X-Git-Url: http://ftp.safe.ca/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2F00-INDEX;h=06b982affe76e2349e911f5accd689afd593f7a1;hb=443fed9fa42bbeacdb8d336b8a5002a262cac15c;hp=8b056363344299c3822cd38427429007bb1c44b7;hpb=f6b07d39d7904ceecac53699d6b5ddd677304880;p=safe%2Fjmp%2Flinux-2.6 diff --git a/Documentation/00-INDEX b/Documentation/00-INDEX index 8b05636..06b982a 100644 --- a/Documentation/00-INDEX +++ b/Documentation/00-INDEX @@ -14,16 +14,20 @@ Following translations are available on the WWW: - 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 boss likes the C code in the kernel to look. +development-process/ + - An extended tutorial on how to work with the kernel development + process. DMA-API.txt - DMA API, pci_ API & extensions for non-consistent memory machines. -DMA-mapping.txt - - info for PCI drivers using DMA portably across all platforms. +DMA-ISA-LPC.txt + - How to do DMA with ISA (and LPC) devices. DocBook/ - directory with DocBook templates etc. for kernel documentation. HOWTO @@ -38,18 +42,12 @@ IRQ.txt - description of what an IRQ is. ManagementStyle - how to (attempt to) manage kernel hackers. -MSI-HOWTO.txt - - the Message Signaled Interrupts (MSI) Driver Guide HOWTO and FAQ. -PCIEBUS-HOWTO.txt - - a guide describing the PCI Express Port Bus driver. RCU/ - directory with info on RCU (read-copy update). -README.DAC960 - - info on Mylex DAC960/DAC1100 PCI RAID Controller Driver for Linux. -README.cycladesZ - - info on Cyclades-Z firmware loading. 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 @@ -62,6 +60,8 @@ 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 @@ -80,30 +80,28 @@ blackfin/ - directory with documentation for the Blackfin arch. block/ - info on the Block I/O (BIO) layer. +blockdev/ + - info on block devices & drivers +btmrvl.txt + - info on Marvell Bluetooth driver usage. cachetlb.txt - describes the cache/TLB flushing interfaces Linux uses. -cciss.txt - - info, major/minor #'s for Compaq's SMART Array Controllers. cdrom/ - directory with information on the CD-ROM drivers that Linux has. -cli-sti-removal.txt - - cli()/sti() removal guide. -computone.txt - - info on Computone Intelliport II/Plus Multiport Serial Driver. +cgroups/ + - cgroups features, including cpusets and memory controller. connector/ - docs on the netlink based userspace<->kernel space communication mod. console/ - documentation on Linux console drivers. -cpqarray.txt - - info on using Compaq's SMART2 Intelligent Disk Array Controllers. 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. -cpusets.txt - - documents the cpusets feature; assign CPUs and Mem to a set of tasks. +cpuidle/ + - info on CPU_IDLE, CPU idle state management subsystem. cputopology.txt - documentation on how CPU topology info is exported via sysfs. cris/ @@ -120,22 +118,16 @@ device-mapper/ - directory with info on Device Mapper. devices.txt - plain ASCII listing of all the nodes in /dev/ with major minor #'s. -digiepca.txt - - info on Digi Intl. {PC,PCI,EISA}Xx and Xem series cards. -dnotify.txt - - info about directory notification in Linux. dontdiff - file containing a list of files that should never be diff'ed. driver-model/ - directory with info about Linux driver model. -drivers/ - - directory with driver documentation (currently only EDAC). dvb/ - info on Linux Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) subsystem. early-userspace/ - info about initramfs, klibc, and userspace early during boot. -ecryptfs.txt - - docs on eCryptfs: stacked cryptographic filesystem for Linux. +edac.txt + - information on EDAC - Error Detection And Correction eisa.txt - info on EISA bus support. exception.txt @@ -147,25 +139,17 @@ fb/ feature-removal-schedule.txt - list of files and features that are going to be removed. filesystems/ - - directory with info on the various filesystems that Linux supports. + - info on the vfs and the various filesystems that Linux supports. firmware_class/ - request_firmware() hotplug interface info. -floppy.txt - - notes and driver options for the floppy disk driver. -fujitsu/ +frv/ - Fujitsu FR-V Linux documentation. gpio.txt - overview of GPIO (General Purpose Input/Output) access conventions. -hayes-esp.txt - - info on using the Hayes ESP serial driver. highuid.txt - notes on the change from 16 bit to 32 bit user/group IDs. -hpet.txt - - High Precision Event Timer Driver for Linux. -hrtimer/ - - info on the timer_stats debugging facility for timer (ab)use. -hrtimers/ - - info on the hrtimers subsystem for high-resolution kernel timers. +timers/ + - info on the timer related topics hw_random.txt - info on Linux support for random number generator in i8xx chipsets. hwmon/ @@ -174,12 +158,10 @@ i2c/ - directory with info about the I2C bus/protocol (2 wire, kHz speed). i2o/ - directory with info about the Linux I2O subsystem. -i386/ +x86/i386/ - directory with info about Linux on Intel 32 bit architecture. ia64/ - directory with info about Linux on Intel 64 bit architecture. -ide.txt - - important info for users of ATA devices (IDE/EIDE disks and CD-ROMS). infiniband/ - directory with documents concerning Linux InfiniBand support. initrd.txt @@ -190,8 +172,6 @@ io_ordering.txt - info on ordering I/O writes to memory-mapped addresses. ioctl/ - directory with documents describing various IOCTL calls. -ioctl-number.txt - - how to implement and register device/driver ioctl calls. iostats.txt - info on I/O statistics Linux kernel provides. irqflags-tracing.txt @@ -222,8 +202,8 @@ kprobes.txt - documents the kernel probes debugging feature. kref.txt - docs on adding reference counters (krefs) to kernel objects. -laptop-mode.txt - - how to conserve battery power using laptop-mode. +laptops/ + - directory with laptop related info and laptop driver documentation. ldm.txt - a brief description of LDM (Windows Dynamic Disks). leds-class.txt @@ -232,8 +212,6 @@ local_ops.txt - semantics and behavior of local atomic operations. lockdep-design.txt - documentation on the runtime locking correctness validator. -locks.txt - - info on file locking implementations, flock() vs. fcntl(), etc. logo.gif - full colour GIF image of Linux logo (penguin - Tux). logo.txt @@ -242,34 +220,28 @@ m68k/ - directory with info about Linux on Motorola 68k architecture. magic-number.txt - list of magic numbers used to mark/protect kernel data structures. -mandatory.txt - - info on the Linux implementation of Sys V mandatory file locking. mca.txt - info on supporting Micro Channel Architecture (e.g. PS/2) systems. md.txt - info on boot arguments for the multiple devices driver. memory-barriers.txt - info on Linux kernel memory barriers. +memory-hotplug.txt + - Hotpluggable memory support, how to use and current status. memory.txt - info on typical Linux memory problems. mips/ - directory with info about Linux on MIPS architecture. mono.txt - how to execute Mono-based .NET binaries with the help of BINFMT_MISC. -moxa-smartio - - file with info on installing/using Moxa multiport serial driver. -mtrr.txt - - how to use PPro Memory Type Range Registers to increase performance. mutex-design.txt - info on the generic mutex subsystem. -nbd.txt - - info on a TCP implementation of a network block device. +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. -nfsroot.txt - - short guide on setting up a diskless box with NFS root filesystem. nmi_watchdog.txt - info on NMI watchdog for SMP systems. nommu-mmap.txt @@ -278,26 +250,16 @@ 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. -paride.txt - - information about the parallel port IDE subsystem. 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. -pci-error-recovery.txt - - info on PCI error recovery. -pci.txt - - info on the PCI subsystem for device driver authors. -pcieaer-howto.txt - - the PCI Express Advanced Error Reporting Driver Guide HOWTO. pcmcia/ - info on the Linux PCMCIA driver. pi-futex.txt - documentation on lightweight PI-futexes. -pm.txt - - info on Linux power management support. pnp.txt - Linux Plug and Play documentation. power/ @@ -306,22 +268,16 @@ powerpc/ - directory with info on using Linux with the PowerPC. preempt-locking.txt - info on locking under a preemptive kernel. +printk-formats.txt + - how to get printk format specifiers right prio_tree.txt - info on radix-priority-search-tree use for indexing vmas. -ramdisk.txt - - short guide on how to set up and use the RAM disk. rbtree.txt - info on what red-black trees are and what they are for. -riscom8.txt - - notes on using the RISCom/8 multi-port serial driver. robust-futex-ABI.txt - documentation of the robust futex ABI. robust-futexes.txt - a description of what robust futexes are. -rocket.txt - - info on the Comtrol RocketPort multiport serial driver. -rpc-cache.txt - - introduction to the caching mechanisms in the sunrpc layer. rt-mutex-design.txt - description of the RealTime mutex implementation design. rt-mutex.txt @@ -330,16 +286,8 @@ 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. -sched-arch.txt - - CPU Scheduler implementation hints for architecture specific code. -sched-coding.txt - - reference for various scheduler-related methods in the O(1) scheduler. -sched-design.txt - - goals, design and implementation of the Linux O(1) scheduler. -sched-domains.txt - - information on scheduling domains. -sched-stats.txt - - information on schedstats (Linux Scheduler Statistics). +scheduler/ + - directory with info on the scheduler. scsi/ - directory with info on Linux scsi support. serial/ @@ -352,24 +300,12 @@ sgi-visws.txt - short blurb on the SGI Visual Workstations. sh/ - directory with info on porting Linux to a new architecture. -sharedsubtree.txt - - a description of shared subtrees for namespaces. -smart-config.txt - - description of the Smart Config makefile feature. -smp.txt - - a few notes on symmetric multi-processing. -sony-laptop.txt - - Sony Notebook Control Driver (SNC) Readme. -sonypi.txt - - info on Linux Sony Programmable I/O Device support. sound/ - directory with info on sound card support. sparc/ - directory with info on using Linux on Sparc architecture. sparse.txt - info on how to obtain and use the sparse tool for typechecking. -specialix.txt - - info on hardware/driver for specialix IO8+ multiport serial card. spi/ - overview of Linux kernel Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) support. spinlocks.txt @@ -378,26 +314,18 @@ 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. -stallion.txt - - info on using the Stallion multiport serial driver. svga.txt - short guide on selecting video modes at boot via VGA BIOS. -sx.txt - - info on the Specialix SX/SI multiport serial driver. +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. telephony/ - directory with info on telephony (e.g. voice over IP) support. -thinkpad-acpi.txt - - information on the (IBM and Lenovo) ThinkPad ACPI Extras driver. time_interpolators.txt - info on time interpolators. -tipar.txt - - information about Parallel link cable for Texas Instruments handhelds. -tty.txt - - guide to the locking policies of the tty layer. uml/ - directory with information about User Mode Linux. unicode.txt @@ -412,15 +340,15 @@ video4linux/ - directory with info regarding video/TV/radio cards and linux. vm/ - directory with info on the Linux vm code. +volatile-considered-harmful.txt + - Why the "volatile" type class should not be used voyager.txt - guide to running Linux on the Voyager architecture. 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". ;-) -x86_64/ +x86/x86_64/ - directory with info on Linux support for AMD x86-64 (Hammer) machines. -xterm-linux.xpm - - XPM image of penguin logo (see logo.txt) sitting on an xterm. zorro.txt - info on writing drivers for Zorro bus devices found on Amigas.