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- This is a brief list of all the files in ./linux/Documentation and what
- they contain. If you add a documentation file, please list it here in
- alphabetical order as well. Note that subdirectories have their own
- index files too.
- Thanks -- Paul.
-
- BUG-HUNTING - brute force method of doing binary search of patches to find bug.
-
- Changes - list of changes that break older software packages.
-
- CodingStyle - how the boss likes the C code in the kernel to look.
-
- Configure.help - text file that is used for help when you run "make config"
-
- SMP.txt - notes, and "To Fix" list for multi-processor Linux. (see smp.tex)
-
- block-devices/ - directory with information about some of the block devices
- used by Linux, such as the hard drive and floppy handlers.
-
- cdrom/ - directory with information on the CD-ROM drivers that Linux has.
-
- char-devices/ - directory with information on character devices such as ham
- radio interfaces and multiport serial cards.
-
- devices.tex - TeX source listing of all the nodes in /dev/ with major minor #'s
-
- devices.txt - plain ASCII listing of all the nodes in /dev/ with
- major minor #'s
-
- digiboard.txt - info on the Digiboard PC/X{i,e,eve} multiport boards.
-
- filesystems/ - directory with info on the various filesystems that Linux
- supports.
- ide.txt - important info for users of ATA devices (IDE/EIDE disks and CD-ROMS)
-
- initrd.txt - how to use the RAM disk as an initial/temporary root filesystem.
-
- ioctl-number.txt - how to implement and register device/driver ioctl calls.
-
- isdn/ - directory with info on the linux ISDN support, and supported cards.
-
- java.txt - info on the in-kernel binary support for Java(tm)
-
- locks.txt - info on file locking implementations, flock() vs. fcntl(), etc.
-
- magic-number.txt - list of magic numbers used to mark/protect kernel data
- structures.
-
- mandatory.txt - info on the linux implementation of Sys V mandatory file
- locking.
-
- modules.txt - short guide on how to make kernel parts into loadable modules
-
- networking/ - directory with info on various linux networking aspects.
-
- nfsroot.txt - short guide on setting up a diskless box with NFS root filesystem
-
- oops-tracing.txt - how to decode those nasty internal kernel error dump
- messages.
-
- ramdisk.txt - short guide on how to set up and use the RAM disk.
-
- riscom8.txt - notes on using the RISCom/8 multi-port serial driver.
-
- rtc.txt - notes on how to use the Real Time Clock (aka CMOS clock) driver.
-
- scsi.txt - short blurb on using SCSI support as a module.
-
- scsi/ - directory with README files for various SCSI controller cards.
-
- smp.tex - TeX document describing implementation of Multiprocessor Linux
-
- svga.txt - short guide on selecting video modes at boot via VGA BIOS.
-
- unicode.txt - info on the Unicode character/font mapping used in Linux.
-
- watchdog.txt - how to auto-reboot Linux if it has
- "fallen and can't get up". ;-)
-
-