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Wed Mar 4 10:48:58 2009 UTC (15 years, 2 months ago) by niro
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import linux sources based on 2.6.12-alx-r9: -using linux-2.6.12.6 -using 2.6.12-ck6 patch set -using fbsplash-0.9.2-r3 -using vesafb-tng-0.9-rc7 -using squashfs-2.2 -added cddvd-cmdfilter-drop.patch as ck dropped it -added via-epia-dri (cle266) patch -added zd1211-svn-32 wlan driver (http://zd1211.ath.cx/download/) -added debian patches to zd1211 for wep256 etc
| 1 | niro | 628 | |
| 2 | This is a brief list of all the files in ./linux/Documentation and what | ||
| 3 | they contain. If you add a documentation file, please list it here in | ||
| 4 | alphabetical order as well, or risk being hunted down like a rabid dog. | ||
| 5 | Please try and keep the descriptions small enough to fit on one line. | ||
| 6 | Thanks -- Paul G. | ||
| 7 | |||
| 8 | Following 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 | |||
| 13 | 00-INDEX | ||
| 14 | - this file. | ||
| 15 | BUG-HUNTING | ||
| 16 | - brute force method of doing binary search of patches to find bug. | ||
| 17 | Changes | ||
| 18 | - list of changes that break older software packages. | ||
| 19 | CodingStyle | ||
| 20 | - how the boss likes the C code in the kernel to look. | ||
| 21 | DMA-API.txt | ||
| 22 | - DMA API, pci_ API & extensions for non-consistent memory machines. | ||
| 23 | DMA-mapping.txt | ||
| 24 | - info for PCI drivers using DMA portably across all platforms. | ||
| 25 | DocBook/ | ||
| 26 | - directory with DocBook templates etc. for kernel documentation. | ||
| 27 | IO-mapping.txt | ||
| 28 | - how to access I/O mapped memory from within device drivers. | ||
| 29 | IPMI.txt | ||
| 30 | - info on Linux Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) Driver. | ||
| 31 | IRQ-affinity.txt | ||
| 32 | - how to select which CPU(s) handle which interrupt events on SMP. | ||
| 33 | ManagementStyle | ||
| 34 | - how to (attempt to) manage kernel hackers. | ||
| 35 | MSI-HOWTO.txt | ||
| 36 | - the Message Signaled Interrupts (MSI) Driver Guide HOWTO and FAQ. | ||
| 37 | RCU/ | ||
| 38 | - directory with info on RCU (read-copy update). | ||
| 39 | README.DAC960 | ||
| 40 | - info on Mylex DAC960/DAC1100 PCI RAID Controller Driver for Linux. | ||
| 41 | SAK.txt | ||
| 42 | - info on Secure Attention Keys. | ||
| 43 | SubmittingDrivers | ||
| 44 | - procedure to get a new driver source included into the kernel tree. | ||
| 45 | SubmittingPatches | ||
| 46 | - procedure to get a source patch included into the kernel tree. | ||
| 47 | VGA-softcursor.txt | ||
| 48 | - how to change your VGA cursor from a blinking underscore. | ||
| 49 | arm/ | ||
| 50 | - directory with info about Linux on the ARM architecture. | ||
| 51 | basic_profiling.txt | ||
| 52 | - basic instructions for those who wants to profile Linux kernel. | ||
| 53 | binfmt_misc.txt | ||
| 54 | - info on the kernel support for extra binary formats. | ||
| 55 | block/ | ||
| 56 | - info on the Block I/O (BIO) layer. | ||
| 57 | cachetlb.txt | ||
| 58 | - describes the cache/TLB flushing interfaces Linux uses. | ||
| 59 | cciss.txt | ||
| 60 | - info, major/minor #'s for Compaq's SMART Array Controllers. | ||
| 61 | cdrom/ | ||
| 62 | - directory with information on the CD-ROM drivers that Linux has. | ||
| 63 | cli-sti-removal.txt | ||
| 64 | - cli()/sti() removal guide. | ||
| 65 | computone.txt | ||
| 66 | - info on Computone Intelliport II/Plus Multiport Serial Driver. | ||
| 67 | cpqarray.txt | ||
| 68 | - info on using Compaq's SMART2 Intelligent Disk Array Controllers. | ||
| 69 | cpu-freq/ | ||
| 70 | - info on CPU frequency and voltage scaling. | ||
| 71 | cris/ | ||
| 72 | - directory with info about Linux on CRIS architecture. | ||
| 73 | crypto/ | ||
| 74 | - directory with info on the Crypto API. | ||
| 75 | debugging-modules.txt | ||
| 76 | - some notes on debugging modules after Linux 2.6.3. | ||
| 77 | device-mapper/ | ||
| 78 | - directory with info on Device Mapper. | ||
| 79 | devices.txt | ||
| 80 | - plain ASCII listing of all the nodes in /dev/ with major minor #'s. | ||
| 81 | digiepca.txt | ||
| 82 | - info on Digi Intl. {PC,PCI,EISA}Xx and Xem series cards. | ||
| 83 | dnotify.txt | ||
| 84 | - info about directory notification in Linux. | ||
| 85 | driver-model/ | ||
| 86 | - directory with info about Linux driver model. | ||
| 87 | dvb/ | ||
| 88 | - info on Linux Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) subsystem. | ||
| 89 | early-userspace/ | ||
| 90 | - info about initramfs, klibc, and userspace early during boot. | ||
| 91 | eisa.txt | ||
| 92 | - info on EISA bus support. | ||
| 93 | exception.txt | ||
| 94 | - how Linux v2.2 handles exceptions without verify_area etc. | ||
| 95 | fb/ | ||
| 96 | - directory with info on the frame buffer graphics abstraction layer. | ||
| 97 | filesystems/ | ||
| 98 | - directory with info on the various filesystems that Linux supports. | ||
| 99 | firmware_class/ | ||
| 100 | - request_firmware() hotplug interface info. | ||
| 101 | floppy.txt | ||
| 102 | - notes and driver options for the floppy disk driver. | ||
| 103 | ftape.txt | ||
| 104 | - notes about the floppy tape device driver. | ||
| 105 | hayes-esp.txt | ||
| 106 | - info on using the Hayes ESP serial driver. | ||
| 107 | highuid.txt | ||
| 108 | - notes on the change from 16 bit to 32 bit user/group IDs. | ||
| 109 | hpet.txt | ||
| 110 | - High Precision Event Timer Driver for Linux. | ||
| 111 | hw_random.txt | ||
| 112 | - info on Linux support for random number generator in i8xx chipsets. | ||
| 113 | i2c/ | ||
| 114 | - directory with info about the I2C bus/protocol (2 wire, kHz speed). | ||
| 115 | i2o/ | ||
| 116 | - directory with info about the Linux I2O subsystem. | ||
| 117 | i386/ | ||
| 118 | - directory with info about Linux on Intel 32 bit architecture. | ||
| 119 | ia64/ | ||
| 120 | - directory with info about Linux on Intel 64 bit architecture. | ||
| 121 | ide.txt | ||
| 122 | - important info for users of ATA devices (IDE/EIDE disks and CD-ROMS). | ||
| 123 | initrd.txt | ||
| 124 | - how to use the RAM disk as an initial/temporary root filesystem. | ||
| 125 | input/ | ||
| 126 | - info on Linux input device support. | ||
| 127 | io_ordering.txt | ||
| 128 | - info on ordering I/O writes to memory-mapped addresses. | ||
| 129 | ioctl-number.txt | ||
| 130 | - how to implement and register device/driver ioctl calls. | ||
| 131 | iostats.txt | ||
| 132 | - info on I/O statistics Linux kernel provides. | ||
| 133 | isapnp.txt | ||
| 134 | - info on Linux ISA Plug & Play support. | ||
| 135 | isdn/ | ||
| 136 | - directory with info on the Linux ISDN support, and supported cards. | ||
| 137 | java.txt | ||
| 138 | - info on the in-kernel binary support for Java(tm). | ||
| 139 | kbuild/ | ||
| 140 | - directory with info about the kernel build process. | ||
| 141 | kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt | ||
| 142 | - mini HowTo on generation and location of kernel documentation files. | ||
| 143 | kernel-docs.txt | ||
| 144 | - listing of various WWW + books that document kernel internals. | ||
| 145 | kernel-parameters.txt | ||
| 146 | - summary listing of command line / boot prompt args for the kernel. | ||
| 147 | kobject.txt | ||
| 148 | - info of the kobject infrastructure of the Linux kernel. | ||
| 149 | laptop-mode.txt | ||
| 150 | - How to conserve battery power using laptop-mode. | ||
| 151 | ldm.txt | ||
| 152 | - a brief description of LDM (Windows Dynamic Disks). | ||
| 153 | locks.txt | ||
| 154 | - info on file locking implementations, flock() vs. fcntl(), etc. | ||
| 155 | logo.gif | ||
| 156 | - Full colour GIF image of Linux logo (penguin). | ||
| 157 | logo.txt | ||
| 158 | - Info on creator of above logo & site to get additional images from. | ||
| 159 | m68k/ | ||
| 160 | - directory with info about Linux on Motorola 68k architecture. | ||
| 161 | magic-number.txt | ||
| 162 | - list of magic numbers used to mark/protect kernel data structures. | ||
| 163 | mandatory.txt | ||
| 164 | - info on the Linux implementation of Sys V mandatory file locking. | ||
| 165 | mca.txt | ||
| 166 | - info on supporting Micro Channel Architecture (e.g. PS/2) systems. | ||
| 167 | md.txt | ||
| 168 | - info on boot arguments for the multiple devices driver. | ||
| 169 | memory.txt | ||
| 170 | - info on typical Linux memory problems. | ||
| 171 | mips/ | ||
| 172 | - directory with info about Linux on MIPS architecture. | ||
| 173 | mono.txt | ||
| 174 | - how to execute Mono-based .NET binaries with the help of BINFMT_MISC. | ||
| 175 | moxa-smartio | ||
| 176 | - info on installing/using Moxa multiport serial driver. | ||
| 177 | mtrr.txt | ||
| 178 | - how to use PPro Memory Type Range Registers to increase performance. | ||
| 179 | nbd.txt | ||
| 180 | - info on a TCP implementation of a network block device. | ||
| 181 | networking/ | ||
| 182 | - directory with info on various aspects of networking with Linux. | ||
| 183 | nfsroot.txt | ||
| 184 | - short guide on setting up a diskless box with NFS root filesystem. | ||
| 185 | nmi_watchdog.txt | ||
| 186 | - info on NMI watchdog for SMP systems. | ||
| 187 | numastat.txt | ||
| 188 | - info on how to read Numa policy hit/miss statistics in sysfs. | ||
| 189 | oops-tracing.txt | ||
| 190 | - how to decode those nasty internal kernel error dump messages. | ||
| 191 | paride.txt | ||
| 192 | - information about the parallel port IDE subsystem. | ||
| 193 | parisc/ | ||
| 194 | - directory with info on using Linux on PA-RISC architecture. | ||
| 195 | parport.txt | ||
| 196 | - how to use the parallel-port driver. | ||
| 197 | parport-lowlevel.txt | ||
| 198 | - description and usage of the low level parallel port functions. | ||
| 199 | pci.txt | ||
| 200 | - info on the PCI subsystem for device driver authors. | ||
| 201 | pm.txt | ||
| 202 | - info on Linux power management support. | ||
| 203 | pnp.txt | ||
| 204 | - Linux Plug and Play documentation. | ||
| 205 | power/ | ||
| 206 | - directory with info on Linux PCI power management. | ||
| 207 | powerpc/ | ||
| 208 | - directory with info on using Linux with the PowerPC. | ||
| 209 | preempt-locking.txt | ||
| 210 | - info on locking under a preemptive kernel. | ||
| 211 | ramdisk.txt | ||
| 212 | - short guide on how to set up and use the RAM disk. | ||
| 213 | riscom8.txt | ||
| 214 | - notes on using the RISCom/8 multi-port serial driver. | ||
| 215 | rocket.txt | ||
| 216 | - info on the Comtrol RocketPort multiport serial driver. | ||
| 217 | rpc-cache.txt | ||
| 218 | - introduction to the caching mechanisms in the sunrpc layer. | ||
| 219 | rtc.txt | ||
| 220 | - notes on how to use the Real Time Clock (aka CMOS clock) driver. | ||
| 221 | s390/ | ||
| 222 | - directory with info on using Linux on the IBM S390. | ||
| 223 | sched-coding.txt | ||
| 224 | - reference for various scheduler-related methods in the O(1) scheduler. | ||
| 225 | sched-design.txt | ||
| 226 | - goals, design and implementation of the Linux O(1) scheduler. | ||
| 227 | sched-domains.txt | ||
| 228 | - information on scheduling domains. | ||
| 229 | sched-stats.txt | ||
| 230 | - information on schedstats (Linux Scheduler Statistics). | ||
| 231 | scsi/ | ||
| 232 | - directory with info on Linux scsi support. | ||
| 233 | serial/ | ||
| 234 | - directory with info on the low level serial API. | ||
| 235 | serial-console.txt | ||
| 236 | - how to set up Linux with a serial line console as the default. | ||
| 237 | sgi-visws.txt | ||
| 238 | - short blurb on the SGI Visual Workstations. | ||
| 239 | sh/ | ||
| 240 | - directory with info on porting Linux to a new architecture. | ||
| 241 | smart-config.txt | ||
| 242 | - description of the Smart Config makefile feature. | ||
| 243 | smp.txt | ||
| 244 | - a few notes on symmetric multi-processing. | ||
| 245 | sonypi.txt | ||
| 246 | - info on Linux Sony Programmable I/O Device support. | ||
| 247 | sound/ | ||
| 248 | - directory with info on sound card support. | ||
| 249 | sparc/ | ||
| 250 | - directory with info on using Linux on Sparc architecture. | ||
| 251 | specialix.txt | ||
| 252 | - info on hardware/driver for specialix IO8+ multiport serial card. | ||
| 253 | spinlocks.txt | ||
| 254 | - info on using spinlocks to provide exclusive access in kernel. | ||
| 255 | stallion.txt | ||
| 256 | - info on using the Stallion multiport serial driver. | ||
| 257 | svga.txt | ||
| 258 | - short guide on selecting video modes at boot via VGA BIOS. | ||
| 259 | sx.txt | ||
| 260 | - info on the Specialix SX/SI multiport serial driver. | ||
| 261 | sysctl/ | ||
| 262 | - directory with info on the /proc/sys/* files. | ||
| 263 | sysrq.txt | ||
| 264 | - info on the magic SysRq key. | ||
| 265 | telephony/ | ||
| 266 | - directory with info on telephony (e.g. voice over IP) support. | ||
| 267 | time_interpolators.txt | ||
| 268 | - info on time interpolators. | ||
| 269 | tipar.txt | ||
| 270 | - information about Parallel link cable for Texas Instruments handhelds. | ||
| 271 | tty.txt | ||
| 272 | - guide to the locking policies of the tty layer. | ||
| 273 | unicode.txt | ||
| 274 | - info on the Unicode character/font mapping used in Linux. | ||
| 275 | uml/ | ||
| 276 | - directory with infomation about User Mode Linux. | ||
| 277 | usb/ | ||
| 278 | - directory with info regarding the Universal Serial Bus. | ||
| 279 | video4linux/ | ||
| 280 | - directory with info regarding video/TV/radio cards and linux. | ||
| 281 | vm/ | ||
| 282 | - directory with info on the Linux vm code. | ||
| 283 | voyager.txt | ||
| 284 | - guide to running Linux on the Voyager architecture. | ||
| 285 | watchdog/ | ||
| 286 | - how to auto-reboot Linux if it has "fallen and can't get up". ;-) | ||
| 287 | x86_64/ | ||
| 288 | - directory with info on Linux support for AMD x86-64 (Hammer) machines. | ||
| 289 | xterm-linux.xpm | ||
| 290 | - XPM image of penguin logo (see logo.txt) sitting on an xterm. | ||
| 291 | zorro.txt | ||
| 292 | - info on writing drivers for Zorro bus devices found on Amigas. |