- 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
- how the boss likes the C code in the kernel to look.
DMA-API.txt
- DMA API, pci_ API & extensions for non-consistent memory machines.
+DMA-ISA-LPC.txt
+ - How to do DMA with ISA (and LPC) devices.
DMA-mapping.txt
- info for PCI drivers using DMA portably across all platforms.
DocBook/
- 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
- 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
- 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.
+edac.txt
+ - information on EDAC - Error Detection And Correction
eisa.txt
- info on EISA bus support.
exception.txt
- 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.
- 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/
- how to use PPro Memory Type Range Registers to increase performance.
mutex-design.txt
- info on the generic mutex subsystem.
+namespaces/
+ - directory with various information about namespaces
nbd.txt
- info on a TCP implementation of a network block device.
netlabel/
- info on Linux power management support.
pnp.txt
- Linux Plug and Play documentation.
+power_supply_class.txt
+ - Tells userspace about battery, UPS, AC or DC power supply properties
power/
- directory with info on Linux PCI power management.
powerpc/
- 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/
- 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 using the Stallion multiport serial driver.
svga.txt
- short guide on selecting video modes at boot via VGA BIOS.
+sysfs-rules.txt
+ - How not to use sysfs.
sx.txt
- info on the Specialix SX/SI multiport serial driver.
sysctl/
- 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/
- how to auto-reboot Linux if it has "fallen and can't get up". ;-)
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.