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-rw-r--r--Documentation/00-INDEX142
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/removed/raw1394_legacy_isochronous16
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-usb13
-rw-r--r--Documentation/CodingStyle59
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DMA-mapping.txt103
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/Makefile10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl75
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/procfs-guide.tmpl82
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl611
-rw-r--r--Documentation/HOWTO3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/SubmitChecklist3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/SubmittingPatches20
-rw-r--r--Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c19
-rw-r--r--Documentation/accounting/taskstats-struct.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/blackfin/kgdb.txt155
-rw-r--r--Documentation/block/barrier.txt16
-rw-r--r--Documentation/cachetlb.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/cdrom/00-INDEX22
-rw-r--r--Documentation/cdrom/aztcd822
-rw-r--r--Documentation/cdrom/cdu31a196
-rw-r--r--Documentation/cdrom/cm206185
-rw-r--r--Documentation/cdrom/gscd60
-rw-r--r--Documentation/cdrom/isp16100
-rw-r--r--Documentation/cdrom/mcdx29
-rw-r--r--Documentation/cdrom/optcd57
-rw-r--r--Documentation/cdrom/sbpcd1061
-rw-r--r--Documentation/cdrom/sjcd60
-rw-r--r--Documentation/cdrom/sonycd535122
-rw-r--r--Documentation/connector/cn_test.c3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/console/console.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-model/devres.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/drivers/edac/edac.txt192
-rw-r--r--Documentation/dvb/bt8xx.txt32
-rw-r--r--Documentation/dvb/get_dvb_firmware63
-rw-r--r--Documentation/dvb/opera-firmware.txt27
-rw-r--r--Documentation/fault-injection/failcmd.sh4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/fault-injection/failmodule.sh31
-rw-r--r--Documentation/fault-injection/fault-injection.txt110
-rw-r--r--Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt136
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/Locking13
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs.txt57
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs_example.c8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/ecryptfs.txt (renamed from Documentation/ecryptfs.txt)0
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt125
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt51
-rw-r--r--Documentation/firmware_class/firmware_sample_firmware_class.c2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gpio.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/hrtimer/timer_stats.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-i8014
-rw-r--r--Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-piix42
-rw-r--r--Documentation/i2c/busses/i2c-taos-evm46
-rw-r--r--Documentation/i2c/chips/max68752
-rw-r--r--Documentation/i2c/chips/x120538
-rw-r--r--Documentation/i2c/summary2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/i2c/writing-clients2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/i386/zero-page.txt1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ia64/aliasing-test.c26
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ia64/aliasing.txt12
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ioctl-number.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ja_JP/HOWTO650
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ja_JP/stable_api_nonsense.txt263
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt186
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kprobes.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/lguest/Makefile27
-rw-r--r--Documentation/lguest/lguest.c1012
-rw-r--r--Documentation/lguest/lguest.txt129
-rw-r--r--Documentation/m68k/kernel-options.txt7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/00-INDEX3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/l2tp.txt169
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/mac80211-injection.txt59
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/multiqueue.txt111
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt38
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/radiotap-headers.txt152
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/sk98lin.txt568
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/spider_net.txt204
-rw-r--r--Documentation/oops-tracing.txt16
-rw-r--r--Documentation/pci.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/power/freezing-of-tasks.txt160
-rw-r--r--Documentation/power/kernel_threads.txt40
-rw-r--r--Documentation/power/notifiers.txt50
-rw-r--r--Documentation/power/pci.txt37
-rw-r--r--Documentation/power/swsusp.txt21
-rw-r--r--Documentation/power_supply_class.txt167
-rw-r--r--Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt46
-rw-r--r--Documentation/rtc.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/sched-design-CFS.txt119
-rw-r--r--Documentation/scsi/aacraid.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/scsi/scsi_fc_transport.txt450
-rw-r--r--Documentation/sound/oss/AD181684
-rw-r--r--Documentation/sound/oss/NM256280
-rw-r--r--Documentation/sound/oss/OPL3-SA2210
-rw-r--r--Documentation/sound/oss/VIA-chipset43
-rw-r--r--Documentation/sound/oss/cs46xx138
-rw-r--r--Documentation/spi/spi-lm70llp69
-rw-r--r--Documentation/spinlocks.txt20
-rw-r--r--Documentation/sysctl/ctl_unnumbered.txt22
-rw-r--r--Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt63
-rw-r--r--Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt166
-rw-r--r--Documentation/usb/dma.txt52
-rw-r--r--Documentation/usb/persist.txt156
-rw-r--r--Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.bttv4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.cx881
-rw-r--r--Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.saa71341
-rw-r--r--Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.tuner3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/video4linux/sn9c102.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/video4linux/zr364xx.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/vm/slub.txt139
-rw-r--r--Documentation/zh_CN/HOWTO536
-rw-r--r--Documentation/zh_CN/stable_api_nonsense.txt157
113 files changed, 7118 insertions, 4822 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/00-INDEX b/Documentation/00-INDEX
index f08ca953573..8b056363344 100644
--- a/Documentation/00-INDEX
+++ b/Documentation/00-INDEX
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ Following translations are available on the WWW:
00-INDEX
- this file.
+ABI/
+ - info on kernel <-> userspace ABI and relative interface stability.
BUG-HUNTING
- brute force method of doing binary search of patches to find bug.
Changes
@@ -25,37 +27,57 @@ DMA-mapping.txt
DocBook/
- directory with DocBook templates etc. for kernel documentation.
HOWTO
- - The process and procedures of how to do Linux kernel development.
+ - the process and procedures of how to do Linux kernel development.
IO-mapping.txt
- how to access I/O mapped memory from within device drivers.
IPMI.txt
- info on Linux Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) Driver.
IRQ-affinity.txt
- how to select which CPU(s) handle which interrupt events on SMP.
+IRQ.txt
+ - description of what an IRQ is.
ManagementStyle
- how to (attempt to) manage kernel hackers.
MSI-HOWTO.txt
- the Message Signaled Interrupts (MSI) Driver Guide HOWTO and FAQ.
+PCIEBUS-HOWTO.txt
+ - a guide describing the PCI Express Port Bus driver.
RCU/
- directory with info on RCU (read-copy update).
README.DAC960
- info on Mylex DAC960/DAC1100 PCI RAID Controller Driver for Linux.
+README.cycladesZ
+ - info on Cyclades-Z firmware loading.
SAK.txt
- info on Secure Attention Keys.
+SecurityBugs
+ - procedure for reporting security bugs found in the kernel.
+SubmitChecklist
+ - Linux kernel patch submission checklist.
SubmittingDrivers
- procedure to get a new driver source included into the kernel tree.
SubmittingPatches
- procedure to get a source patch included into the kernel tree.
VGA-softcursor.txt
- how to change your VGA cursor from a blinking underscore.
+accounting/
+ - documentation on accounting and taskstats.
+aoe/
+ - description of AoE (ATA over Ethernet) along with config examples.
applying-patches.txt
- description of various trees and how to apply their patches.
arm/
- directory with info about Linux on the ARM architecture.
+atomic_ops.txt
+ - semantics and behavior of atomic and bitmask operations.
+auxdisplay/
+ - misc. LCD driver documentation (cfag12864b, ks0108).
basic_profiling.txt
- basic instructions for those who wants to profile Linux kernel.
binfmt_misc.txt
- info on the kernel support for extra binary formats.
+blackfin/
+ - directory with documentation for the Blackfin arch.
block/
- info on the Block I/O (BIO) layer.
cachetlb.txt
@@ -68,16 +90,32 @@ cli-sti-removal.txt
- cli()/sti() removal guide.
computone.txt
- info on Computone Intelliport II/Plus Multiport Serial Driver.
+connector/
+ - docs on the netlink based userspace<->kernel space communication mod.
+console/
+ - documentation on Linux console drivers.
cpqarray.txt
- info on using Compaq's SMART2 Intelligent Disk Array Controllers.
cpu-freq/
- info on CPU frequency and voltage scaling.
+cpu-hotplug.txt
+ - document describing CPU hotplug support in the Linux kernel.
+cpu-load.txt
+ - document describing how CPU load statistics are c