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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu | 14 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/DocBook/kernel-hacking.tmpl | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt | 4 |
4 files changed, 141 insertions, 30 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/00-INDEX b/Documentation/00-INDEX index 8afe64fb200..0f3e8bbab8d 100644 --- a/Documentation/00-INDEX +++ b/Documentation/00-INDEX @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ 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. -Please try and keep the descriptions small enough to fit on one line. +Please keep the descriptions small enough to fit on one line. Thanks -- Paul G. Following translations are available on the WWW: @@ -20,24 +20,33 @@ BUG-HUNTING Changes - list of changes that break older software packages. CodingStyle - - how the boss likes the C code in the kernel to look. -development-process/ - - An extended tutorial on how to work with the kernel development - process. + - how the maintainers expect the C code in the kernel to look. DMA-API.txt - DMA API, pci_ API & extensions for non-consistent memory machines. +DMA-API-HOWTO.txt + - Dynamic DMA mapping Guide DMA-ISA-LPC.txt - How to do DMA with ISA (and LPC) devices. +DMA-attributes.txt + - listing of the various possible attributes a DMA region can have DocBook/ - directory with DocBook templates etc. for kernel documentation. +EDID/ + - directory with info on customizing EDID for broken gfx/displays. HOWTO - the process and procedures of how to do Linux kernel development. 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-domain.txt + - info on inerrupt numbering and setting up IRQ domains. IRQ.txt - description of what an IRQ is. +Intel-IOMMU.txt + - basic info on the Intel IOMMU virtualization support. +Makefile + - some files in Documentation dir are actually sample code to build ManagementStyle - how to (attempt to) manage kernel hackers. RCU/ @@ -66,10 +75,16 @@ applying-patches.txt - description of various trees and how to apply their patches. arm/ - directory with info about Linux on the ARM architecture. +arm64/ + - directory with info about Linux on the 64 bit ARM architecture. atomic_ops.txt - semantics and behavior of atomic and bitmask operations. auxdisplay/ - misc. LCD driver documentation (cfag12864b, ks0108). +backlight/ + - directory with info on controlling backlights in flat panel displays +bad_memory.txt + - how to use kernel parameters to exclude bad RAM regions. basic_profiling.txt - basic instructions for those who wants to profile Linux kernel. binfmt_misc.txt @@ -80,8 +95,14 @@ block/ - info on the Block I/O (BIO) layer. blockdev/ - info on block devices & drivers +braille-console.txt + - info on how to use serial devices for Braille support. +bt8xxgpio.txt + - info on how to modify a bt8xx video card for GPIO usage. btmrvl.txt - info on Marvell Bluetooth driver usage. +bus-devices/ + - directory with info on TI GPMC (General Purpose Memory Controller) bus-virt-phys-mapping.txt - how to access I/O mapped memory from within device drivers. cachetlb.txt @@ -90,6 +111,12 @@ cdrom/ - directory with information on the CD-ROM drivers that Linux has. cgroups/ - cgroups features, including cpusets and memory controller. +circular-buffers.txt + - how to make use of the existing circular buffer infrastructure +clk.txt + - info on the common clock framework +coccinelle.txt + - info on how to get and use the Coccinelle code checking tool. connector/ - docs on the netlink based userspace<->kernel space communication mod. console/ @@ -114,24 +141,42 @@ dcdbas.txt - information on the Dell Systems Management Base Driver. debugging-modules.txt - some notes on debugging modules after Linux 2.6.3. +debugging-via-ohci1394.txt + - how to use firewire like a hardware debugger memory reader. dell_rbu.txt - document demonstrating the use of the Dell Remote BIOS Update driver. +development-process/ + - how to work with the mainline kernel development process. device-mapper/ - directory with info on Device Mapper. devices.txt - plain ASCII listing of all the nodes in /dev/ with major minor #'s. +devicetree/ + - directory with info on device tree files used by OF/PowerPC/ARM +digsig.txt + -info on the Digital Signature Verification API +dma-buf-sharing.txt + - the DMA Buffer Sharing API Guide +dmaengine.txt + -the DMA Engine API Guide dontdiff - file containing a list of files that should never be diff'ed. driver-model/ - directory with info about Linux driver model. dvb/ - info on Linux Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) subsystem. +dynamic-debug-howto.txt + - how to use the dynamic debug (dyndbg) feature. early-userspace/ - info about initramfs, klibc, and userspace early during boot. edac.txt - information on EDAC - Error Detection And Correction eisa.txt - info on EISA bus support. +email-clients.txt + - info on how to use e-mail to send un-mangled (git) patches. +extcon/ + - directory with porting guide for Android kernel switch driver. fault-injection/ - dir with docs about the fault injection capabilities infrastructure. fb/ @@ -140,12 +185,22 @@ filesystems/ - info on the vfs and the various filesystems that Linux supports. firmware_class/ - request_firmware() hotplug interface info. +flexible-arrays.txt + - how to make use of flexible sized arrays in linux frv/ - Fujitsu FR-V Linux documentation. +futex-requeue-pi.txt + - info on requeueing of tasks from a non-PI futex to a PI futex +gcov.txt + - use of GCC's coverage testing tool "gcov" with the Linux kernel gpio.txt - overview of GPIO (General Purpose Input/Output) access conventions. +hid/ + - directory with information on human interface devices highuid.txt - notes on the change from 16 bit to 32 bit user/group IDs. +hwspinlock.txt + - hardware spinlock provides hardware assistance for synchronization timers/ - info on the timer related topics hw_random.txt @@ -162,10 +217,14 @@ ia64/ - directory with info about Linux on Intel 64 bit architecture. infiniband/ - directory with documents concerning Linux InfiniBand support. +init.txt + - what to do when the kernel can't find the 1st process to run. initrd.txt - how to use the RAM disk as an initial/temporary root filesystem. input/ - info on Linux input device support. +intel_txt.txt + - info on intel Trusted Execution Technology (intel TXT). io-mapping.txt - description of io_mapping functions in linux/io-mapping.h io_ordering.txt @@ -182,6 +241,8 @@ isdn/ - directory with info on the Linux ISDN support, and supported cards. java.txt - info on the in-kernel binary support for Java(tm). +ja_JP/ + - directory with Japanese translations of various documents kbuild/ - directory with info about the kernel build process. kdump/ @@ -192,6 +253,12 @@ kernel-docs.txt - listing of various WWW + books that document kernel internals. kernel-parameters.txt - summary listing of command line / boot prompt args for the kernel. +kmemcheck.txt + - info on dynamic checker that detects uses of uninitialized memory. +kmemleak.txt + - info on how to make use of the kernel memory leak detection system +ko_KR/ + - directory with Korean translations of various documents kobject.txt - info of the kobject infrastructure of the Linux kernel. kprobes.txt @@ -208,6 +275,8 @@ local_ops.txt - semantics and behavior of local atomic operations. lockdep-design.txt - documentation on the runtime locking correctness validator. +lockstat.txt + - info on collecting statistics on locks (and contention). lockup-watchdogs.txt - info on soft and hard lockup detectors (aka nmi_watchdog). logo.gif @@ -220,16 +289,26 @@ magic-number.txt - list of magic numbers used to mark/protect kernel data structures. md.txt - info on boot arguments for the multiple devices driver. +media-framework.txt + - info on media framework, its data structures, functions and usage. memory-barriers.txt - info on Linux kernel memory barriers. +memory-devices/ + - directory with info on parts like the Texas Instruments EMIF driver memory-hotplug.txt - Hotpluggable memory support, how to use and current status. memory.txt - info on typical Linux memory problems. mips/ - directory with info about Linux on MIPS architecture. +misc-devices/ + - directory with info about devices using the misc dev subsystem mmc/ - directory with info about the MMC subsystem +mn10300/ + - directory with info about the mn10300 architecture port +mtd/ + - directory with info about memory technology devices (flash) mono.txt - how to execute Mono-based .NET binaries with the help of BINFMT_MISC. mutex-design.txt @@ -240,6 +319,8 @@ netlabel/ - directory with information on the NetLabel subsystem. networking/ - directory with info on various aspects of networking with Linux. +nfc/ + - directory relating info about Near Field Communications support. nommu-mmap.txt - documentation about no-mmu memory mapping support. numastat.txt @@ -256,26 +337,46 @@ parport-lowlevel.txt - description and usage of the low level parallel port functions. pcmcia/ - info on the Linux PCMCIA driver. +percpu-rw-semaphore.txt + - RCU based read-write semaphore optimized for locking for reading pi-futex.txt - - documentation on lightweight PI-futexes. + - documentation on lightweight priority inheritance futexes. +pinctrl.txt + - info on pinctrl subsystem and the PINMUX/PINCONF and drivers pnp.txt - Linux Plug and Play documentation. power/ - directory with info on Linux PCI power management. powerpc/ - directory with info on using Linux with the PowerPC. +prctl/ + - directory with info on the priveledge control subsystem preempt-locking.txt - info on locking under a preemptive kernel. printk-formats.txt - how to get printk format specifiers right +pps/ + - directory with information on the pulse-per-second support +ptp/ + - directory with info on support for IEEE 1588 PTP clocks in Linux. +pwm.txt + - info on the pulse width modulation driver subsystem ramoops.txt - documentation of the ramoops oops/panic logging module. +rapidio/ + - directory with info on RapidIO packet-based fabric interconnect rbtree.txt - info on what red-black trees are and what they are for. +remoteproc.txt + - info on how to handle remote processor (e.g. AMP) offloads/usage. +rfkill.txt + - info on the radio frequency kill switch subsystem/support. robust-futex-ABI.txt - documentation of the robust futex ABI. robust-futexes.txt - a description of what robust futexes are. +rpmsg.txt + - info on the Remote Processor Messaging (rpmsg) Framework rt-mutex-design.txt - description of the RealTime mutex implementation design. rt-mutex.txt @@ -300,10 +401,10 @@ sgi-visws.txt - short blurb on the SGI Visual Workstations. sh/ - directory with info on porting Linux to a new architecture. +smsc_ece1099.txt + -info on the smsc Keyboard Scan Expansion/GPIO Expansion device. sound/ - directory with info on sound card support. -sparc/ - - directory with info on using Linux on Sparc architecture. sparse.txt - info on how to obtain and use the sparse tool for typechecking. spi/ @@ -314,6 +415,8 @@ stable_api_nonsense.txt - info on why the kernel does not have a stable in-kernel api or abi. stable_kernel_rules.txt - rules and procedures for the -stable kernel releases. +static-keys.txt + - info on how static keys allow debug code in hotpaths via patching svga.txt - short guide on selecting video modes at boot via VGA BIOS. sysfs-rules.txt @@ -322,27 +425,53 @@ sysctl/ - directory with info on the /proc/sys/* files. sysrq.txt - info on the magic SysRq key. -telephony/ - - directory with info on telephony (e.g. voice over IP) support. +target/ + - directory with info on generating TCM v4 fabric .ko modules +thermal/ + - directory with information on managing thermal issues (CPU/temp) +trace/ + - directory with info on tracing technologies within linux +unaligned-memory-access.txt + - info on how to avoid arch breaking unaligned memory access in code. unicode.txt - info on the Unicode character/font mapping used in Linux. unshare.txt - description of the Linux unshare system call. usb/ - directory with info regarding the Universal Serial Bus. +vDSO/ + - directory with info regarding virtual dynamic shared objects +vfio.txt + - info on Virtual Function I/O used in guest/hypervisor instances. +vgaarbiter.txt + - info on enable/disable the legacy decoding on different VGA devices video-output.txt - sysfs class driver interface to enable/disable a video output device. video4linux/ - directory with info regarding video/TV/radio cards and linux. +virtual/ + - directory with information on the various linux virtualizations. vm/ - directory with info on the Linux vm code. +vme_api.txt + - file relating info on the VME bus API in linux volatile-considered-harmful.txt - Why the "volatile" type class should not be used w1/ - directory with documents regarding the 1-wire (w1) subsystem. watchdog/ - how to auto-reboot Linux if it has "fallen and can't get up". ;-) +wimax/ + - directory with info about Intel Wireless Wimax Connections +workqueue.txt + - information on the Concurrency Managed Workqueue implementation x86/x86_64/ - directory with info on Linux support for AMD x86-64 (Hammer) machines. +xtensa/ + - directory with documents relating to arch/xtensa port/implementation +xz.txt + - how to make use of the XZ data compression within linux kernel +zh_CN/ + - directory with Chinese translations of various documents zorro.txt - info on writing drivers for Zorro bus devices found on Amigas. diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu index 6943133afcb..9c978dcae07 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu @@ -67,20 +67,6 @@ Description: Discover NUMA node a CPU belongs to /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu42/node2 -> ../../node/node2 -What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/node -Date: October 2009 -Contact: Linux memory management mailing list <linux-mm@kvack.org> -Description: Discover NUMA node a CPU belongs to - - When CONFIG_NUMA is enabled, a symbolic link that points - to the corresponding NUMA node directory. - - For example, the following symlink is created for cpu42 - in NUMA node 2: - - /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu42/node2 -> ../../node/node2 - - What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/topology/core_id /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/topology/core_siblings /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/topology/core_siblings_list diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-hacking.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-hacking.tmpl index 22e0bd1adf2..d0758b241b2 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-hacking.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-hacking.tmpl @@ -945,7 +945,7 @@ printk(KERN_INFO "my ip: %pI4\n", &ipaddress); <sect1 id="sym-exportsymbols"> <title><function>EXPORT_SYMBOL()</function> - <filename class="headerfile">include/linux/module.h</filename></title> + <filename class="headerfile">include/linux/export.h</filename></title> <para> This is the classic method of exporting a symbol: dynamically @@ -955,7 +955,7 @@ printk(KERN_INFO "my ip: %pI4\n", &ipaddress); <sect1 id="sym-exportsymbols-gpl"> <title><function>EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL()</function> - <filename class="headerfile">include/linux/module.h</filename></title> + <filename class="headerfile">include/linux/export.h</filename></title> <para> Similar to <function>EXPORT_SYMBOL()</function> except that the diff --git a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt index de38429beb7..e015a83c399 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt @@ -112,10 +112,6 @@ Timing This can be used to work around timing problems on multiprocessor systems with not properly synchronized CPUs. - report_lost_ticks - Report when timer interrupts are lost because some code turned off - interrupts for too long. - nohpet Don't use the HPET timer. |