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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. | |
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15 | ABI/ |
16 | - info on kernel <-> userspace ABI and relative interface stability. | |
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18 | BUG-HUNTING |
19 | - brute force method of doing binary search of patches to find bug. | |
20 | Changes | |
21 | - list of changes that break older software packages. | |
22 | CodingStyle | |
23 | - how the boss likes the C code in the kernel to look. | |
24 | DMA-API.txt | |
25 | - DMA API, pci_ API & extensions for non-consistent memory machines. | |
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26 | DMA-ISA-LPC.txt |
27 | - How to do DMA with ISA (and LPC) devices. | |
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28 | DocBook/ |
29 | - directory with DocBook templates etc. for kernel documentation. | |
d36cc9d0 | 30 | HOWTO |
f6b07d39 | 31 | - the process and procedures of how to do Linux kernel development. |
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32 | IO-mapping.txt |
33 | - how to access I/O mapped memory from within device drivers. | |
34 | IPMI.txt | |
35 | - info on Linux Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) Driver. | |
36 | IRQ-affinity.txt | |
37 | - how to select which CPU(s) handle which interrupt events on SMP. | |
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38 | IRQ.txt |
39 | - description of what an IRQ is. | |
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40 | ManagementStyle |
41 | - how to (attempt to) manage kernel hackers. | |
42 | MSI-HOWTO.txt | |
43 | - the Message Signaled Interrupts (MSI) Driver Guide HOWTO and FAQ. | |
44 | RCU/ | |
45 | - directory with info on RCU (read-copy update). | |
46 | README.DAC960 | |
47 | - info on Mylex DAC960/DAC1100 PCI RAID Controller Driver for Linux. | |
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48 | README.cycladesZ |
49 | - info on Cyclades-Z firmware loading. | |
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50 | SAK.txt |
51 | - info on Secure Attention Keys. | |
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52 | SM501.txt |
53 | - Silicon Motion SM501 multimedia companion chip | |
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54 | SecurityBugs |
55 | - procedure for reporting security bugs found in the kernel. | |
56 | SubmitChecklist | |
57 | - Linux kernel patch submission checklist. | |
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58 | SubmittingDrivers |
59 | - procedure to get a new driver source included into the kernel tree. | |
60 | SubmittingPatches | |
61 | - procedure to get a source patch included into the kernel tree. | |
62 | VGA-softcursor.txt | |
63 | - how to change your VGA cursor from a blinking underscore. | |
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64 | accounting/ |
65 | - documentation on accounting and taskstats. | |
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66 | acpi/ |
67 | - info on ACPI-specific hooks in the kernel. | |
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68 | aoe/ |
69 | - description of AoE (ATA over Ethernet) along with config examples. | |
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70 | applying-patches.txt |
71 | - description of various trees and how to apply their patches. | |
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72 | arm/ |
73 | - directory with info about Linux on the ARM architecture. | |
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74 | atomic_ops.txt |
75 | - semantics and behavior of atomic and bitmask operations. | |
76 | auxdisplay/ | |
77 | - misc. LCD driver documentation (cfag12864b, ks0108). | |
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78 | basic_profiling.txt |
79 | - basic instructions for those who wants to profile Linux kernel. | |
80 | binfmt_misc.txt | |
81 | - info on the kernel support for extra binary formats. | |
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82 | blackfin/ |
83 | - directory with documentation for the Blackfin arch. | |
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84 | block/ |
85 | - info on the Block I/O (BIO) layer. | |
86 | cachetlb.txt | |
87 | - describes the cache/TLB flushing interfaces Linux uses. | |
88 | cciss.txt | |
89 | - info, major/minor #'s for Compaq's SMART Array Controllers. | |
90 | cdrom/ | |
91 | - directory with information on the CD-ROM drivers that Linux has. | |
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92 | computone.txt |
93 | - info on Computone Intelliport II/Plus Multiport Serial Driver. | |
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94 | connector/ |
95 | - docs on the netlink based userspace<->kernel space communication mod. | |
96 | console/ | |
97 | - documentation on Linux console drivers. | |
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98 | cpqarray.txt |
99 | - info on using Compaq's SMART2 Intelligent Disk Array Controllers. | |
100 | cpu-freq/ | |
101 | - info on CPU frequency and voltage scaling. | |
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102 | cpu-hotplug.txt |
103 | - document describing CPU hotplug support in the Linux kernel. | |
104 | cpu-load.txt | |
105 | - document describing how CPU load statistics are collected. | |
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106 | cpuidle/ |
107 | - info on CPU_IDLE, CPU idle state management subsystem. | |
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108 | cpusets.txt |
109 | - documents the cpusets feature; assign CPUs and Mem to a set of tasks. | |
110 | cputopology.txt | |
111 | - documentation on how CPU topology info is exported via sysfs. | |
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112 | cris/ |
113 | - directory with info about Linux on CRIS architecture. | |
114 | crypto/ | |
115 | - directory with info on the Crypto API. | |
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116 | dcdbas.txt |
117 | - information on the Dell Systems Management Base Driver. | |
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118 | debugging-modules.txt |
119 | - some notes on debugging modules after Linux 2.6.3. | |
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120 | dell_rbu.txt |
121 | - document demonstrating the use of the Dell Remote BIOS Update driver. | |
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122 | device-mapper/ |
123 | - directory with info on Device Mapper. | |
124 | devices.txt | |
125 | - plain ASCII listing of all the nodes in /dev/ with major minor #'s. | |
126 | digiepca.txt | |
127 | - info on Digi Intl. {PC,PCI,EISA}Xx and Xem series cards. | |
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128 | dontdiff |
129 | - file containing a list of files that should never be diff'ed. | |
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130 | driver-model/ |
131 | - directory with info about Linux driver model. | |
132 | dvb/ | |
133 | - info on Linux Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) subsystem. | |
134 | early-userspace/ | |
135 | - info about initramfs, klibc, and userspace early during boot. | |
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136 | edac.txt |
137 | - information on EDAC - Error Detection And Correction | |
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138 | eisa.txt |
139 | - info on EISA bus support. | |
140 | exception.txt | |
141 | - how Linux v2.2 handles exceptions without verify_area etc. | |
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142 | fault-injection/ |
143 | - dir with docs about the fault injection capabilities infrastructure. | |
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144 | fb/ |
145 | - directory with info on the frame buffer graphics abstraction layer. | |
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146 | feature-removal-schedule.txt |
147 | - list of files and features that are going to be removed. | |
1da177e4 | 148 | filesystems/ |
4f3b19ca | 149 | - info on the vfs and the various filesystems that Linux supports. |
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150 | firmware_class/ |
151 | - request_firmware() hotplug interface info. | |
152 | floppy.txt | |
153 | - notes and driver options for the floppy disk driver. | |
0868ff7a | 154 | frv/ |
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155 | - Fujitsu FR-V Linux documentation. |
156 | gpio.txt | |
157 | - overview of GPIO (General Purpose Input/Output) access conventions. | |
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158 | hayes-esp.txt |
159 | - info on using the Hayes ESP serial driver. | |
160 | highuid.txt | |
161 | - notes on the change from 16 bit to 32 bit user/group IDs. | |
162 | hpet.txt | |
163 | - High Precision Event Timer Driver for Linux. | |
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164 | timers/ |
165 | - info on the timer related topics | |
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166 | hw_random.txt |
167 | - info on Linux support for random number generator in i8xx chipsets. | |
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168 | hwmon/ |
169 | - directory with docs on various hardware monitoring drivers. | |
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170 | i2c/ |
171 | - directory with info about the I2C bus/protocol (2 wire, kHz speed). | |
172 | i2o/ | |
173 | - directory with info about the Linux I2O subsystem. | |
174 | i386/ | |
175 | - directory with info about Linux on Intel 32 bit architecture. | |
176 | ia64/ | |
177 | - directory with info about Linux on Intel 64 bit architecture. | |
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178 | infiniband/ |
179 | - directory with documents concerning Linux InfiniBand support. | |
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180 | initrd.txt |
181 | - how to use the RAM disk as an initial/temporary root filesystem. | |
182 | input/ | |
183 | - info on Linux input device support. | |
184 | io_ordering.txt | |
185 | - info on ordering I/O writes to memory-mapped addresses. | |
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186 | ioctl/ |
187 | - directory with documents describing various IOCTL calls. | |
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188 | ioctl-number.txt |
189 | - how to implement and register device/driver ioctl calls. | |
190 | iostats.txt | |
191 | - info on I/O statistics Linux kernel provides. | |
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192 | irqflags-tracing.txt |
193 | - how to use the irq-flags tracing feature. | |
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194 | isapnp.txt |
195 | - info on Linux ISA Plug & Play support. | |
196 | isdn/ | |
197 | - directory with info on the Linux ISDN support, and supported cards. | |
198 | java.txt | |
199 | - info on the in-kernel binary support for Java(tm). | |
200 | kbuild/ | |
201 | - directory with info about the kernel build process. | |
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202 | kdump/ |
203 | - directory with mini HowTo on getting the crash dump code to work. | |
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204 | kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt |
205 | - mini HowTo on generation and location of kernel documentation files. | |
206 | kernel-docs.txt | |
207 | - listing of various WWW + books that document kernel internals. | |
208 | kernel-parameters.txt | |
209 | - summary listing of command line / boot prompt args for the kernel. | |
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210 | keys-request-key.txt |
211 | - description of the kernel key request service. | |
212 | keys.txt | |
213 | - description of the kernel key retention service. | |
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214 | kobject.txt |
215 | - info of the kobject infrastructure of the Linux kernel. | |
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216 | kprobes.txt |
217 | - documents the kernel probes debugging feature. | |
218 | kref.txt | |
219 | - docs on adding reference counters (krefs) to kernel objects. | |
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220 | laptops/ |
221 | - directory with laptop related info and laptop driver documentation. | |
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222 | ldm.txt |
223 | - a brief description of LDM (Windows Dynamic Disks). | |
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224 | leds-class.txt |
225 | - documents LED handling under Linux. | |
226 | local_ops.txt | |
227 | - semantics and behavior of local atomic operations. | |
228 | lockdep-design.txt | |
229 | - documentation on the runtime locking correctness validator. | |
1da177e4 | 230 | logo.gif |
f6b07d39 | 231 | - full colour GIF image of Linux logo (penguin - Tux). |
1da177e4 | 232 | logo.txt |
f6b07d39 | 233 | - info on creator of above logo & site to get additional images from. |
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234 | m68k/ |
235 | - directory with info about Linux on Motorola 68k architecture. | |
236 | magic-number.txt | |
237 | - list of magic numbers used to mark/protect kernel data structures. | |
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238 | mca.txt |
239 | - info on supporting Micro Channel Architecture (e.g. PS/2) systems. | |
240 | md.txt | |
241 | - info on boot arguments for the multiple devices driver. | |
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242 | memory-barriers.txt |
243 | - info on Linux kernel memory barriers. | |
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244 | memory-hotplug.txt |
245 | - Hotpluggable memory support, how to use and current status. | |
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246 | memory.txt |
247 | - info on typical Linux memory problems. | |
248 | mips/ | |
249 | - directory with info about Linux on MIPS architecture. | |
250 | mono.txt | |
251 | - how to execute Mono-based .NET binaries with the help of BINFMT_MISC. | |
252 | moxa-smartio | |
f6b07d39 | 253 | - file with info on installing/using Moxa multiport serial driver. |
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254 | mutex-design.txt |
255 | - info on the generic mutex subsystem. | |
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256 | namespaces/ |
257 | - directory with various information about namespaces | |
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258 | nbd.txt |
259 | - info on a TCP implementation of a network block device. | |
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260 | netlabel/ |
261 | - directory with information on the NetLabel subsystem. | |
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262 | networking/ |
263 | - directory with info on various aspects of networking with Linux. | |
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264 | nmi_watchdog.txt |
265 | - info on NMI watchdog for SMP systems. | |
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266 | nommu-mmap.txt |
267 | - documentation about no-mmu memory mapping support. | |
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268 | numastat.txt |
269 | - info on how to read Numa policy hit/miss statistics in sysfs. | |
270 | oops-tracing.txt | |
271 | - how to decode those nasty internal kernel error dump messages. | |
272 | paride.txt | |
273 | - information about the parallel port IDE subsystem. | |
274 | parisc/ | |
275 | - directory with info on using Linux on PA-RISC architecture. | |
276 | parport.txt | |
277 | - how to use the parallel-port driver. | |
278 | parport-lowlevel.txt | |
279 | - description and usage of the low level parallel port functions. | |
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280 | pcmcia/ |
281 | - info on the Linux PCMCIA driver. | |
282 | pi-futex.txt | |
283 | - documentation on lightweight PI-futexes. | |
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284 | pnp.txt |
285 | - Linux Plug and Play documentation. | |
286 | power/ | |
287 | - directory with info on Linux PCI power management. | |
288 | powerpc/ | |
289 | - directory with info on using Linux with the PowerPC. | |
290 | preempt-locking.txt | |
291 | - info on locking under a preemptive kernel. | |
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292 | prio_tree.txt |
293 | - info on radix-priority-search-tree use for indexing vmas. | |
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294 | ramdisk.txt |
295 | - short guide on how to set up and use the RAM disk. | |
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296 | rbtree.txt |
297 | - info on what red-black trees are and what they are for. | |
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298 | riscom8.txt |
299 | - notes on using the RISCom/8 multi-port serial driver. | |
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300 | robust-futex-ABI.txt |
301 | - documentation of the robust futex ABI. | |
302 | robust-futexes.txt | |
303 | - a description of what robust futexes are. | |
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304 | rocket.txt |
305 | - info on the Comtrol RocketPort multiport serial driver. | |
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306 | rt-mutex-design.txt |
307 | - description of the RealTime mutex implementation design. | |
308 | rt-mutex.txt | |
309 | - desc. of RT-mutex subsystem with PI (Priority Inheritance) support. | |
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310 | rtc.txt |
311 | - notes on how to use the Real Time Clock (aka CMOS clock) driver. | |
312 | s390/ | |
313 | - directory with info on using Linux on the IBM S390. | |
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314 | scheduler/ |
315 | - directory with info on the scheduler. | |
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316 | scsi/ |
317 | - directory with info on Linux scsi support. | |
318 | serial/ | |
319 | - directory with info on the low level serial API. | |
320 | serial-console.txt | |
321 | - how to set up Linux with a serial line console as the default. | |
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322 | sgi-ioc4.txt |
323 | - description of the SGI IOC4 PCI (multi function) device. | |
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324 | sgi-visws.txt |
325 | - short blurb on the SGI Visual Workstations. | |
326 | sh/ | |
327 | - directory with info on porting Linux to a new architecture. | |
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328 | sound/ |
329 | - directory with info on sound card support. | |
330 | sparc/ | |
331 | - directory with info on using Linux on Sparc architecture. | |
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332 | sparse.txt |
333 | - info on how to obtain and use the sparse tool for typechecking. | |
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334 | specialix.txt |
335 | - info on hardware/driver for specialix IO8+ multiport serial card. | |
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336 | spi/ |
337 | - overview of Linux kernel Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) support. | |
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338 | spinlocks.txt |
339 | - info on using spinlocks to provide exclusive access in kernel. | |
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340 | stable_api_nonsense.txt |
341 | - info on why the kernel does not have a stable in-kernel api or abi. | |
342 | stable_kernel_rules.txt | |
343 | - rules and procedures for the -stable kernel releases. | |
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344 | stallion.txt |
345 | - info on using the Stallion multiport serial driver. | |
346 | svga.txt | |
347 | - short guide on selecting video modes at boot via VGA BIOS. | |
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348 | sysfs-rules.txt |
349 | - How not to use sysfs. | |
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350 | sx.txt |
351 | - info on the Specialix SX/SI multiport serial driver. | |
352 | sysctl/ | |
353 | - directory with info on the /proc/sys/* files. | |
354 | sysrq.txt | |
355 | - info on the magic SysRq key. | |
356 | telephony/ | |
357 | - directory with info on telephony (e.g. voice over IP) support. | |
358 | time_interpolators.txt | |
359 | - info on time interpolators. | |
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360 | tty.txt |
361 | - guide to the locking policies of the tty layer. | |
1da177e4 | 362 | uml/ |
d533f671 | 363 | - directory with information about User Mode Linux. |
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364 | unicode.txt |
365 | - info on the Unicode character/font mapping used in Linux. | |
366 | unshare.txt | |
367 | - description of the Linux unshare system call. | |
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368 | usb/ |
369 | - directory with info regarding the Universal Serial Bus. | |
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370 | video-output.txt |
371 | - sysfs class driver interface to enable/disable a video output device. | |
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372 | video4linux/ |
373 | - directory with info regarding video/TV/radio cards and linux. | |
374 | vm/ | |
375 | - directory with info on the Linux vm code. | |
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376 | volatile-considered-harmful.txt |
377 | - Why the "volatile" type class should not be used | |
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378 | voyager.txt |
379 | - guide to running Linux on the Voyager architecture. | |
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380 | w1/ |
381 | - directory with documents regarding the 1-wire (w1) subsystem. | |
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382 | watchdog/ |
383 | - how to auto-reboot Linux if it has "fallen and can't get up". ;-) | |
384 | x86_64/ | |
385 | - directory with info on Linux support for AMD x86-64 (Hammer) machines. | |
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386 | zorro.txt |
387 | - info on writing drivers for Zorro bus devices found on Amigas. |