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, or risk being hunted down like a rabid dog. Note that subdirectories have their own index files too. Please try and keep the descriptions small enough to fit on one line. Thanks -- Paul G. 00-INDEX - this file. ARM-README - information for using Linux on the ARM architecture. 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" IO-APIC.txt - info on using the enhanced interrupt hardware on SMP boards. IO-mapping.txt - how to access I/O mapped memory from within device drivers. SMP.txt - notes, and "To Fix" list for multi-processor Linux. (see smp.tex) VGA-softcursor.txt - how to change your VGA cursor from a blinking underscore. arm/ - directory with info about Linux on the ARM architecture. binfmt_misc.txt - info on the kernel support for extra binary formats. cdrom/ - directory with information on the CD-ROM drivers that Linux has. cpqarray.txt - info on using Compaq's SMART2 Intelligent Disk Array Controllers. 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. digiepca.txt - info on Digi Intl. {PC,PCI,EISA}Xx and Xem series cards. exception.txt - how Linux v2.2 handles exceptions without verify_area etc. fb/ - directory with info on the frame buffer graphics abstraction layer. filesystems/ - directory with info on the various filesystems that Linux supports. ftape.txt - notes about the floppy tape device driver hayes-esp.txt - info on using the Hayes ESP serial driver. i386/ - directory with info about Linux on the intel ix86 architecture. 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) joystick.txt - info on using joystick devices (and driver) with Linux. joystick-api.txt - API specification for applications that will be using the joystick. joystick-parport.txt - info on how to hook joysticks/gamepads to the parallel port. kbuild/ - directory with info about the kernel build process kernel-docs.txt - listing of various WWW + books that document kernel internals. kernel-parameters.txt - summary listing of command line / boot prompt args for the kernel. kmod.txt - info on the kernel module loader/unloader (kerneld replacement). locks.txt - info on file locking implementations, flock() vs. fcntl(), etc. logo.gif - Full colour GIF image of Linux logo (penguin) logo.txt - Info on creator of above logo & site to get additional images from. m68k/ - directory with info about Linux on Motorola 68k architecture. 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. mca.txt - info on supporting Micro Channel Architecture (e.g. PS/2) systems. md.txt - info on boot arguments for the multiple devices driver memory.txt - info on typical Linux memory problems. mkdev.ida - script to make /dev entries for Intelligent Disk Array Controllers. modules.txt - short guide on how to make kernel parts into loadable modules mtrr.txt - how to use PPro Memory Type Range Registers to increase performance nbd.txt - info on a TCP implementation of a network block device. networking/ - directory with info on various aspects of networking with Linux. 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. paride.txt - information about the parallel port IDE subsystem. parport.txt - how to use the parallel-port driver. pci.txt - info on the PCI subsystem for device driver authors pcwd-watchdog.txt - info and sample code for using with the PC Watchdog reset card. powerpc/ - directory with info on using Linux with the PowerPC. proc.txt - detailed info on Linux's /proc filesystem. 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-generic.txt - info on the sg driver for generic (non-disk/CD/tape) SCSI devices. scsi.txt - short blurb on using SCSI support as a module. serial-console.txt - how to set up Linux with a serial line console as the default. sgi-visws.txt - short blurb on the SGI Visual Workstations. smart-config.txt - description of the Smart Config makefile feature. smp.tex - TeX document describing implementation of Multiprocessor Linux smp.txt - a few more notes on symmetric multi-processing sound/ - directory with info on sound card support specialix.txt - info on hardware/driver for specialix IO8+ multiport serial card. spinlocks.txt - info on using spinlocks to provide exclusive access in kernel. stallion.txt - info on using the Stallion multiport serial driver. svga.txt - short guide on selecting video modes at boot via VGA BIOS. sx.txt - info on the Specialix SX/SI multiport serial driver. sysctl/ - directory with info on the /proc/sys/* files sysrq.txt - info on the magic SysRq key transname.txt - how to use name translation to ease use of diskless systems. unicode.txt - info on the Unicode character/font mapping used in Linux. video4linux/ - directory with info regarding video/TV/radio cards and linux. watchdog.txt - how to auto-reboot Linux if it has "fallen and can't get up". ;-) xterm-linux.xpm - XPM image of penguin logo (see logo.txt) sitting on an xterm.