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diff --git a/Documentation/00-INDEX b/Documentation/00-INDEX new file mode 100644 index 000000000..1a6fb3b90 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/00-INDEX @@ -0,0 +1,69 @@ +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". ;-) + |