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.
 
 
 
 
 
 17CodingStyle
 18	- nothing here, just a pointer to process/coding-style.rst.
 
 
 
 19DMA-API.txt
 20	- DMA API, pci_ API & extensions for non-consistent memory machines.
 21DMA-API-HOWTO.txt
 22	- Dynamic DMA mapping Guide
 23DMA-ISA-LPC.txt
 24	- How to do DMA with ISA (and LPC) devices.
 25DMA-attributes.txt
 26	- listing of the various possible attributes a DMA region can have
 27EDID/
 28	- directory with info on customizing EDID for broken gfx/displays.
 29IPMI.txt
 30	- info on Linux Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) Driver.
 31IRQ-affinity.txt
 32	- how to select which CPU(s) handle which interrupt events on SMP.
 33IRQ-domain.txt
 34	- info on interrupt numbering and setting up IRQ domains.
 35IRQ.txt
 36	- description of what an IRQ is.
 37Intel-IOMMU.txt
 38	- basic info on the Intel IOMMU virtualization support.
 39Makefile
 40	- It's not of interest for those who aren't touching the build system.
 41PCI/
 42	- info related to PCI drivers.
 43RCU/
 44	- directory with info on RCU (read-copy update).
 45SAK.txt
 46	- info on Secure Attention Keys.
 47SM501.txt
 48	- Silicon Motion SM501 multimedia companion chip
 
 
 
 
 
 
 49SubmittingPatches
 50	- nothing here, just a pointer to process/coding-style.rst.
 
 
 51accounting/
 52	- documentation on accounting and taskstats.
 53acpi/
 54	- info on ACPI-specific hooks in the kernel.
 55admin-guide/
 56	- info related to Linux users and system admins.
 57aoe/
 58	- description of AoE (ATA over Ethernet) along with config examples.
 
 
 59arm/
 60	- directory with info about Linux on the ARM architecture.
 61arm64/
 62	- directory with info about Linux on the 64 bit ARM architecture.
 63auxdisplay/
 64	- misc. LCD driver documentation (cfag12864b, ks0108).
 65backlight/
 66	- directory with info on controlling backlights in flat panel displays
 67bcache.txt
 68	- Block-layer cache on fast SSDs to improve slow (raid) I/O performance.
 
 
 69block/
 70	- info on the Block I/O (BIO) layer.
 71blockdev/
 72	- info on block devices & drivers
 73bt8xxgpio.txt
 74	- info on how to modify a bt8xx video card for GPIO usage.
 75btmrvl.txt
 76	- info on Marvell Bluetooth driver usage.
 77bus-devices/
 78	- directory with info on TI GPMC (General Purpose Memory Controller)
 79bus-virt-phys-mapping.txt
 80	- how to access I/O mapped memory from within device drivers.
 81cachetlb.txt
 82	- describes the cache/TLB flushing interfaces Linux uses.
 83cdrom/
 84	- directory with information on the CD-ROM drivers that Linux has.
 85cgroup-v1/
 86	- cgroups v1 features, including cpusets and memory controller.
 87cgroup-v2.txt
 88	- cgroups v2 features, including cpusets and memory controller.
 89circular-buffers.txt
 90	- how to make use of the existing circular buffer infrastructure
 91clk.txt
 92	- info on the common clock framework
 93cma/
 94	- Continuous Memory Area (CMA) debugfs interface.
 95conf.py
 96	- It's not of interest for those who aren't touching the build system.
 97connector/
 98	- docs on the netlink based userspace<->kernel space communication mod.
 99console/
100	- documentation on Linux console drivers.
101core-api/
102	- documentation on kernel core components.
103cpu-freq/
104	- info on CPU frequency and voltage scaling.
105cpu-hotplug.txt
106	- document describing CPU hotplug support in the Linux kernel.
107cpu-load.txt
108	- document describing how CPU load statistics are collected.
109cpuidle/
110	- info on CPU_IDLE, CPU idle state management subsystem.
111cputopology.txt
112	- documentation on how CPU topology info is exported via sysfs.
113crc32.txt
114	- brief tutorial on CRC computation
115crypto/
116	- directory with info on the Crypto API.
117dcdbas.txt
118	- information on the Dell Systems Management Base Driver.
119debugging-modules.txt
120	- some notes on debugging modules after Linux 2.6.3.
121debugging-via-ohci1394.txt
122	- how to use firewire like a hardware debugger memory reader.
123dell_rbu.txt
124	- document demonstrating the use of the Dell Remote BIOS Update driver.
125dev-tools/
126	- directory with info on development tools for the kernel.
127device-mapper/
128	- directory with info on Device Mapper.
129dmaengine/
130	- the DMA engine and controller API guides.
131devicetree/
132	- directory with info on device tree files used by OF/PowerPC/ARM
133digsig.txt
134	-info on the Digital Signature Verification API
135dma-buf-sharing.txt
136	- the DMA Buffer Sharing API Guide
137docutils.conf
138	- nothing here. Just a configuration file for docutils.
139dontdiff
140	- file containing a list of files that should never be diff'ed.
141driver-api/
142	- the Linux driver implementer's API guide.
143driver-model/
144	- directory with info about Linux driver model.
 
 
145early-userspace/
146	- info about initramfs, klibc, and userspace early during boot.
147efi-stub.txt
148	- How to use the EFI boot stub to bypass GRUB or elilo on EFI systems.
149eisa.txt
150	- info on EISA bus support.
151extcon/
152	- directory with porting guide for Android kernel switch driver.
153isa.txt
154	- info on EISA bus support.
155fault-injection/
156	- dir with docs about the fault injection capabilities infrastructure.
157fb/
158	- directory with info on the frame buffer graphics abstraction layer.
159features/
160	- status of feature implementation on different architectures.
161filesystems/
162	- info on the vfs and the various filesystems that Linux supports.
163firmware_class/
164	- request_firmware() hotplug interface info.
165flexible-arrays.txt
166	- how to make use of flexible sized arrays in linux
167fmc/
168	- information about the FMC bus abstraction
169fpga/
170	- FPGA Manager Core.
171futex-requeue-pi.txt
172	- info on requeueing of tasks from a non-PI futex to a PI futex
173gcc-plugins.txt
174	- GCC plugin infrastructure.
175gpio/
176	- gpio related documentation
177gpu/
178	- directory with information on GPU driver developer's guide.
179hid/
180	- directory with information on human interface devices
181highuid.txt
182	- notes on the change from 16 bit to 32 bit user/group IDs.
183hwspinlock.txt
184	- hardware spinlock provides hardware assistance for synchronization
185timers/
186	- info on the timer related topics
187hw_random.txt
188	- info on Linux support for random number generator in i8xx chipsets.
189hwmon/
190	- directory with docs on various hardware monitoring drivers.
191i2c/
192	- directory with info about the I2C bus/protocol (2 wire, kHz speed).
 
 
193x86/i386/
194	- directory with info about Linux on Intel 32 bit architecture.
195ia64/
196	- directory with info about Linux on Intel 64 bit architecture.
197ide/
198	- Information regarding the Enhanced IDE drive.
199iio/
200	- info on industrial IIO configfs support.
201index.rst
202	- main index for the documentation at ReST format.
203infiniband/
204	- directory with documents concerning Linux InfiniBand support.
 
 
205input/
206	- info on Linux input device support.
207intel_txt.txt
208	- info on intel Trusted Execution Technology (intel TXT).
209io-mapping.txt
210	- description of io_mapping functions in linux/io-mapping.h
211io_ordering.txt
212	- info on ordering I/O writes to memory-mapped addresses.
213ioctl/
214	- directory with documents describing various IOCTL calls.
215iostats.txt
216	- info on I/O statistics Linux kernel provides.
217irqflags-tracing.txt
218	- how to use the irq-flags tracing feature.
219isapnp.txt
220	- info on Linux ISA Plug & Play support.
221isdn/
222	- directory with info on the Linux ISDN support, and supported cards.
 
 
223kbuild/
224	- directory with info about the kernel build process.
225kdump/
226	- directory with mini HowTo on getting the crash dump code to work.
227doc-guide/
228	- how to write and format reStructuredText kernel documentation
229kernel-per-CPU-kthreads.txt
230	- List of all per-CPU kthreads and how they introduce jitter.
 
 
231kobject.txt
232	- info of the kobject infrastructure of the Linux kernel.
233kprobes.txt
234	- documents the kernel probes debugging feature.
235kref.txt
236	- docs on adding reference counters (krefs) to kernel objects.
237laptops/
238	- directory with laptop related info and laptop driver documentation.
239ldm.txt
240	- a brief description of LDM (Windows Dynamic Disks).
241leds/
242	- directory with info about LED handling under Linux.
243livepatch/
244	- info on kernel live patching.
245locking/
246	- directory with info about kernel locking primitives
247lockup-watchdogs.txt
248	- info on soft and hard lockup detectors (aka nmi_watchdog).
249logo.gif
250	- full colour GIF image of Linux logo (penguin - Tux).
251logo.txt
252	- info on creator of above logo & site to get additional images from.
253lsm.txt
254	- Linux Security Modules: General Security Hooks for Linux
255lzo.txt
256	- kernel LZO decompressor input formats
257m68k/
258	- directory with info about Linux on Motorola 68k architecture.
259mailbox.txt
260	- How to write drivers for the common mailbox framework (IPC).
261md/
262	- directory with info about Linux Software RAID
263media/
264	- info on media drivers: uAPI, kAPI and driver documentation.
265memory-barriers.txt
266	- info on Linux kernel memory barriers.
267memory-devices/
268	- directory with info on parts like the Texas Instruments EMIF driver
269memory-hotplug.txt
270	- Hotpluggable memory support, how to use and current status.
271men-chameleon-bus.txt
272	- info on MEN chameleon bus.
273mic/
274	- Intel Many Integrated Core (MIC) architecture device driver.
275mips/
276	- directory with info about Linux on MIPS architecture.
277misc-devices/
278	- directory with info about devices using the misc dev subsystem
279mmc/
280	- directory with info about the MMC subsystem
281mtd/
282	- directory with info about memory technology devices (flash)
 
 
283namespaces/
284	- directory with various information about namespaces
285netlabel/
286	- directory with information on the NetLabel subsystem.
287networking/
288	- directory with info on various aspects of networking with Linux.
289nfc/
290	- directory relating info about Near Field Communications support.
291nios2/
292	- Linux on the Nios II architecture.
293nommu-mmap.txt
294	- documentation about no-mmu memory mapping support.
295numastat.txt
296	- info on how to read Numa policy hit/miss statistics in sysfs.
297ntb.txt
298	- info on Non-Transparent Bridge (NTB) drivers.
299nvdimm/
300	- info on non-volatile devices.
301nvmem/
302	- info on non volatile memory framework.
303output/
304	- default directory where html/LaTeX/pdf files will be written.
305padata.txt
306	- An introduction to the "padata" parallel execution API
307parisc/
308	- directory with info on using Linux on PA-RISC architecture.
 
 
309parport-lowlevel.txt
310	- description and usage of the low level parallel port functions.
311pcmcia/
312	- info on the Linux PCMCIA driver.
313percpu-rw-semaphore.txt
314	- RCU based read-write semaphore optimized for locking for reading
315perf/
316	- info about the APM X-Gene SoC Performance Monitoring Unit (PMU).
317phy/
318	- ino on Samsung USB 2.0 PHY adaptation layer.
319phy.txt
320	- Description of the generic PHY framework.
321pi-futex.txt
322	- documentation on lightweight priority inheritance futexes.
323pinctrl.txt
324	- info on pinctrl subsystem and the PINMUX/PINCONF and drivers
325platform/
326	- List of supported hardware by compal and Dell laptop.
327pnp.txt
328	- Linux Plug and Play documentation.
329power/
330	- directory with info on Linux PCI power management.
331powerpc/
332	- directory with info on using Linux with the PowerPC.
333prctl/
334	- directory with info on the priveledge control subsystem
335preempt-locking.txt
336	- info on locking under a preemptive kernel.
337process/
338	- how to work with the mainline kernel development process.
339pps/
340	- directory with information on the pulse-per-second support
341pti/
342	- directory with info on Intel MID PTI.
343ptp/
344	- directory with info on support for IEEE 1588 PTP clocks in Linux.
345pwm.txt
346	- info on the pulse width modulation driver subsystem
347rapidio/
348	- directory with info on RapidIO packet-based fabric interconnect
349rbtree.txt
350	- info on what red-black trees are and what they are for.
351remoteproc.txt
352	- info on how to handle remote processor (e.g. AMP) offloads/usage.
353rfkill.txt
354	- info on the radio frequency kill switch subsystem/support.
355robust-futex-ABI.txt
356	- documentation of the robust futex ABI.
357robust-futexes.txt
358	- a description of what robust futexes are.
359rpmsg.txt
360	- info on the Remote Processor Messaging (rpmsg) Framework
 
 
361rtc.txt
362	- notes on how to use the Real Time Clock (aka CMOS clock) driver.
363s390/
364	- directory with info on using Linux on the IBM S390.
365scheduler/
366	- directory with info on the scheduler.
367scsi/
368	- directory with info on Linux scsi support.
369security/
370	- directory that contains security-related info
371serial/
372	- directory with info on the low level serial API.
 
 
373sgi-ioc4.txt
374	- description of the SGI IOC4 PCI (multi function) device.
 
 
375sh/
376	- directory with info on porting Linux to a new architecture.
377smsc_ece1099.txt
378	-info on the smsc Keyboard Scan Expansion/GPIO Expansion device.
379sound/
380	- directory with info on sound card support.
 
 
 
 
381spi/
382	- overview of Linux kernel Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) support.
383sphinx/
384	- no documentation here, just files required by Sphinx toolchain.
385sphinx-static/
386	- no documentation here, just files required by Sphinx toolchain.
387static-keys.txt
388	- info on how static keys allow debug code in hotpaths via patching
389svga.txt
390	- short guide on selecting video modes at boot via VGA BIOS.
391sync_file.txt
392	- Sync file API guide.
393sysctl/
394	- directory with info on the /proc/sys/* files.
395target/
396	- directory with info on generating TCM v4 fabric .ko modules
397tee.txt
398	- info on the TEE subsystem and drivers
399this_cpu_ops.txt
400	- List rationale behind and the way to use this_cpu operations.
401thermal/
402	- directory with information on managing thermal issues (CPU/temp)
403trace/
404	- directory with info on tracing technologies within linux
405translations/
406	- translations of this document from English to another language
407unaligned-memory-access.txt
408	- info on how to avoid arch breaking unaligned memory access in code.
409unshare.txt
410	- description of the Linux unshare system call.
411usb/
412	- directory with info regarding the Universal Serial Bus.
413vfio.txt
414	- info on Virtual Function I/O used in guest/hypervisor instances.
415video-output.txt
416	- sysfs class driver interface to enable/disable a video output device.
417virtual/
418	- directory with information on the various linux virtualizations.
419vm/
420	- directory with info on the Linux vm code.
 
 
421w1/
422	- directory with documents regarding the 1-wire (w1) subsystem.
423watchdog/
424	- how to auto-reboot Linux if it has "fallen and can't get up". ;-)
425wimax/
426	- directory with info about Intel Wireless Wimax Connections
427core-api/workqueue.rst
428	- information on the Concurrency Managed Workqueue implementation
429x86/x86_64/
430	- directory with info on Linux support for AMD x86-64 (Hammer) machines.
431xillybus.txt
432	- Overview and basic ui of xillybus driver
433xtensa/
434	- directory with documents relating to arch/xtensa port/implementation
435xz.txt
436	- how to make use of the XZ data compression within linux kernel
437zorro.txt
438	- info on writing drivers for Zorro bus devices found on Amigas.

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