcdbas.txt
- information on the Dell Systems Management Base Driver.
debugging-modules.txt
- some notes on debugging modules after Linux 2.6.3.
debugging-via-ohci1394.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.
development-process/
- how to work with the mainline kernel development process.
device-mapper/
- directory with info on Device Mapper.
devices.txt
- 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
-info on the Digital Signature Verification API
dma-buf-sharing.txt
- the DMA Buffer Sharing API Guide
dmaengine.txt
-the DMA Engine API Guide
dontdiff
- file containing a list of files that should never be diff'ed.
driver-model/
- directory with info about Linux driver model.
dvb/
- info on Linux Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) subsystem.
dynamic-debug-howto.txt
- how to use the dynamic debug (dyndbg) feature.
early-userspace/
- info about initramfs, klibc, and userspace early during boot.
edac.txt
- information on EDAC - Error Detection And Correction
efi-stub.txt
- How to use the EFI boot stub to bypass GRUB or elilo on EFI systems.
eisa.txt
- info on EISA bus support.
email-clients.txt
- 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/
- dir with docs about the fault injection capabilities infrastructure.
fb/
- directory with info on the frame buffer graphics abstraction layer.
filesystems/
- info on the vfs and the various filesystems that Linux supports.
firmware_class/
- request_firmware() hotplug interface info.
flexible-arrays.txt
- how to make use of flexible sized arrays in linux
fmc/
- information about the FMC bus abstraction
frv/
- Fujitsu FR-V Linux documentation.
futex-requeue-pi.txt
- info on requeueing of tasks from a non-PI futex to a PI futex
gcov.txt
- use of GCC's coverage testing tool "gcov" with the Linux kernel
gpio/
- gpio related documentation
hid/
- directory with information on human interface devices
highuid.txt
- notes on the change from 16 bit to 32 bit user/group IDs.
hwspinlock.txt
- hardware spinlock provides hardware assistance for synchronization
timers/
- info on the timer related topics
hw_random.txt
- info on Linux support for random number generator in i8xx chipsets.
hwmon/
- directory with docs on various hardware monitoring drivers.
i2c/
- directory with info about the I2C bus/protocol (2 wire, kHz speed).
i2o/
- directory with info about the Linux I2O subsystem.
x86/i386/
- directory with info about Linux on Intel 32 bit architecture.
ia64/
- directory with info about Linux on Intel 64 bit architecture.
infiniband/
- directory with documents concerning Linux InfiniBand support.
init.txt
- what to do when the kernel can't find the 1st process to run.
initrd.txt
- how to use the RAM disk as an initial/temporary root filesystem.
input/
- info on Linux input device support.
intel_txt.txt
- info on intel Trusted Execution Technology (intel TXT).
io-mapping.txt
- description of io_mapping functions in linux/io-mapping.h
io_ordering.txt
- info on ordering I/O writes to memory-mapped addresses.
ioctl/
- directory with documents describing various IOCTL calls.
iostats.txt
- info on I/O statistics Linux kernel provides.
irqflags-tracing.txt
- how to use the irq-flags tracing feature.
isapnp.txt
- info on Linux ISA Plug & Play support.
isdn/
- directory with info on the Linux ISDN support, and supported cards.
java.txt
- 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.
kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt
- mini HowTo on generation and location of kernel documentation files.
kernel-docs.txt
- listing of various WWW + books that document kernel internals.
kernel-parameters.txt
- 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
- info on dynamic checker that detects uses of uninitialized memory.
kmemleak.txt
- info on how to make use of the kernel memory leak detection system
ko_KR/
- directory with Korean translations of various documents
kobject.txt
- info of the kobject infrastructure of the Linux kernel.
kprobes.txt
- documents the kernel probes debugging feature.
kref.txt
- docs on adding reference counters (krefs) to kernel objects.
laptops/
- directory with laptop related info and laptop driver documentation.
ldm.txt
- a brief description of LDM (Windows Dynamic Disks).
leds/
- directory with info about LED handling under Linux.
local_ops.txt
- semantics and behavior of local atomic operations.
lockdep-design.txt
- documentation on the runtime locking correctness validator.
lockstat.txt
- info on collecting statistics on locks (and contention).
lockup-watchdogs.txt
- info on soft and hard lockup detectors (aka nmi_watchdog).
logo.gif
- full colour GIF image of Linux logo (penguin - Tux).
logo.txt
- info on creator of above logo & site to get additional images from.
m68k/
- directory with info about Linux on Motorola 68k architecture.
magic-number.txt
- list of magic numbers used to mark/protect kernel data structures.
md.txt
- 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
- info on Linux kernel memory barriers.
memory-devices/
- directory with info on parts like the Texas Instruments EMIF driver
memory-hotplug.txt
- Hotpluggable memory support, how to use and current status.
metag/
- directory with info about Linux on Meta architecture.
mips/
- directory with info about Linux on MIPS architecture.
misc-devices/
- directory with info about devices using the misc dev subsystem
mmc/
- directory with info about the MMC subsystem
mn10300/
- directory with info about the mn10300 architecture port
module-signing.txt
- Kernel module signing for increased security when loading modules.
mtd/
- directory with info about memory technology devices (flash)
mono.txt
- how to execute Mono-based .NET binaries with the help of BINFMT_MISC.
mutex-design.txt
- info on the generic mutex subsystem.
namespaces/
- directory with various information about namespaces
netlabel/
- directory with information on the NetLabel subsystem.
networking/
- directory with info on various aspects of networking with Linux.
nfc/
- directory relating info about Near Field Communications support.
nommu-mmap.txt
- documentation about no-mmu memory mapping support.
numastat.txt
- info on how to read Numa policy hit/miss statistics in sysfs.
oops-tracing.txt
- how to decode those nasty internal kernel error dump messages.
padata.txt
- An introduction to the "padata" parallel execution API
parisc/
- directory with info on using Linux on PA-RISC architecture.
parport.txt
- how to use the parallel-port driver.
parport-lowlevel.txt
- description and usage of the low level parallel port functions.
pcmcia/
- info on the Linux PCMCIA driver.
percpu-rw-semaphore.txt
- RCU based read-write semaphore optimized for locking for reading
phy.txt
- Description of the generic PHY framework.
pi-futex.txt
- documentation on lightweight priority inheritance futexes.
pinctrl.txt
- info on pinctrl subsystem and the PINMUX/PINCONF and drivers
pnp.txt
- Linux Plug and Play documentation.
power/
- directory with info on Linux PCI power management.
powerpc/
- directory with info on using Linux with the PowerPC.
prctl/
- directory with info on the priveledge control subsystem
preempt-locking.txt
- info on locking under a preemptive kernel.
printk-formats.txt
- how to get printk format specifiers right
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
ramoops.txt
- documentation of the ramoops oops/panic logging module.
rapidio/
- directory with info on RapidIO packet-based fabric interconnect
rbtree.txt
- info on what red-black trees are and what they are for.
remoteproc.txt
- info on how to handle remote processor (e.g. AMP) offloads/usage.
rfkill.txt
- info on the radio frequency kill switch subsystem/support.
robust-futex-ABI.txt
- documentation of the robust futex ABI.
robust-futexes.txt
- a description of what robust futexes are.
rpmsg.txt
- info on the Remote Processor Messaging (rpmsg) Framework
rt-mutex-design.txt
- description of the RealTime mutex implementation design.
rt-mutex.txt
- desc. of RT-mutex subsystem with PI (Priority Inheritance) support.
rtc.txt
- notes on how to use the Real Time Clock (aka CMOS clock) driver.
s390/
- directory with info on using Linux on the IBM S390.
scheduler/
- directory with info on the scheduler.
scsi/
- directory with info on Linux scsi support.
security/
- directory that contains security-related info
serial/
- directory with info on the low level serial API.
serial-console.txt
- 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.
sgi-visws.txt
- short blurb on the SGI Visual Workstations.
sh/
- directory with info on porting Linux to a new architecture.
smsc_ece1099.txt
-info on the smsc Keyboard Scan Expansion/GPIO Expansion device.
sound/
- directory with info on sound card support.
sparse.txt
- info on how to obtain and use the sparse tool for typechecking.
spi/
- overview of Linux kernel Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) support.
spinlocks.txt
- info on using spinlocks to provide exclusive access in kernel.
stable_api_nonsense.txt
- info on why the kernel does not have a stable in-kernel api or abi.
stable_kernel_rules.txt
- 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
- short guide on selecting video modes at boot via VGA BIOS.
sysfs-rules.txt
- How not to use sysfs.
sysctl/
- directory with info on the /proc/sys/* files.
sysrq.txt
- info on the magic SysRq key.
target/
- directory with info on generating TCM v4 fabric .ko modules
this_cpu_ops.txt
- List rationale behind and the way to use this_cpu operations.
thermal/
- directory with information on managing thermal issues (CPU/temp)
trace/
- directory with info on tracing technologies within linux
unaligned-memory-access.txt
- info on how to avoid arch breaking unaligned memory access in code.
unicode.txt
- info on the Unicode character/font mapping used in Linux.
unshare.txt
- description of the Linux unshare system call.
usb/
- directory with info regarding the Universal Serial Bus.
vDSO/
- directory with info regarding virtual dynamic shared objects
vfio.txt
- info on Virtual Function I/O used in guest/hypervisor instances.
vgaarbiter.txt
- info on enable/disable the legacy decoding on different VGA devices
video-output.txt
- sysfs class driver interface to enable/disable a video output device.
video4linux/
- directory with info regarding video/TV/radio cards and linux.
virtual/
- directory with information on the various linux virtualizations.
vm/
- directory with info on the Linux vm code.
vme_api.txt
- file relating info on the VME bus API in linux
volatile-considered-harmful.txt
- Why the "volatile" type class should not be used
w1/
- directory with documents regarding the 1-wire (w1) subsystem.
watchdog/
- how to auto-reboot Linux if it has "fallen and can't get up". ;-)
wimax/
- directory with info about Intel Wireless Wimax Connections
workqueue.txt
- information on the Concurrency Managed Workqueue implementation
ww-mutex-design.txt
- Intro to Mutex wait/would deadlock handling.s
x86/x86_64/
- directory with info on Linux support for AMD x86-64 (Hammer) machines.
xtensa/
- directory with documents relating to arch/xtensa port/implementation
xz.txt
- how to make use of the XZ data compression within linux kernel
zh_CN/
- directory with Chinese translations of various documents
zorro.txt
- info on writing drivers for Zorro bus devices found on Amigas.