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| This is a brief list of all the files in ./linux/Documentation and what
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| they contain. If you add a documentation file, please list it here in
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| alphabetical order as well, or risk being hunted down like a rabid dog.
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| Please try and keep the descriptions small enough to fit on one line.
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| 							 Thanks -- Paul G.
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| 
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| Following translations are available on the WWW:
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| 
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|    - Japanese, maintained by the JF Project (JF@linux.or.jp), at
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|      http://www.linux.or.jp/JF/
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| 
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| 00-INDEX
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| 	- this file.
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| ABI/
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| 	- info on kernel <-> userspace ABI and relative interface stability.
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| 
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| BUG-HUNTING
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| 	- brute force method of doing binary search of patches to find bug.
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| Changes
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| 	- list of changes that break older software packages.
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| CodingStyle
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| 	- how the boss likes the C code in the kernel to look.
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| development-process/
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| 	- An extended tutorial on how to work with the kernel development
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| 	  process.
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| DMA-API.txt
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| 	- DMA API, pci_ API & extensions for non-consistent memory machines.
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| DMA-ISA-LPC.txt
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| 	- How to do DMA with ISA (and LPC) devices.
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| DocBook/
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| 	- directory with DocBook templates etc. for kernel documentation.
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| HOWTO
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| 	- the process and procedures of how to do Linux kernel development.
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| IO-mapping.txt
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| 	- how to access I/O mapped memory from within device drivers.
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| IPMI.txt
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| 	- info on Linux Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) Driver.
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| IRQ-affinity.txt
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| 	- how to select which CPU(s) handle which interrupt events on SMP.
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| IRQ.txt
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| 	- description of what an IRQ is.
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| ManagementStyle
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| 	- how to (attempt to) manage kernel hackers.
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| RCU/
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| 	- directory with info on RCU (read-copy update).
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| SAK.txt
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| 	- info on Secure Attention Keys.
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| SM501.txt
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| 	- Silicon Motion SM501 multimedia companion chip
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| SecurityBugs
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| 	- procedure for reporting security bugs found in the kernel.
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| SubmitChecklist
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| 	- Linux kernel patch submission checklist.
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| SubmittingDrivers
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| 	- procedure to get a new driver source included into the kernel tree.
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| SubmittingPatches
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| 	- procedure to get a source patch included into the kernel tree.
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| VGA-softcursor.txt
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| 	- how to change your VGA cursor from a blinking underscore.
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| accounting/
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| 	- documentation on accounting and taskstats.
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| acpi/
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| 	- info on ACPI-specific hooks in the kernel.
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| aoe/
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| 	- description of AoE (ATA over Ethernet) along with config examples.
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| applying-patches.txt
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| 	- description of various trees and how to apply their patches.
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| arm/
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| 	- directory with info about Linux on the ARM architecture.
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| atomic_ops.txt
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| 	- semantics and behavior of atomic and bitmask operations.
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| auxdisplay/
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| 	- misc. LCD driver documentation (cfag12864b, ks0108).
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| basic_profiling.txt
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| 	- basic instructions for those who wants to profile Linux kernel.
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| binfmt_misc.txt
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| 	- info on the kernel support for extra binary formats.
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| blackfin/
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| 	- directory with documentation for the Blackfin arch.
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| block/
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| 	- info on the Block I/O (BIO) layer.
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| blockdev/
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| 	- info on block devices & drivers
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| btmrvl.txt
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| 	- info on Marvell Bluetooth driver usage.
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| cachetlb.txt
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| 	- describes the cache/TLB flushing interfaces Linux uses.
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| cdrom/
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| 	- directory with information on the CD-ROM drivers that Linux has.
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| cgroups/
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| 	- cgroups features, including cpusets and memory controller.
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| connector/
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| 	- docs on the netlink based userspace<->kernel space communication mod.
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| console/
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| 	- documentation on Linux console drivers.
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| cpu-freq/
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| 	- info on CPU frequency and voltage scaling.
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| cpu-hotplug.txt
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| 	- document describing CPU hotplug support in the Linux kernel.
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| cpu-load.txt
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| 	- document describing how CPU load statistics are collected.
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| cpuidle/
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| 	- info on CPU_IDLE, CPU idle state management subsystem.
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| cputopology.txt
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| 	- documentation on how CPU topology info is exported via sysfs.
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| cris/
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| 	- directory with info about Linux on CRIS architecture.
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| crypto/
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| 	- directory with info on the Crypto API.
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| dcdbas.txt
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| 	- information on the Dell Systems Management Base Driver.
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| debugging-modules.txt
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| 	- some notes on debugging modules after Linux 2.6.3.
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| dell_rbu.txt
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| 	- document demonstrating the use of the Dell Remote BIOS Update driver.
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| device-mapper/
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| 	- directory with info on Device Mapper.
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| devices.txt
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| 	- plain ASCII listing of all the nodes in /dev/ with major minor #'s.
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| dontdiff
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| 	- file containing a list of files that should never be diff'ed.
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| driver-model/
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| 	- directory with info about Linux driver model.
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| dvb/
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| 	- info on Linux Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) subsystem.
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| early-userspace/
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| 	- info about initramfs, klibc, and userspace early during boot.
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| edac.txt
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| 	- information on EDAC - Error Detection And Correction
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| eisa.txt
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| 	- info on EISA bus support.
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| exception.txt
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| 	- how Linux v2.2 handles exceptions without verify_area etc.
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| fault-injection/
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| 	- dir with docs about the fault injection capabilities infrastructure.
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| fb/
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| 	- directory with info on the frame buffer graphics abstraction layer.
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| feature-removal-schedule.txt
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| 	- list of files and features that are going to be removed.
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| filesystems/
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| 	- info on the vfs and the various filesystems that Linux supports.
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| firmware_class/
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| 	- request_firmware() hotplug interface info.
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| frv/
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| 	- Fujitsu FR-V Linux documentation.
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| gpio.txt
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| 	- overview of GPIO (General Purpose Input/Output) access conventions.
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| highuid.txt
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| 	- notes on the change from 16 bit to 32 bit user/group IDs.
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| timers/
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| 	- info on the timer related topics
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| hw_random.txt
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| 	- info on Linux support for random number generator in i8xx chipsets.
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| hwmon/
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| 	- directory with docs on various hardware monitoring drivers.
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| i2c/
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| 	- directory with info about the I2C bus/protocol (2 wire, kHz speed).
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| i2o/
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| 	- directory with info about the Linux I2O subsystem.
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| x86/i386/
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| 	- directory with info about Linux on Intel 32 bit architecture.
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| ia64/
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| 	- directory with info about Linux on Intel 64 bit architecture.
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| infiniband/
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| 	- directory with documents concerning Linux InfiniBand support.
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| initrd.txt
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| 	- how to use the RAM disk as an initial/temporary root filesystem.
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| input/
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| 	- info on Linux input device support.
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| io_ordering.txt
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| 	- info on ordering I/O writes to memory-mapped addresses.
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| ioctl/
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| 	- directory with documents describing various IOCTL calls.
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| iostats.txt
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| 	- info on I/O statistics Linux kernel provides.
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| irqflags-tracing.txt
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| 	- how to use the irq-flags tracing feature.
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| isapnp.txt
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| 	- info on Linux ISA Plug & Play support.
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| isdn/
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| 	- directory with info on the Linux ISDN support, and supported cards.
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| java.txt
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| 	- info on the in-kernel binary support for Java(tm).
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| kbuild/
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| 	- directory with info about the kernel build process.
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| kdump/
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| 	- directory with mini HowTo on getting the crash dump code to work.
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| kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt
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| 	- mini HowTo on generation and location of kernel documentation files.
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| kernel-docs.txt
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| 	- listing of various WWW + books that document kernel internals.
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| kernel-parameters.txt
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| 	- summary listing of command line / boot prompt args for the kernel.
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| keys-request-key.txt
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| 	- description of the kernel key request service.
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| keys.txt
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| 	- description of the kernel key retention service.
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| kobject.txt
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| 	- info of the kobject infrastructure of the Linux kernel.
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| kprobes.txt
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| 	- documents the kernel probes debugging feature.
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| kref.txt
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| 	- docs on adding reference counters (krefs) to kernel objects.
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| laptops/
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| 	- directory with laptop related info and laptop driver documentation.
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| ldm.txt
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| 	- a brief description of LDM (Windows Dynamic Disks).
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| leds-class.txt
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| 	- documents LED handling under Linux.
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| local_ops.txt
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| 	- semantics and behavior of local atomic operations.
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| lockdep-design.txt
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| 	- documentation on the runtime locking correctness validator.
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| logo.gif
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| 	- full colour GIF image of Linux logo (penguin - Tux).
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| logo.txt
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| 	- info on creator of above logo & site to get additional images from.
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| m68k/
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| 	- directory with info about Linux on Motorola 68k architecture.
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| magic-number.txt
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| 	- list of magic numbers used to mark/protect kernel data structures.
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| mca.txt
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| 	- info on supporting Micro Channel Architecture (e.g. PS/2) systems.
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| md.txt
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| 	- info on boot arguments for the multiple devices driver.
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| memory-barriers.txt
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| 	- info on Linux kernel memory barriers.
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| memory-hotplug.txt
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| 	- Hotpluggable memory support, how to use and current status.
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| memory.txt
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| 	- info on typical Linux memory problems.
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| mips/
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| 	- directory with info about Linux on MIPS architecture.
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| mono.txt
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| 	- how to execute Mono-based .NET binaries with the help of BINFMT_MISC.
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| mutex-design.txt
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| 	- info on the generic mutex subsystem.
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| namespaces/
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| 	- directory with various information about namespaces
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| netlabel/
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| 	- directory with information on the NetLabel subsystem.
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| networking/
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| 	- directory with info on various aspects of networking with Linux.
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| nmi_watchdog.txt
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| 	- info on NMI watchdog for SMP systems.
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| nommu-mmap.txt
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| 	- documentation about no-mmu memory mapping support.
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| numastat.txt
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| 	- info on how to read Numa policy hit/miss statistics in sysfs.
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| oops-tracing.txt
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| 	- how to decode those nasty internal kernel error dump messages.
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| parisc/
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| 	- directory with info on using Linux on PA-RISC architecture.
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| parport.txt
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| 	- how to use the parallel-port driver.
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| parport-lowlevel.txt
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| 	- description and usage of the low level parallel port functions.
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| pcmcia/
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| 	- info on the Linux PCMCIA driver.
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| pi-futex.txt
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| 	- documentation on lightweight PI-futexes.
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| pnp.txt
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| 	- Linux Plug and Play documentation.
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| power/
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| 	- directory with info on Linux PCI power management.
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| powerpc/
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| 	- directory with info on using Linux with the PowerPC.
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| preempt-locking.txt
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| 	- info on locking under a preemptive kernel.
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| printk-formats.txt
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| 	- how to get printk format specifiers right
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| prio_tree.txt
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| 	- info on radix-priority-search-tree use for indexing vmas.
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| rbtree.txt
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| 	- info on what red-black trees are and what they are for.
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| robust-futex-ABI.txt
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| 	- documentation of the robust futex ABI.
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| robust-futexes.txt
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| 	- a description of what robust futexes are.
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| rt-mutex-design.txt
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| 	- description of the RealTime mutex implementation design.
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| rt-mutex.txt
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| 	- desc. of RT-mutex subsystem with PI (Priority Inheritance) support.
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| rtc.txt
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| 	- notes on how to use the Real Time Clock (aka CMOS clock) driver.
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| s390/
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| 	- directory with info on using Linux on the IBM S390.
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| scheduler/
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| 	- directory with info on the scheduler.
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| scsi/
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| 	- directory with info on Linux scsi support.
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| serial/
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| 	- directory with info on the low level serial API.
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| serial-console.txt
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| 	- how to set up Linux with a serial line console as the default.
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| sgi-ioc4.txt
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| 	- description of the SGI IOC4 PCI (multi function) device.
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| sgi-visws.txt
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| 	- short blurb on the SGI Visual Workstations.
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| sh/
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| 	- directory with info on porting Linux to a new architecture.
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| sound/
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| 	- directory with info on sound card support.
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| sparc/
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| 	- directory with info on using Linux on Sparc architecture.
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| sparse.txt
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| 	- info on how to obtain and use the sparse tool for typechecking.
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| spi/
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| 	- overview of Linux kernel Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) support.
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| spinlocks.txt
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| 	- info on using spinlocks to provide exclusive access in kernel.
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| stable_api_nonsense.txt
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| 	- info on why the kernel does not have a stable in-kernel api or abi.
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| stable_kernel_rules.txt
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| 	- rules and procedures for the -stable kernel releases.
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| svga.txt
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| 	- short guide on selecting video modes at boot via VGA BIOS.
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| sysfs-rules.txt
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| 	- How not to use sysfs.
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| sysctl/
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| 	- directory with info on the /proc/sys/* files.
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| sysrq.txt
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| 	- info on the magic SysRq key.
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| telephony/
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| 	- directory with info on telephony (e.g. voice over IP) support.
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| time_interpolators.txt
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| 	- info on time interpolators.
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| uml/
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| 	- directory with information about User Mode Linux.
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| unicode.txt
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| 	- info on the Unicode character/font mapping used in Linux.
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| unshare.txt
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| 	- description of the Linux unshare system call.
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| usb/
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| 	- directory with info regarding the Universal Serial Bus.
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| video-output.txt
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| 	- sysfs class driver interface to enable/disable a video output device.
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| video4linux/
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| 	- directory with info regarding video/TV/radio cards and linux.
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| vm/
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| 	- directory with info on the Linux vm code.
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| volatile-considered-harmful.txt
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| 	- Why the "volatile" type class should not be used
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| voyager.txt
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| 	- guide to running Linux on the Voyager architecture.
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| w1/
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| 	- directory with documents regarding the 1-wire (w1) subsystem.
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| watchdog/
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| 	- how to auto-reboot Linux if it has "fallen and can't get up". ;-)
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| x86/x86_64/
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| 	- directory with info on Linux support for AMD x86-64 (Hammer) machines.
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| zorro.txt
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| 	- info on writing drivers for Zorro bus devices found on Amigas.
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