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