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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.
+
+00-INDEX
+	- this file.
+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)
+cdrom/
+	- directory with information on the CD-ROM drivers that Linux has.
+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.
+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". ;-)
+