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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.
449e3a72 5Please keep the descriptions small enough to fit on one line.
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6 Thanks -- Paul G.
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8Following translations are available on the WWW:
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10 - Japanese, maintained by the JF Project (jf@listserv.linux.or.jp), at
11 http://linuxjf.sourceforge.jp/
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1300-INDEX
14 - this file.
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15ABI/
16 - info on kernel <-> userspace ABI and relative interface stability.
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17CodingStyle
18 - nothing here, just a pointer to process/coding-style.rst.
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19DMA-API.txt
20 - DMA API, pci_ API & extensions for non-consistent memory machines.
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21DMA-API-HOWTO.txt
22 - Dynamic DMA mapping Guide
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23DMA-ISA-LPC.txt
24 - How to do DMA with ISA (and LPC) devices.
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25DMA-attributes.txt
26 - listing of the various possible attributes a DMA region can have
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27EDID/
28 - directory with info on customizing EDID for broken gfx/displays.
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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.
449e3a72 33IRQ-domain.txt
453f42d3 34 - info on interrupt numbering and setting up IRQ domains.
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35IRQ.txt
36 - description of what an IRQ is.
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37Intel-IOMMU.txt
38 - basic info on the Intel IOMMU virtualization support.
39Makefile
9e22ff43 40 - It's not of interest for those who aren't touching the build system.
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41PCI/
42 - info related to PCI drivers.
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43RCU/
44 - directory with info on RCU (read-copy update).
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45SAK.txt
46 - info on Secure Attention Keys.
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47SM501.txt
48 - Silicon Motion SM501 multimedia companion chip
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49SubmittingPatches
50 - nothing here, just a pointer to process/coding-style.rst.
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51accounting/
52 - documentation on accounting and taskstats.
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53acpi/
54 - info on ACPI-specific hooks in the kernel.
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55admin-guide/
56 - info related to Linux users and system admins.
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57aoe/
58 - description of AoE (ATA over Ethernet) along with config examples.
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59arm/
60 - directory with info about Linux on the ARM architecture.
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61arm64/
62 - directory with info about Linux on the 64 bit ARM architecture.
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63auxdisplay/
64 - misc. LCD driver documentation (cfag12864b, ks0108).
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65backlight/
66 - directory with info on controlling backlights in flat panel displays
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67bcache.txt
68 - Block-layer cache on fast SSDs to improve slow (raid) I/O performance.
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69blackfin/
70 - directory with documentation for the Blackfin arch.
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71block/
72 - info on the Block I/O (BIO) layer.
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73blockdev/
74 - info on block devices & drivers
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75bt8xxgpio.txt
76 - info on how to modify a bt8xx video card for GPIO usage.
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77btmrvl.txt
78 - info on Marvell Bluetooth driver usage.
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79bus-devices/
80 - directory with info on TI GPMC (General Purpose Memory Controller)
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81bus-virt-phys-mapping.txt
82 - how to access I/O mapped memory from within device drivers.
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83cachetlb.txt
84 - describes the cache/TLB flushing interfaces Linux uses.
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85cdrom/
86 - directory with information on the CD-ROM drivers that Linux has.
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87cgroup-v1/
88 - cgroups v1 features, including cpusets and memory controller.
89cgroup-v2.txt
90 - cgroups v2 features, including cpusets and memory controller.
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91circular-buffers.txt
92 - how to make use of the existing circular buffer infrastructure
93clk.txt
94 - info on the common clock framework
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95cma/
96 - Continuous Memory Area (CMA) debugfs interface.
0f60724f 97conf.py
9e22ff43 98 - It's not of interest for those who aren't touching the build system.
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99connector/
100 - docs on the netlink based userspace<->kernel space communication mod.
101console/
102 - documentation on Linux console drivers.
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103core-api/
104 - documentation on kernel core components.
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105cpu-freq/
106 - info on CPU frequency and voltage scaling.
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107cpu-hotplug.txt
108 - document describing CPU hotplug support in the Linux kernel.
109cpu-load.txt
110 - document describing how CPU load statistics are collected.
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111cpuidle/
112 - info on CPU_IDLE, CPU idle state management subsystem.
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113cputopology.txt
114 - documentation on how CPU topology info is exported via sysfs.
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115crc32.txt
116 - brief tutorial on CRC computation
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117cris/
118 - directory with info about Linux on CRIS architecture.
119crypto/
120 - directory with info on the Crypto API.
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121dcdbas.txt
122 - information on the Dell Systems Management Base Driver.
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123debugging-modules.txt
124 - some notes on debugging modules after Linux 2.6.3.
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125debugging-via-ohci1394.txt
126 - how to use firewire like a hardware debugger memory reader.
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127dell_rbu.txt
128 - document demonstrating the use of the Dell Remote BIOS Update driver.
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129dev-tools/
130 - directory with info on development tools for the kernel.
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131device-mapper/
132 - directory with info on Device Mapper.
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133dmaengine/
134 - the DMA engine and controller API guides.
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135devicetree/
136 - directory with info on device tree files used by OF/PowerPC/ARM
137digsig.txt
138 -info on the Digital Signature Verification API
139dma-buf-sharing.txt
140 - the DMA Buffer Sharing API Guide
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141docutils.conf
142 - nothing here. Just a configuration file for docutils.
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143dontdiff
144 - file containing a list of files that should never be diff'ed.
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145driver-api/
146 - the Linux driver implementer's API guide.
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147driver-model/
148 - directory with info about Linux driver model.
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149early-userspace/
150 - info about initramfs, klibc, and userspace early during boot.
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151efi-stub.txt
152 - How to use the EFI boot stub to bypass GRUB or elilo on EFI systems.
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153eisa.txt
154 - info on EISA bus support.
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155extcon/
156 - directory with porting guide for Android kernel switch driver.
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157isa.txt
158 - info on EISA bus support.
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159fault-injection/
160 - dir with docs about the fault injection capabilities infrastructure.
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161fb/
162 - directory with info on the frame buffer graphics abstraction layer.
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163features/
164 - status of feature implementation on different architectures.
1da177e4 165filesystems/
4f3b19ca 166 - info on the vfs and the various filesystems that Linux supports.
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167firmware_class/
168 - request_firmware() hotplug interface info.
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169flexible-arrays.txt
170 - how to make use of flexible sized arrays in linux
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171fmc/
172 - information about the FMC bus abstraction
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173fpga/
174 - FPGA Manager Core.
0868ff7a 175frv/
f6b07d39 176 - Fujitsu FR-V Linux documentation.
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177futex-requeue-pi.txt
178 - info on requeueing of tasks from a non-PI futex to a PI futex
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179gcc-plugins.txt
180 - GCC plugin infrastructure.
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181gpio/
182 - gpio related documentation
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183gpu/
184 - directory with information on GPU driver developer's guide.
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185hid/
186 - directory with information on human interface devices
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187highuid.txt
188 - notes on the change from 16 bit to 32 bit user/group IDs.
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189hwspinlock.txt
190 - hardware spinlock provides hardware assistance for synchronization
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191timers/
192 - info on the timer related topics
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193hw_random.txt
194 - info on Linux support for random number generator in i8xx chipsets.
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195hwmon/
196 - directory with docs on various hardware monitoring drivers.
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197i2c/
198 - directory with info about the I2C bus/protocol (2 wire, kHz speed).
71cced6e 199x86/i386/
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200 - directory with info about Linux on Intel 32 bit architecture.
201ia64/
202 - directory with info about Linux on Intel 64 bit architecture.
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203ide/
204 - Information regarding the Enhanced IDE drive.
205iio/
206 - info on industrial IIO configfs support.
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207index.rst
208 - main index for the documentation at ReST format.
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209infiniband/
210 - directory with documents concerning Linux InfiniBand support.
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211input/
212 - info on Linux input device support.
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213intel_txt.txt
214 - info on intel Trusted Execution Technology (intel TXT).
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215io-mapping.txt
216 - description of io_mapping functions in linux/io-mapping.h
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217io_ordering.txt
218 - info on ordering I/O writes to memory-mapped addresses.
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219ioctl/
220 - directory with documents describing various IOCTL calls.
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221iostats.txt
222 - info on I/O statistics Linux kernel provides.
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223irqflags-tracing.txt
224 - how to use the irq-flags tracing feature.
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225isapnp.txt
226 - info on Linux ISA Plug & Play support.
227isdn/
228 - directory with info on the Linux ISDN support, and supported cards.
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229kbuild/
230 - directory with info about the kernel build process.
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231kdump/
232 - directory with mini HowTo on getting the crash dump code to work.
1dc4bbf0 233doc-guide/
8ed292fe 234 - how to write and format reStructuredText kernel documentation
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235kernel-per-CPU-kthreads.txt
236 - List of all per-CPU kthreads and how they introduce jitter.
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237kobject.txt
238 - info of the kobject infrastructure of the Linux kernel.
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239kprobes.txt
240 - documents the kernel probes debugging feature.
241kref.txt
242 - docs on adding reference counters (krefs) to kernel objects.
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243laptops/
244 - directory with laptop related info and laptop driver documentation.
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245ldm.txt
246 - a brief description of LDM (Windows Dynamic Disks).
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247leds/
248 - directory with info about LED handling under Linux.
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249livepatch/
250 - info on kernel live patching.
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251locking/
252 - directory with info about kernel locking primitives
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253lockup-watchdogs.txt
254 - info on soft and hard lockup detectors (aka nmi_watchdog).
1da177e4 255logo.gif
f6b07d39 256 - full colour GIF image of Linux logo (penguin - Tux).
1da177e4 257logo.txt
f6b07d39 258 - info on creator of above logo & site to get additional images from.
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259lsm.txt
260 - Linux Security Modules: General Security Hooks for Linux
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261lzo.txt
262 - kernel LZO decompressor input formats
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263m68k/
264 - directory with info about Linux on Motorola 68k architecture.
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265mailbox.txt
266 - How to write drivers for the common mailbox framework (IPC).
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267md/
268 - directory with info about Linux Software RAID
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269media/
270 - info on media drivers: uAPI, kAPI and driver documentation.
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271memory-barriers.txt
272 - info on Linux kernel memory barriers.
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273memory-devices/
274 - directory with info on parts like the Texas Instruments EMIF driver
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275memory-hotplug.txt
276 - Hotpluggable memory support, how to use and current status.
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277men-chameleon-bus.txt
278 - info on MEN chameleon bus.
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279metag/
280 - directory with info about Linux on Meta architecture.
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281mic/
282 - Intel Many Integrated Core (MIC) architecture device driver.
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283mips/
284 - directory with info about Linux on MIPS architecture.
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285misc-devices/
286 - directory with info about devices using the misc dev subsystem
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287mmc/
288 - directory with info about the MMC subsystem
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289mn10300/
290 - directory with info about the mn10300 architecture port
291mtd/
292 - directory with info about memory technology devices (flash)
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293namespaces/
294 - directory with various information about namespaces
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295netlabel/
296 - directory with information on the NetLabel subsystem.
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297networking/
298 - directory with info on various aspects of networking with Linux.
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299nfc/
300 - directory relating info about Near Field Communications support.
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301nios2/
302 - Linux on the Nios II architecture.
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303nommu-mmap.txt
304 - documentation about no-mmu memory mapping support.
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305numastat.txt
306 - info on how to read Numa policy hit/miss statistics in sysfs.
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307ntb.txt
308 - info on Non-Transparent Bridge (NTB) drivers.
309nvdimm/
310 - info on non-volatile devices.
311nvmem/
312 - info on non volatile memory framework.
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313output/
314 - default directory where html/LaTeX/pdf files will be written.
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315padata.txt
316 - An introduction to the "padata" parallel execution API
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317parisc/
318 - directory with info on using Linux on PA-RISC architecture.
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319parport-lowlevel.txt
320 - description and usage of the low level parallel port functions.
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321pcmcia/
322 - info on the Linux PCMCIA driver.
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323percpu-rw-semaphore.txt
324 - RCU based read-write semaphore optimized for locking for reading
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325perf/
326 - info about the APM X-Gene SoC Performance Monitoring Unit (PMU).
327phy/
328 - ino on Samsung USB 2.0 PHY adaptation layer.
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329phy.txt
330 - Description of the generic PHY framework.
f6b07d39 331pi-futex.txt
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332 - documentation on lightweight priority inheritance futexes.
333pinctrl.txt
334 - info on pinctrl subsystem and the PINMUX/PINCONF and drivers
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335platform/
336 - List of supported hardware by compal and Dell laptop.
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337pnp.txt
338 - Linux Plug and Play documentation.
339power/
340 - directory with info on Linux PCI power management.
341powerpc/
342 - directory with info on using Linux with the PowerPC.
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343prctl/
344 - directory with info on the priveledge control subsystem
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345preempt-locking.txt
346 - info on locking under a preemptive kernel.
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347process/
348 - how to work with the mainline kernel development process.
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349pps/
350 - directory with information on the pulse-per-second support
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351pti/
352 - directory with info on Intel MID PTI.
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353ptp/
354 - directory with info on support for IEEE 1588 PTP clocks in Linux.
355pwm.txt
356 - info on the pulse width modulation driver subsystem
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357rapidio/
358 - directory with info on RapidIO packet-based fabric interconnect
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359rbtree.txt
360 - info on what red-black trees are and what they are for.
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361remoteproc.txt
362 - info on how to handle remote processor (e.g. AMP) offloads/usage.
363rfkill.txt
364 - info on the radio frequency kill switch subsystem/support.
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365robust-futex-ABI.txt
366 - documentation of the robust futex ABI.
367robust-futexes.txt
368 - a description of what robust futexes are.
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369rpmsg.txt
370 - info on the Remote Processor Messaging (rpmsg) Framework
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371rtc.txt
372 - notes on how to use the Real Time Clock (aka CMOS clock) driver.
373s390/
374 - directory with info on using Linux on the IBM S390.
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375scheduler/
376 - directory with info on the scheduler.
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377scsi/
378 - directory with info on Linux scsi support.
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379security/
380 - directory that contains security-related info
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381serial/
382 - directory with info on the low level serial API.
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383sgi-ioc4.txt
384 - description of the SGI IOC4 PCI (multi function) device.
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385sh/
386 - directory with info on porting Linux to a new architecture.
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387smsc_ece1099.txt
388 -info on the smsc Keyboard Scan Expansion/GPIO Expansion device.
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389sound/
390 - directory with info on sound card support.
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391spi/
392 - overview of Linux kernel Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) support.
0f60724f 393sphinx/
9e22ff43 394 - no documentation here, just files required by Sphinx toolchain.
0f60724f 395sphinx-static/
9e22ff43 396 - no documentation here, just files required by Sphinx toolchain.
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397static-keys.txt
398 - info on how static keys allow debug code in hotpaths via patching
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399svga.txt
400 - short guide on selecting video modes at boot via VGA BIOS.
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401sync_file.txt
402 - Sync file API guide.
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403sysctl/
404 - directory with info on the /proc/sys/* files.
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405target/
406 - directory with info on generating TCM v4 fabric .ko modules
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407tee.txt
408 - info on the TEE subsystem and drivers
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409this_cpu_ops.txt
410 - List rationale behind and the way to use this_cpu operations.
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411thermal/
412 - directory with information on managing thermal issues (CPU/temp)
413trace/
414 - directory with info on tracing technologies within linux
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415translations/
416 - translations of this document from English to another language
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417unaligned-memory-access.txt
418 - info on how to avoid arch breaking unaligned memory access in code.
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419unshare.txt
420 - description of the Linux unshare system call.
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421usb/
422 - directory with info regarding the Universal Serial Bus.
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423vfio.txt
424 - info on Virtual Function I/O used in guest/hypervisor instances.
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425video-output.txt
426 - sysfs class driver interface to enable/disable a video output device.
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427virtual/
428 - directory with information on the various linux virtualizations.
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429vm/
430 - directory with info on the Linux vm code.
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431w1/
432 - directory with documents regarding the 1-wire (w1) subsystem.
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433watchdog/
434 - how to auto-reboot Linux if it has "fallen and can't get up". ;-)
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435wimax/
436 - directory with info about Intel Wireless Wimax Connections
24755a55 437core-api/workqueue.rst
449e3a72 438 - information on the Concurrency Managed Workqueue implementation
71cced6e 439x86/x86_64/
1da177e4 440 - directory with info on Linux support for AMD x86-64 (Hammer) machines.
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441xillybus.txt
442 - Overview and basic ui of xillybus driver
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443xtensa/
444 - directory with documents relating to arch/xtensa port/implementation
445xz.txt
446 - how to make use of the XZ data compression within linux kernel
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447zorro.txt
448 - info on writing drivers for Zorro bus devices found on Amigas.