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. Thanks -- Paul G. 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" 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) binfmt_misc.txt - info on the kernel support for extra binary formats. 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. digiepca.txt - info on Digi Intl. {PC,PCI,EISA}Xx and Xem series cards. exception.txt - how linux v2.1 handles exceptions without verify_area etc. ez.txt - documentation for the SyQuest parallel port EZ drive support. filesystems/ - directory with info on the various filesystems that Linux supports. ftape.txt - notes about the floppy tape device driver 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. logo.gif - Full colour GIF image of Linux logo (penguin) logo.txt - Info on creator of above logo & site to get additional images from. 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. memory.txt - info on typical Linux memory problems. mca.txt - info on supporting Micro Channel Architecture (e.g. PS/2) systems. 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. parport.txt - how to use the parallel-port driver. 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". ;-) xterm-linux.xpm - XPM image of penguin logo (see logo.txt) sitting on an xterm.