Loading .mailmap +4 −0 Original line number Original line Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ Ricardo Ribalda Delgado <ricardo.ribalda@gmail.com> Rudolf Marek <R.Marek@sh.cvut.cz> Rudolf Marek <R.Marek@sh.cvut.cz> Rui Saraiva <rmps@joel.ist.utl.pt> Rui Saraiva <rmps@joel.ist.utl.pt> Sachin P Sant <ssant@in.ibm.com> Sachin P Sant <ssant@in.ibm.com> Sarangdhar Joshi <spjoshi@codeaurora.org> Sam Ravnborg <sam@mars.ravnborg.org> Sam Ravnborg <sam@mars.ravnborg.org> Santosh Shilimkar <ssantosh@kernel.org> Santosh Shilimkar <ssantosh@kernel.org> Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@oracle.org> Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@oracle.org> Loading @@ -150,10 +151,13 @@ Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org> <shuah.kh@samsung.com> Simon Kelley <simon@thekelleys.org.uk> Simon Kelley <simon@thekelleys.org.uk> Stéphane Witzmann <stephane.witzmann@ubpmes.univ-bpclermont.fr> Stéphane Witzmann <stephane.witzmann@ubpmes.univ-bpclermont.fr> Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org> Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org> Subash Abhinov Kasiviswanathan <subashab@codeaurora.org> Subhash Jadavani <subhashj@codeaurora.org> Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@arm.com> Sudeep KarkadaNagesha <sudeep.karkadanagesha@arm.com> Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@arm.com> Sudeep KarkadaNagesha <sudeep.karkadanagesha@arm.com> Sumit Semwal <sumit.semwal@ti.com> Sumit Semwal <sumit.semwal@ti.com> Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch> Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch> Thomas Pedersen <twp@codeaurora.org> Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com> Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com> Tsuneo Yoshioka <Tsuneo.Yoshioka@f-secure.com> Tsuneo Yoshioka <Tsuneo.Yoshioka@f-secure.com> Uwe Kleine-König <ukleinek@informatik.uni-freiburg.de> Uwe Kleine-König <ukleinek@informatik.uni-freiburg.de> Loading CREDITS +6 −5 Original line number Original line Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -2478,12 +2478,11 @@ S: D-90453 Nuernberg S: Germany S: Germany N: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo N: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo E: acme@ghostprotocols.net E: acme@kernel.org E: arnaldo.melo@gmail.com E: arnaldo.melo@gmail.com E: acme@redhat.com E: acme@redhat.com W: http://oops.ghostprotocols.net:81/blog/ P: 1024D/9224DF01 D5DF E3BB E3C8 BCBB F8AD 841A B6AB 4681 9224 DF01 P: 1024D/9224DF01 D5DF E3BB E3C8 BCBB F8AD 841A B6AB 4681 9224 DF01 D: IPX, LLC, DCCP, cyc2x, wl3501_cs, net/ hacks D: tools/, IPX, LLC, DCCP, cyc2x, wl3501_cs, net/ hacks S: Brazil S: Brazil N: Karsten Merker N: Karsten Merker Loading Loading @@ -2775,6 +2774,10 @@ S: C/ Mieses 20, 9-B S: Valladolid 47009 S: Valladolid 47009 S: Spain S: Spain N: Peter Oruba D: AMD Microcode loader driver S: Germany N: Jens Osterkamp N: Jens Osterkamp E: jens@de.ibm.com E: jens@de.ibm.com D: Maintainer of Spidernet network driver for Cell D: Maintainer of Spidernet network driver for Cell Loading Loading @@ -3945,8 +3948,6 @@ E: gwingerde@gmail.com D: Ralink rt2x00 WLAN driver D: Ralink rt2x00 WLAN driver D: Minix V2 file-system D: Minix V2 file-system D: Misc fixes D: Misc fixes S: Geessinkweg 177 S: 7544 TX Enschede S: The Netherlands S: The Netherlands N: Lars Wirzenius N: Lars Wirzenius Loading Documentation/00-INDEX +85 −121 Original line number Original line Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -14,13 +14,8 @@ Following translations are available on the WWW: - this file. - this file. ABI/ ABI/ - info on kernel <-> userspace ABI and relative interface stability. - info on kernel <-> userspace ABI and relative interface stability. BUG-HUNTING - brute force method of doing binary search of patches to find bug. Changes - list of changes that break older software packages. CodingStyle CodingStyle - how the maintainers expect the C code in the kernel to look. - nothing here, just a pointer to process/coding-style.rst. DMA-API.txt DMA-API.txt - DMA API, pci_ API & extensions for non-consistent memory machines. - DMA API, pci_ API & extensions for non-consistent memory machines. DMA-API-HOWTO.txt DMA-API-HOWTO.txt Loading @@ -33,8 +28,6 @@ DocBook/ - directory with DocBook templates etc. for kernel documentation. - directory with DocBook templates etc. for kernel documentation. EDID/ EDID/ - directory with info on customizing EDID for broken gfx/displays. - directory with info on customizing EDID for broken gfx/displays. HOWTO - the process and procedures of how to do Linux kernel development. IPMI.txt IPMI.txt - info on Linux Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) Driver. - info on Linux Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) Driver. IRQ-affinity.txt IRQ-affinity.txt Loading @@ -46,62 +39,43 @@ IRQ.txt Intel-IOMMU.txt Intel-IOMMU.txt - basic info on the Intel IOMMU virtualization support. - basic info on the Intel IOMMU virtualization support. Makefile Makefile - This file does nothing. Removing it breaks make htmldocs and - It's not of interest for those who aren't touching the build system. make distclean. Makefile.sphinx ManagementStyle - It's not of interest for those who aren't touching the build system. - how to (attempt to) manage kernel hackers. PCI/ - info related to PCI drivers. RCU/ RCU/ - directory with info on RCU (read-copy update). - directory with info on RCU (read-copy update). SAK.txt SAK.txt - info on Secure Attention Keys. - info on Secure Attention Keys. SM501.txt SM501.txt - Silicon Motion SM501 multimedia companion chip - Silicon Motion SM501 multimedia companion chip 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 SubmittingPatches - procedure to get a source patch included into the kernel tree. - nothing here, just a pointer to process/coding-style.rst. VGA-softcursor.txt - how to change your VGA cursor from a blinking underscore. accounting/ accounting/ - documentation on accounting and taskstats. - documentation on accounting and taskstats. acpi/ acpi/ - info on ACPI-specific hooks in the kernel. - info on ACPI-specific hooks in the kernel. admin-guide/ - info related to Linux users and system admins. aoe/ aoe/ - description of AoE (ATA over Ethernet) along with config examples. - description of AoE (ATA over Ethernet) along with config examples. applying-patches.txt - description of various trees and how to apply their patches. arm/ arm/ - directory with info about Linux on the ARM architecture. - directory with info about Linux on the ARM architecture. arm64/ arm64/ - directory with info about Linux on the 64 bit ARM architecture. - directory with info about Linux on the 64 bit ARM architecture. assoc_array.txt - generic associative array intro. atomic_ops.txt - semantics and behavior of atomic and bitmask operations. auxdisplay/ auxdisplay/ - misc. LCD driver documentation (cfag12864b, ks0108). - misc. LCD driver documentation (cfag12864b, ks0108). backlight/ backlight/ - directory with info on controlling backlights in flat panel displays - 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. bcache.txt bcache.txt - Block-layer cache on fast SSDs to improve slow (raid) I/O performance. - Block-layer cache on fast SSDs to improve slow (raid) I/O performance. binfmt_misc.txt - info on the kernel support for extra binary formats. blackfin/ blackfin/ - directory with documentation for the Blackfin arch. - directory with documentation for the Blackfin arch. block/ block/ - info on the Block I/O (BIO) layer. - info on the Block I/O (BIO) layer. blockdev/ blockdev/ - info on block devices & drivers - info on block devices & drivers braille-console.txt - info on how to use serial devices for Braille support. bt8xxgpio.txt bt8xxgpio.txt - info on how to modify a bt8xx video card for GPIO usage. - info on how to modify a bt8xx video card for GPIO usage. btmrvl.txt btmrvl.txt Loading @@ -114,18 +88,24 @@ cachetlb.txt - describes the cache/TLB flushing interfaces Linux uses. - describes the cache/TLB flushing interfaces Linux uses. cdrom/ cdrom/ - directory with information on the CD-ROM drivers that Linux has. - directory with information on the CD-ROM drivers that Linux has. cgroups/ cgroup-v1/ - cgroups features, including cpusets and memory controller. - cgroups v1 features, including cpusets and memory controller. cgroup-v2.txt - cgroups v2 features, including cpusets and memory controller. circular-buffers.txt circular-buffers.txt - how to make use of the existing circular buffer infrastructure - how to make use of the existing circular buffer infrastructure clk.txt clk.txt - info on the common clock framework - info on the common clock framework coccinelle.txt cma/ - info on how to get and use the Coccinelle code checking tool. - Continuous Memory Area (CMA) debugfs interface. conf.py - It's not of interest for those who aren't touching the build system. connector/ connector/ - docs on the netlink based userspace<->kernel space communication mod. - docs on the netlink based userspace<->kernel space communication mod. console/ console/ - documentation on Linux console drivers. - documentation on Linux console drivers. core-api/ - documentation on kernel core components. cpu-freq/ cpu-freq/ - info on CPU frequency and voltage scaling. - info on CPU frequency and voltage scaling. cpu-hotplug.txt cpu-hotplug.txt Loading @@ -150,42 +130,42 @@ debugging-via-ohci1394.txt - how to use firewire like a hardware debugger memory reader. - how to use firewire like a hardware debugger memory reader. dell_rbu.txt dell_rbu.txt - document demonstrating the use of the Dell Remote BIOS Update driver. - document demonstrating the use of the Dell Remote BIOS Update driver. development-process/ dev-tools/ - how to work with the mainline kernel development process. - directory with info on development tools for the kernel. device-mapper/ device-mapper/ - directory with info on Device Mapper. - directory with info on Device Mapper. devices.txt dmaengine/ - plain ASCII listing of all the nodes in /dev/ with major minor #'s. - the DMA engine and controller API guides. devicetree/ devicetree/ - directory with info on device tree files used by OF/PowerPC/ARM - directory with info on device tree files used by OF/PowerPC/ARM digsig.txt digsig.txt -info on the Digital Signature Verification API -info on the Digital Signature Verification API dma-buf-sharing.txt dma-buf-sharing.txt - the DMA Buffer Sharing API Guide - the DMA Buffer Sharing API Guide docutils.conf - nothing here. Just a configuration file for docutils. dontdiff dontdiff - file containing a list of files that should never be diff'ed. - file containing a list of files that should never be diff'ed. driver-api/ - the Linux driver implementer's API guide. driver-model/ driver-model/ - directory with info about Linux 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/ early-userspace/ - info about initramfs, klibc, and userspace early during boot. - info about initramfs, klibc, and userspace early during boot. edac.txt - information on EDAC - Error Detection And Correction efi-stub.txt efi-stub.txt - How to use the EFI boot stub to bypass GRUB or elilo on EFI systems. - How to use the EFI boot stub to bypass GRUB or elilo on EFI systems. eisa.txt eisa.txt - info on EISA bus support. - info on EISA bus support. email-clients.txt - info on how to use e-mail to send un-mangled (git) patches. extcon/ extcon/ - directory with porting guide for Android kernel switch driver. - directory with porting guide for Android kernel switch driver. isa.txt - info on EISA bus support. fault-injection/ fault-injection/ - dir with docs about the fault injection capabilities infrastructure. - dir with docs about the fault injection capabilities infrastructure. fb/ fb/ - directory with info on the frame buffer graphics abstraction layer. - directory with info on the frame buffer graphics abstraction layer. features/ - status of feature implementation on different architectures. filesystems/ filesystems/ - info on the vfs and the various filesystems that Linux supports. - info on the vfs and the various filesystems that Linux supports. firmware_class/ firmware_class/ Loading @@ -194,20 +174,22 @@ flexible-arrays.txt - how to make use of flexible sized arrays in linux - how to make use of flexible sized arrays in linux fmc/ fmc/ - information about the FMC bus abstraction - information about the FMC bus abstraction fpga/ - FPGA Manager Core. frv/ frv/ - Fujitsu FR-V Linux documentation. - Fujitsu FR-V Linux documentation. futex-requeue-pi.txt futex-requeue-pi.txt - info on requeueing of tasks from a non-PI futex to a PI futex - info on requeueing of tasks from a non-PI futex to a PI futex gcov.txt gcc-plugins.txt - use of GCC's coverage testing tool "gcov" with the Linux kernel - GCC plugin infrastructure. gpio/ gpio/ - gpio related documentation - gpio related documentation gpu/ - directory with information on GPU driver developer's guide. hid/ hid/ - directory with information on human interface devices - directory with information on human interface devices highuid.txt highuid.txt - notes on the change from 16 bit to 32 bit user/group IDs. - notes on the change from 16 bit to 32 bit user/group IDs. hsi.txt - HSI subsystem overview. hwspinlock.txt hwspinlock.txt - hardware spinlock provides hardware assistance for synchronization - hardware spinlock provides hardware assistance for synchronization timers/ timers/ Loading @@ -218,18 +200,18 @@ hwmon/ - directory with docs on various hardware monitoring drivers. - directory with docs on various hardware monitoring drivers. i2c/ i2c/ - directory with info about the I2C bus/protocol (2 wire, kHz speed). - directory with info about the I2C bus/protocol (2 wire, kHz speed). i2o/ - directory with info about the Linux I2O subsystem. x86/i386/ x86/i386/ - directory with info about Linux on Intel 32 bit architecture. - directory with info about Linux on Intel 32 bit architecture. ia64/ ia64/ - directory with info about Linux on Intel 64 bit architecture. - directory with info about Linux on Intel 64 bit architecture. ide/ - Information regarding the Enhanced IDE drive. iio/ - info on industrial IIO configfs support. index.rst - main index for the documentation at ReST format. infiniband/ infiniband/ - directory with documents concerning Linux InfiniBand support. - 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/ input/ - info on Linux input device support. - info on Linux input device support. intel_txt.txt intel_txt.txt Loading @@ -248,28 +230,16 @@ isapnp.txt - info on Linux ISA Plug & Play support. - info on Linux ISA Plug & Play support. isdn/ isdn/ - directory with info on the Linux ISDN support, and supported cards. - 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/ kbuild/ - directory with info about the kernel build process. - directory with info about the kernel build process. kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt - outdated info about kernel-doc documentation. kdump/ kdump/ - directory with mini HowTo on getting the crash dump code to work. - directory with mini HowTo on getting the crash dump code to work. kernel-docs.txt doc-guide/ - listing of various WWW + books that document kernel internals. kernel-documentation.rst - how to write and format reStructuredText kernel documentation - how to write and format reStructuredText kernel documentation kernel-parameters.txt - summary listing of command line / boot prompt args for the kernel. kernel-per-CPU-kthreads.txt kernel-per-CPU-kthreads.txt - List of all per-CPU kthreads and how they introduce jitter. - List of all per-CPU kthreads and how they introduce jitter. 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 kobject.txt - info of the kobject infrastructure of the Linux kernel. - info of the kobject infrastructure of the Linux kernel. kprobes.txt kprobes.txt Loading @@ -284,8 +254,8 @@ ldm.txt - a brief description of LDM (Windows Dynamic Disks). - a brief description of LDM (Windows Dynamic Disks). leds/ leds/ - directory with info about LED handling under Linux. - directory with info about LED handling under Linux. local_ops.txt livepatch/ - semantics and behavior of local atomic operations. - info on kernel live patching. locking/ locking/ - directory with info about kernel locking primitives - directory with info about kernel locking primitives lockup-watchdogs.txt lockup-watchdogs.txt Loading @@ -298,22 +268,24 @@ lzo.txt - kernel LZO decompressor input formats - kernel LZO decompressor input formats m68k/ m68k/ - directory with info about Linux on Motorola 68k architecture. - directory with info about Linux on Motorola 68k architecture. magic-number.txt - list of magic numbers used to mark/protect kernel data structures. mailbox.txt mailbox.txt - How to write drivers for the common mailbox framework (IPC). - How to write drivers for the common mailbox framework (IPC). md.txt md-cluster.txt - info on boot arguments for the multiple devices driver. - info on shared-device RAID MD cluster. media-framework.txt media/ - info on media framework, its data structures, functions and usage. - info on media drivers: uAPI, kAPI and driver documentation. memory-barriers.txt memory-barriers.txt - info on Linux kernel memory barriers. - info on Linux kernel memory barriers. memory-devices/ memory-devices/ - directory with info on parts like the Texas Instruments EMIF driver - directory with info on parts like the Texas Instruments EMIF driver memory-hotplug.txt memory-hotplug.txt - Hotpluggable memory support, how to use and current status. - Hotpluggable memory support, how to use and current status. men-chameleon-bus.txt - info on MEN chameleon bus. metag/ metag/ - directory with info about Linux on Meta architecture. - directory with info about Linux on Meta architecture. mic/ - Intel Many Integrated Core (MIC) architecture device driver. mips/ mips/ - directory with info about Linux on MIPS architecture. - directory with info about Linux on MIPS architecture. misc-devices/ misc-devices/ Loading @@ -322,12 +294,8 @@ mmc/ - directory with info about the MMC subsystem - directory with info about the MMC subsystem mn10300/ mn10300/ - directory with info about the mn10300 architecture port - directory with info about the mn10300 architecture port module-signing.txt - Kernel module signing for increased security when loading modules. mtd/ mtd/ - directory with info about memory technology devices (flash) - directory with info about memory technology devices (flash) mono.txt - how to execute Mono-based .NET binaries with the help of BINFMT_MISC. namespaces/ namespaces/ - directory with various information about namespaces - directory with various information about namespaces netlabel/ netlabel/ Loading @@ -336,30 +304,42 @@ networking/ - directory with info on various aspects of networking with Linux. - directory with info on various aspects of networking with Linux. nfc/ nfc/ - directory relating info about Near Field Communications support. - directory relating info about Near Field Communications support. nios2/ - Linux on the Nios II architecture. nommu-mmap.txt nommu-mmap.txt - documentation about no-mmu memory mapping support. - documentation about no-mmu memory mapping support. numastat.txt numastat.txt - info on how to read Numa policy hit/miss statistics in sysfs. - info on how to read Numa policy hit/miss statistics in sysfs. oops-tracing.txt ntb.txt - how to decode those nasty internal kernel error dump messages. - info on Non-Transparent Bridge (NTB) drivers. nvdimm/ - info on non-volatile devices. nvmem/ - info on non volatile memory framework. output/ - default directory where html/LaTeX/pdf files will be written. padata.txt padata.txt - An introduction to the "padata" parallel execution API - An introduction to the "padata" parallel execution API parisc/ parisc/ - directory with info on using Linux on PA-RISC architecture. - directory with info on using Linux on PA-RISC architecture. parport.txt - how to use the parallel-port driver. parport-lowlevel.txt parport-lowlevel.txt - description and usage of the low level parallel port functions. - description and usage of the low level parallel port functions. pcmcia/ pcmcia/ - info on the Linux PCMCIA driver. - info on the Linux PCMCIA driver. percpu-rw-semaphore.txt percpu-rw-semaphore.txt - RCU based read-write semaphore optimized for locking for reading - RCU based read-write semaphore optimized for locking for reading perf/ - info about the APM X-Gene SoC Performance Monitoring Unit (PMU). phy/ - ino on Samsung USB 2.0 PHY adaptation layer. phy.txt phy.txt - Description of the generic PHY framework. - Description of the generic PHY framework. pi-futex.txt pi-futex.txt - documentation on lightweight priority inheritance futexes. - documentation on lightweight priority inheritance futexes. pinctrl.txt pinctrl.txt - info on pinctrl subsystem and the PINMUX/PINCONF and drivers - info on pinctrl subsystem and the PINMUX/PINCONF and drivers platform/ - List of supported hardware by compal and Dell laptop. pnp.txt pnp.txt - Linux Plug and Play documentation. - Linux Plug and Play documentation. power/ power/ Loading @@ -372,14 +352,16 @@ preempt-locking.txt - info on locking under a preemptive kernel. - info on locking under a preemptive kernel. printk-formats.txt printk-formats.txt - how to get printk format specifiers right - how to get printk format specifiers right process/ - how to work with the mainline kernel development process. pps/ pps/ - directory with information on the pulse-per-second support - directory with information on the pulse-per-second support pti/ - directory with info on Intel MID PTI. ptp/ ptp/ - directory with info on support for IEEE 1588 PTP clocks in Linux. - directory with info on support for IEEE 1588 PTP clocks in Linux. pwm.txt pwm.txt - info on the pulse width modulation driver subsystem - info on the pulse width modulation driver subsystem ramoops.txt - documentation of the ramoops oops/panic logging module. rapidio/ rapidio/ - directory with info on RapidIO packet-based fabric interconnect - directory with info on RapidIO packet-based fabric interconnect rbtree.txt rbtree.txt Loading @@ -406,8 +388,6 @@ security/ - directory that contains security-related info - directory that contains security-related info serial/ serial/ - directory with info on the low level serial API. - directory with info on the low level serial API. serial-console.txt - how to set up Linux with a serial line console as the default. sgi-ioc4.txt sgi-ioc4.txt - description of the SGI IOC4 PCI (multi function) device. - description of the SGI IOC4 PCI (multi function) device. sh/ sh/ Loading @@ -416,24 +396,20 @@ smsc_ece1099.txt -info on the smsc Keyboard Scan Expansion/GPIO Expansion device. -info on the smsc Keyboard Scan Expansion/GPIO Expansion device. sound/ sound/ - directory with info on sound card support. - directory with info on sound card support. sparse.txt - info on how to obtain and use the sparse tool for typechecking. spi/ spi/ - overview of Linux kernel Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) support. - overview of Linux kernel Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) support. stable_api_nonsense.txt sphinx/ - info on why the kernel does not have a stable in-kernel api or abi. - no documentation here, just files required by Sphinx toolchain. stable_kernel_rules.txt sphinx-static/ - rules and procedures for the -stable kernel releases. - no documentation here, just files required by Sphinx toolchain. static-keys.txt static-keys.txt - info on how static keys allow debug code in hotpaths via patching - info on how static keys allow debug code in hotpaths via patching svga.txt svga.txt - short guide on selecting video modes at boot via VGA BIOS. - short guide on selecting video modes at boot via VGA BIOS. sysfs-rules.txt sync_file.txt - How not to use sysfs. - Sync file API guide. sysctl/ sysctl/ - directory with info on the /proc/sys/* files. - directory with info on the /proc/sys/* files. sysrq.txt - info on the magic SysRq key. target/ target/ - directory with info on generating TCM v4 fabric .ko modules - directory with info on generating TCM v4 fabric .ko modules this_cpu_ops.txt this_cpu_ops.txt Loading @@ -442,39 +418,29 @@ thermal/ - directory with information on managing thermal issues (CPU/temp) - directory with information on managing thermal issues (CPU/temp) trace/ trace/ - directory with info on tracing technologies within linux - directory with info on tracing technologies within linux translations/ - translations of this document from English to another language unaligned-memory-access.txt unaligned-memory-access.txt - info on how to avoid arch breaking unaligned memory access in code. - 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 unshare.txt - description of the Linux unshare system call. - description of the Linux unshare system call. usb/ usb/ - directory with info regarding the Universal Serial Bus. - directory with info regarding the Universal Serial Bus. vDSO/ - directory with info regarding virtual dynamic shared objects vfio.txt vfio.txt - info on Virtual Function I/O used in guest/hypervisor instances. - 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 video-output.txt - sysfs class driver interface to enable/disable a video output device. - sysfs class driver interface to enable/disable a video output device. video4linux/ - directory with info regarding video/TV/radio cards and linux. virtual/ virtual/ - directory with information on the various linux virtualizations. - directory with information on the various linux virtualizations. vm/ vm/ - directory with info on the Linux vm code. - 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/ w1/ - directory with documents regarding the 1-wire (w1) subsystem. - directory with documents regarding the 1-wire (w1) subsystem. watchdog/ watchdog/ - how to auto-reboot Linux if it has "fallen and can't get up". ;-) - how to auto-reboot Linux if it has "fallen and can't get up". ;-) wimax/ wimax/ - directory with info about Intel Wireless Wimax Connections - directory with info about Intel Wireless Wimax Connections workqueue.txt core-api/workqueue.rst - information on the Concurrency Managed Workqueue implementation - information on the Concurrency Managed Workqueue implementation x86/x86_64/ x86/x86_64/ - directory with info on Linux support for AMD x86-64 (Hammer) machines. - directory with info on Linux support for AMD x86-64 (Hammer) machines. Loading @@ -484,7 +450,5 @@ xtensa/ - directory with documents relating to arch/xtensa port/implementation - directory with documents relating to arch/xtensa port/implementation xz.txt xz.txt - how to make use of the XZ data compression within linux kernel - how to make use of the XZ data compression within linux kernel zh_CN/ - directory with Chinese translations of various documents zorro.txt zorro.txt - info on writing drivers for Zorro bus devices found on Amigas. - info on writing drivers for Zorro bus devices found on Amigas. Documentation/ABI/README +1 −1 Original line number Original line Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -84,4 +84,4 @@ stable: - Kernel-internal symbols. Do not rely on the presence, absence, location, or - Kernel-internal symbols. Do not rely on the presence, absence, location, or type of any kernel symbol, either in System.map files or the kernel binary type of any kernel symbol, either in System.map files or the kernel binary itself. See Documentation/stable_api_nonsense.txt. itself. See Documentation/process/stable-api-nonsense.rst. Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-devices +14 −0 Original line number Original line Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -8,3 +8,17 @@ Description: Any device associated with a device-tree node will have Any device associated with a device-tree node will have an of_path symlink pointing to the corresponding device an of_path symlink pointing to the corresponding device node in /sys/firmware/devicetree/ node in /sys/firmware/devicetree/ What: /sys/devices/*/devspec Date: October 2016 Contact: Device Tree mailing list <devicetree@vger.kernel.org> Description: If CONFIG_OF is enabled, then this file is present. When read, it returns full name of the device node. What: /sys/devices/*/obppath Date: October 2016 Contact: Device Tree mailing list <devicetree@vger.kernel.org> Description: If CONFIG_OF is enabled, then this file is present. When read, it returns full name of the device node. 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.mailmap +4 −0 Original line number Original line Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ Ricardo Ribalda Delgado <ricardo.ribalda@gmail.com> Rudolf Marek <R.Marek@sh.cvut.cz> Rudolf Marek <R.Marek@sh.cvut.cz> Rui Saraiva <rmps@joel.ist.utl.pt> Rui Saraiva <rmps@joel.ist.utl.pt> Sachin P Sant <ssant@in.ibm.com> Sachin P Sant <ssant@in.ibm.com> Sarangdhar Joshi <spjoshi@codeaurora.org> Sam Ravnborg <sam@mars.ravnborg.org> Sam Ravnborg <sam@mars.ravnborg.org> Santosh Shilimkar <ssantosh@kernel.org> Santosh Shilimkar <ssantosh@kernel.org> Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@oracle.org> Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@oracle.org> Loading @@ -150,10 +151,13 @@ Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org> <shuah.kh@samsung.com> Simon Kelley <simon@thekelleys.org.uk> Simon Kelley <simon@thekelleys.org.uk> Stéphane Witzmann <stephane.witzmann@ubpmes.univ-bpclermont.fr> Stéphane Witzmann <stephane.witzmann@ubpmes.univ-bpclermont.fr> Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org> Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org> Subash Abhinov Kasiviswanathan <subashab@codeaurora.org> Subhash Jadavani <subhashj@codeaurora.org> Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@arm.com> Sudeep KarkadaNagesha <sudeep.karkadanagesha@arm.com> Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@arm.com> Sudeep KarkadaNagesha <sudeep.karkadanagesha@arm.com> Sumit Semwal <sumit.semwal@ti.com> Sumit Semwal <sumit.semwal@ti.com> Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch> Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch> Thomas Pedersen <twp@codeaurora.org> Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com> Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com> Tsuneo Yoshioka <Tsuneo.Yoshioka@f-secure.com> Tsuneo Yoshioka <Tsuneo.Yoshioka@f-secure.com> Uwe Kleine-König <ukleinek@informatik.uni-freiburg.de> Uwe Kleine-König <ukleinek@informatik.uni-freiburg.de> Loading
CREDITS +6 −5 Original line number Original line Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -2478,12 +2478,11 @@ S: D-90453 Nuernberg S: Germany S: Germany N: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo N: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo E: acme@ghostprotocols.net E: acme@kernel.org E: arnaldo.melo@gmail.com E: arnaldo.melo@gmail.com E: acme@redhat.com E: acme@redhat.com W: http://oops.ghostprotocols.net:81/blog/ P: 1024D/9224DF01 D5DF E3BB E3C8 BCBB F8AD 841A B6AB 4681 9224 DF01 P: 1024D/9224DF01 D5DF E3BB E3C8 BCBB F8AD 841A B6AB 4681 9224 DF01 D: IPX, LLC, DCCP, cyc2x, wl3501_cs, net/ hacks D: tools/, IPX, LLC, DCCP, cyc2x, wl3501_cs, net/ hacks S: Brazil S: Brazil N: Karsten Merker N: Karsten Merker Loading Loading @@ -2775,6 +2774,10 @@ S: C/ Mieses 20, 9-B S: Valladolid 47009 S: Valladolid 47009 S: Spain S: Spain N: Peter Oruba D: AMD Microcode loader driver S: Germany N: Jens Osterkamp N: Jens Osterkamp E: jens@de.ibm.com E: jens@de.ibm.com D: Maintainer of Spidernet network driver for Cell D: Maintainer of Spidernet network driver for Cell Loading Loading @@ -3945,8 +3948,6 @@ E: gwingerde@gmail.com D: Ralink rt2x00 WLAN driver D: Ralink rt2x00 WLAN driver D: Minix V2 file-system D: Minix V2 file-system D: Misc fixes D: Misc fixes S: Geessinkweg 177 S: 7544 TX Enschede S: The Netherlands S: The Netherlands N: Lars Wirzenius N: Lars Wirzenius Loading
Documentation/00-INDEX +85 −121 Original line number Original line Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -14,13 +14,8 @@ Following translations are available on the WWW: - this file. - this file. ABI/ ABI/ - info on kernel <-> userspace ABI and relative interface stability. - info on kernel <-> userspace ABI and relative interface stability. BUG-HUNTING - brute force method of doing binary search of patches to find bug. Changes - list of changes that break older software packages. CodingStyle CodingStyle - how the maintainers expect the C code in the kernel to look. - nothing here, just a pointer to process/coding-style.rst. DMA-API.txt DMA-API.txt - DMA API, pci_ API & extensions for non-consistent memory machines. - DMA API, pci_ API & extensions for non-consistent memory machines. DMA-API-HOWTO.txt DMA-API-HOWTO.txt Loading @@ -33,8 +28,6 @@ DocBook/ - directory with DocBook templates etc. for kernel documentation. - directory with DocBook templates etc. for kernel documentation. EDID/ EDID/ - directory with info on customizing EDID for broken gfx/displays. - directory with info on customizing EDID for broken gfx/displays. HOWTO - the process and procedures of how to do Linux kernel development. IPMI.txt IPMI.txt - info on Linux Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) Driver. - info on Linux Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) Driver. IRQ-affinity.txt IRQ-affinity.txt Loading @@ -46,62 +39,43 @@ IRQ.txt Intel-IOMMU.txt Intel-IOMMU.txt - basic info on the Intel IOMMU virtualization support. - basic info on the Intel IOMMU virtualization support. Makefile Makefile - This file does nothing. Removing it breaks make htmldocs and - It's not of interest for those who aren't touching the build system. make distclean. Makefile.sphinx ManagementStyle - It's not of interest for those who aren't touching the build system. - how to (attempt to) manage kernel hackers. PCI/ - info related to PCI drivers. RCU/ RCU/ - directory with info on RCU (read-copy update). - directory with info on RCU (read-copy update). SAK.txt SAK.txt - info on Secure Attention Keys. - info on Secure Attention Keys. SM501.txt SM501.txt - Silicon Motion SM501 multimedia companion chip - Silicon Motion SM501 multimedia companion chip 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 SubmittingPatches - procedure to get a source patch included into the kernel tree. - nothing here, just a pointer to process/coding-style.rst. VGA-softcursor.txt - how to change your VGA cursor from a blinking underscore. accounting/ accounting/ - documentation on accounting and taskstats. - documentation on accounting and taskstats. acpi/ acpi/ - info on ACPI-specific hooks in the kernel. - info on ACPI-specific hooks in the kernel. admin-guide/ - info related to Linux users and system admins. aoe/ aoe/ - description of AoE (ATA over Ethernet) along with config examples. - description of AoE (ATA over Ethernet) along with config examples. applying-patches.txt - description of various trees and how to apply their patches. arm/ arm/ - directory with info about Linux on the ARM architecture. - directory with info about Linux on the ARM architecture. arm64/ arm64/ - directory with info about Linux on the 64 bit ARM architecture. - directory with info about Linux on the 64 bit ARM architecture. assoc_array.txt - generic associative array intro. atomic_ops.txt - semantics and behavior of atomic and bitmask operations. auxdisplay/ auxdisplay/ - misc. LCD driver documentation (cfag12864b, ks0108). - misc. LCD driver documentation (cfag12864b, ks0108). backlight/ backlight/ - directory with info on controlling backlights in flat panel displays - 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. bcache.txt bcache.txt - Block-layer cache on fast SSDs to improve slow (raid) I/O performance. - Block-layer cache on fast SSDs to improve slow (raid) I/O performance. binfmt_misc.txt - info on the kernel support for extra binary formats. blackfin/ blackfin/ - directory with documentation for the Blackfin arch. - directory with documentation for the Blackfin arch. block/ block/ - info on the Block I/O (BIO) layer. - info on the Block I/O (BIO) layer. blockdev/ blockdev/ - info on block devices & drivers - info on block devices & drivers braille-console.txt - info on how to use serial devices for Braille support. bt8xxgpio.txt bt8xxgpio.txt - info on how to modify a bt8xx video card for GPIO usage. - info on how to modify a bt8xx video card for GPIO usage. btmrvl.txt btmrvl.txt Loading @@ -114,18 +88,24 @@ cachetlb.txt - describes the cache/TLB flushing interfaces Linux uses. - describes the cache/TLB flushing interfaces Linux uses. cdrom/ cdrom/ - directory with information on the CD-ROM drivers that Linux has. - directory with information on the CD-ROM drivers that Linux has. cgroups/ cgroup-v1/ - cgroups features, including cpusets and memory controller. - cgroups v1 features, including cpusets and memory controller. cgroup-v2.txt - cgroups v2 features, including cpusets and memory controller. circular-buffers.txt circular-buffers.txt - how to make use of the existing circular buffer infrastructure - how to make use of the existing circular buffer infrastructure clk.txt clk.txt - info on the common clock framework - info on the common clock framework coccinelle.txt cma/ - info on how to get and use the Coccinelle code checking tool. - Continuous Memory Area (CMA) debugfs interface. conf.py - It's not of interest for those who aren't touching the build system. connector/ connector/ - docs on the netlink based userspace<->kernel space communication mod. - docs on the netlink based userspace<->kernel space communication mod. console/ console/ - documentation on Linux console drivers. - documentation on Linux console drivers. core-api/ - documentation on kernel core components. cpu-freq/ cpu-freq/ - info on CPU frequency and voltage scaling. - info on CPU frequency and voltage scaling. cpu-hotplug.txt cpu-hotplug.txt Loading @@ -150,42 +130,42 @@ debugging-via-ohci1394.txt - how to use firewire like a hardware debugger memory reader. - how to use firewire like a hardware debugger memory reader. dell_rbu.txt dell_rbu.txt - document demonstrating the use of the Dell Remote BIOS Update driver. - document demonstrating the use of the Dell Remote BIOS Update driver. development-process/ dev-tools/ - how to work with the mainline kernel development process. - directory with info on development tools for the kernel. device-mapper/ device-mapper/ - directory with info on Device Mapper. - directory with info on Device Mapper. devices.txt dmaengine/ - plain ASCII listing of all the nodes in /dev/ with major minor #'s. - the DMA engine and controller API guides. devicetree/ devicetree/ - directory with info on device tree files used by OF/PowerPC/ARM - directory with info on device tree files used by OF/PowerPC/ARM digsig.txt digsig.txt -info on the Digital Signature Verification API -info on the Digital Signature Verification API dma-buf-sharing.txt dma-buf-sharing.txt - the DMA Buffer Sharing API Guide - the DMA Buffer Sharing API Guide docutils.conf - nothing here. Just a configuration file for docutils. dontdiff dontdiff - file containing a list of files that should never be diff'ed. - file containing a list of files that should never be diff'ed. driver-api/ - the Linux driver implementer's API guide. driver-model/ driver-model/ - directory with info about Linux 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/ early-userspace/ - info about initramfs, klibc, and userspace early during boot. - info about initramfs, klibc, and userspace early during boot. edac.txt - information on EDAC - Error Detection And Correction efi-stub.txt efi-stub.txt - How to use the EFI boot stub to bypass GRUB or elilo on EFI systems. - How to use the EFI boot stub to bypass GRUB or elilo on EFI systems. eisa.txt eisa.txt - info on EISA bus support. - info on EISA bus support. email-clients.txt - info on how to use e-mail to send un-mangled (git) patches. extcon/ extcon/ - directory with porting guide for Android kernel switch driver. - directory with porting guide for Android kernel switch driver. isa.txt - info on EISA bus support. fault-injection/ fault-injection/ - dir with docs about the fault injection capabilities infrastructure. - dir with docs about the fault injection capabilities infrastructure. fb/ fb/ - directory with info on the frame buffer graphics abstraction layer. - directory with info on the frame buffer graphics abstraction layer. features/ - status of feature implementation on different architectures. filesystems/ filesystems/ - info on the vfs and the various filesystems that Linux supports. - info on the vfs and the various filesystems that Linux supports. firmware_class/ firmware_class/ Loading @@ -194,20 +174,22 @@ flexible-arrays.txt - how to make use of flexible sized arrays in linux - how to make use of flexible sized arrays in linux fmc/ fmc/ - information about the FMC bus abstraction - information about the FMC bus abstraction fpga/ - FPGA Manager Core. frv/ frv/ - Fujitsu FR-V Linux documentation. - Fujitsu FR-V Linux documentation. futex-requeue-pi.txt futex-requeue-pi.txt - info on requeueing of tasks from a non-PI futex to a PI futex - info on requeueing of tasks from a non-PI futex to a PI futex gcov.txt gcc-plugins.txt - use of GCC's coverage testing tool "gcov" with the Linux kernel - GCC plugin infrastructure. gpio/ gpio/ - gpio related documentation - gpio related documentation gpu/ - directory with information on GPU driver developer's guide. hid/ hid/ - directory with information on human interface devices - directory with information on human interface devices highuid.txt highuid.txt - notes on the change from 16 bit to 32 bit user/group IDs. - notes on the change from 16 bit to 32 bit user/group IDs. hsi.txt - HSI subsystem overview. hwspinlock.txt hwspinlock.txt - hardware spinlock provides hardware assistance for synchronization - hardware spinlock provides hardware assistance for synchronization timers/ timers/ Loading @@ -218,18 +200,18 @@ hwmon/ - directory with docs on various hardware monitoring drivers. - directory with docs on various hardware monitoring drivers. i2c/ i2c/ - directory with info about the I2C bus/protocol (2 wire, kHz speed). - directory with info about the I2C bus/protocol (2 wire, kHz speed). i2o/ - directory with info about the Linux I2O subsystem. x86/i386/ x86/i386/ - directory with info about Linux on Intel 32 bit architecture. - directory with info about Linux on Intel 32 bit architecture. ia64/ ia64/ - directory with info about Linux on Intel 64 bit architecture. - directory with info about Linux on Intel 64 bit architecture. ide/ - Information regarding the Enhanced IDE drive. iio/ - info on industrial IIO configfs support. index.rst - main index for the documentation at ReST format. infiniband/ infiniband/ - directory with documents concerning Linux InfiniBand support. - 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/ input/ - info on Linux input device support. - info on Linux input device support. intel_txt.txt intel_txt.txt Loading @@ -248,28 +230,16 @@ isapnp.txt - info on Linux ISA Plug & Play support. - info on Linux ISA Plug & Play support. isdn/ isdn/ - directory with info on the Linux ISDN support, and supported cards. - 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/ kbuild/ - directory with info about the kernel build process. - directory with info about the kernel build process. kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt - outdated info about kernel-doc documentation. kdump/ kdump/ - directory with mini HowTo on getting the crash dump code to work. - directory with mini HowTo on getting the crash dump code to work. kernel-docs.txt doc-guide/ - listing of various WWW + books that document kernel internals. kernel-documentation.rst - how to write and format reStructuredText kernel documentation - how to write and format reStructuredText kernel documentation kernel-parameters.txt - summary listing of command line / boot prompt args for the kernel. kernel-per-CPU-kthreads.txt kernel-per-CPU-kthreads.txt - List of all per-CPU kthreads and how they introduce jitter. - List of all per-CPU kthreads and how they introduce jitter. 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 kobject.txt - info of the kobject infrastructure of the Linux kernel. - info of the kobject infrastructure of the Linux kernel. kprobes.txt kprobes.txt Loading @@ -284,8 +254,8 @@ ldm.txt - a brief description of LDM (Windows Dynamic Disks). - a brief description of LDM (Windows Dynamic Disks). leds/ leds/ - directory with info about LED handling under Linux. - directory with info about LED handling under Linux. local_ops.txt livepatch/ - semantics and behavior of local atomic operations. - info on kernel live patching. locking/ locking/ - directory with info about kernel locking primitives - directory with info about kernel locking primitives lockup-watchdogs.txt lockup-watchdogs.txt Loading @@ -298,22 +268,24 @@ lzo.txt - kernel LZO decompressor input formats - kernel LZO decompressor input formats m68k/ m68k/ - directory with info about Linux on Motorola 68k architecture. - directory with info about Linux on Motorola 68k architecture. magic-number.txt - list of magic numbers used to mark/protect kernel data structures. mailbox.txt mailbox.txt - How to write drivers for the common mailbox framework (IPC). - How to write drivers for the common mailbox framework (IPC). md.txt md-cluster.txt - info on boot arguments for the multiple devices driver. - info on shared-device RAID MD cluster. media-framework.txt media/ - info on media framework, its data structures, functions and usage. - info on media drivers: uAPI, kAPI and driver documentation. memory-barriers.txt memory-barriers.txt - info on Linux kernel memory barriers. - info on Linux kernel memory barriers. memory-devices/ memory-devices/ - directory with info on parts like the Texas Instruments EMIF driver - directory with info on parts like the Texas Instruments EMIF driver memory-hotplug.txt memory-hotplug.txt - Hotpluggable memory support, how to use and current status. - Hotpluggable memory support, how to use and current status. men-chameleon-bus.txt - info on MEN chameleon bus. metag/ metag/ - directory with info about Linux on Meta architecture. - directory with info about Linux on Meta architecture. mic/ - Intel Many Integrated Core (MIC) architecture device driver. mips/ mips/ - directory with info about Linux on MIPS architecture. - directory with info about Linux on MIPS architecture. misc-devices/ misc-devices/ Loading @@ -322,12 +294,8 @@ mmc/ - directory with info about the MMC subsystem - directory with info about the MMC subsystem mn10300/ mn10300/ - directory with info about the mn10300 architecture port - directory with info about the mn10300 architecture port module-signing.txt - Kernel module signing for increased security when loading modules. mtd/ mtd/ - directory with info about memory technology devices (flash) - directory with info about memory technology devices (flash) mono.txt - how to execute Mono-based .NET binaries with the help of BINFMT_MISC. namespaces/ namespaces/ - directory with various information about namespaces - directory with various information about namespaces netlabel/ netlabel/ Loading @@ -336,30 +304,42 @@ networking/ - directory with info on various aspects of networking with Linux. - directory with info on various aspects of networking with Linux. nfc/ nfc/ - directory relating info about Near Field Communications support. - directory relating info about Near Field Communications support. nios2/ - Linux on the Nios II architecture. nommu-mmap.txt nommu-mmap.txt - documentation about no-mmu memory mapping support. - documentation about no-mmu memory mapping support. numastat.txt numastat.txt - info on how to read Numa policy hit/miss statistics in sysfs. - info on how to read Numa policy hit/miss statistics in sysfs. oops-tracing.txt ntb.txt - how to decode those nasty internal kernel error dump messages. - info on Non-Transparent Bridge (NTB) drivers. nvdimm/ - info on non-volatile devices. nvmem/ - info on non volatile memory framework. output/ - default directory where html/LaTeX/pdf files will be written. padata.txt padata.txt - An introduction to the "padata" parallel execution API - An introduction to the "padata" parallel execution API parisc/ parisc/ - directory with info on using Linux on PA-RISC architecture. - directory with info on using Linux on PA-RISC architecture. parport.txt - how to use the parallel-port driver. parport-lowlevel.txt parport-lowlevel.txt - description and usage of the low level parallel port functions. - description and usage of the low level parallel port functions. pcmcia/ pcmcia/ - info on the Linux PCMCIA driver. - info on the Linux PCMCIA driver. percpu-rw-semaphore.txt percpu-rw-semaphore.txt - RCU based read-write semaphore optimized for locking for reading - RCU based read-write semaphore optimized for locking for reading perf/ - info about the APM X-Gene SoC Performance Monitoring Unit (PMU). phy/ - ino on Samsung USB 2.0 PHY adaptation layer. phy.txt phy.txt - Description of the generic PHY framework. - Description of the generic PHY framework. pi-futex.txt pi-futex.txt - documentation on lightweight priority inheritance futexes. - documentation on lightweight priority inheritance futexes. pinctrl.txt pinctrl.txt - info on pinctrl subsystem and the PINMUX/PINCONF and drivers - info on pinctrl subsystem and the PINMUX/PINCONF and drivers platform/ - List of supported hardware by compal and Dell laptop. pnp.txt pnp.txt - Linux Plug and Play documentation. - Linux Plug and Play documentation. power/ power/ Loading @@ -372,14 +352,16 @@ preempt-locking.txt - info on locking under a preemptive kernel. - info on locking under a preemptive kernel. printk-formats.txt printk-formats.txt - how to get printk format specifiers right - how to get printk format specifiers right process/ - how to work with the mainline kernel development process. pps/ pps/ - directory with information on the pulse-per-second support - directory with information on the pulse-per-second support pti/ - directory with info on Intel MID PTI. ptp/ ptp/ - directory with info on support for IEEE 1588 PTP clocks in Linux. - directory with info on support for IEEE 1588 PTP clocks in Linux. pwm.txt pwm.txt - info on the pulse width modulation driver subsystem - info on the pulse width modulation driver subsystem ramoops.txt - documentation of the ramoops oops/panic logging module. rapidio/ rapidio/ - directory with info on RapidIO packet-based fabric interconnect - directory with info on RapidIO packet-based fabric interconnect rbtree.txt rbtree.txt Loading @@ -406,8 +388,6 @@ security/ - directory that contains security-related info - directory that contains security-related info serial/ serial/ - directory with info on the low level serial API. - directory with info on the low level serial API. serial-console.txt - how to set up Linux with a serial line console as the default. sgi-ioc4.txt sgi-ioc4.txt - description of the SGI IOC4 PCI (multi function) device. - description of the SGI IOC4 PCI (multi function) device. sh/ sh/ Loading @@ -416,24 +396,20 @@ smsc_ece1099.txt -info on the smsc Keyboard Scan Expansion/GPIO Expansion device. -info on the smsc Keyboard Scan Expansion/GPIO Expansion device. sound/ sound/ - directory with info on sound card support. - directory with info on sound card support. sparse.txt - info on how to obtain and use the sparse tool for typechecking. spi/ spi/ - overview of Linux kernel Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) support. - overview of Linux kernel Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) support. stable_api_nonsense.txt sphinx/ - info on why the kernel does not have a stable in-kernel api or abi. - no documentation here, just files required by Sphinx toolchain. stable_kernel_rules.txt sphinx-static/ - rules and procedures for the -stable kernel releases. - no documentation here, just files required by Sphinx toolchain. static-keys.txt static-keys.txt - info on how static keys allow debug code in hotpaths via patching - info on how static keys allow debug code in hotpaths via patching svga.txt svga.txt - short guide on selecting video modes at boot via VGA BIOS. - short guide on selecting video modes at boot via VGA BIOS. sysfs-rules.txt sync_file.txt - How not to use sysfs. - Sync file API guide. sysctl/ sysctl/ - directory with info on the /proc/sys/* files. - directory with info on the /proc/sys/* files. sysrq.txt - info on the magic SysRq key. target/ target/ - directory with info on generating TCM v4 fabric .ko modules - directory with info on generating TCM v4 fabric .ko modules this_cpu_ops.txt this_cpu_ops.txt Loading @@ -442,39 +418,29 @@ thermal/ - directory with information on managing thermal issues (CPU/temp) - directory with information on managing thermal issues (CPU/temp) trace/ trace/ - directory with info on tracing technologies within linux - directory with info on tracing technologies within linux translations/ - translations of this document from English to another language unaligned-memory-access.txt unaligned-memory-access.txt - info on how to avoid arch breaking unaligned memory access in code. - 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 unshare.txt - description of the Linux unshare system call. - description of the Linux unshare system call. usb/ usb/ - directory with info regarding the Universal Serial Bus. - directory with info regarding the Universal Serial Bus. vDSO/ - directory with info regarding virtual dynamic shared objects vfio.txt vfio.txt - info on Virtual Function I/O used in guest/hypervisor instances. - 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 video-output.txt - sysfs class driver interface to enable/disable a video output device. - sysfs class driver interface to enable/disable a video output device. video4linux/ - directory with info regarding video/TV/radio cards and linux. virtual/ virtual/ - directory with information on the various linux virtualizations. - directory with information on the various linux virtualizations. vm/ vm/ - directory with info on the Linux vm code. - 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/ w1/ - directory with documents regarding the 1-wire (w1) subsystem. - directory with documents regarding the 1-wire (w1) subsystem. watchdog/ watchdog/ - how to auto-reboot Linux if it has "fallen and can't get up". ;-) - how to auto-reboot Linux if it has "fallen and can't get up". ;-) wimax/ wimax/ - directory with info about Intel Wireless Wimax Connections - directory with info about Intel Wireless Wimax Connections workqueue.txt core-api/workqueue.rst - information on the Concurrency Managed Workqueue implementation - information on the Concurrency Managed Workqueue implementation x86/x86_64/ x86/x86_64/ - directory with info on Linux support for AMD x86-64 (Hammer) machines. - directory with info on Linux support for AMD x86-64 (Hammer) machines. Loading @@ -484,7 +450,5 @@ xtensa/ - directory with documents relating to arch/xtensa port/implementation - directory with documents relating to arch/xtensa port/implementation xz.txt xz.txt - how to make use of the XZ data compression within linux kernel - how to make use of the XZ data compression within linux kernel zh_CN/ - directory with Chinese translations of various documents zorro.txt zorro.txt - info on writing drivers for Zorro bus devices found on Amigas. - info on writing drivers for Zorro bus devices found on Amigas.
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Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-devices +14 −0 Original line number Original line Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -8,3 +8,17 @@ Description: Any device associated with a device-tree node will have Any device associated with a device-tree node will have an of_path symlink pointing to the corresponding device an of_path symlink pointing to the corresponding device node in /sys/firmware/devicetree/ node in /sys/firmware/devicetree/ What: /sys/devices/*/devspec Date: October 2016 Contact: Device Tree mailing list <devicetree@vger.kernel.org> Description: If CONFIG_OF is enabled, then this file is present. When read, it returns full name of the device node. What: /sys/devices/*/obppath Date: October 2016 Contact: Device Tree mailing list <devicetree@vger.kernel.org> Description: If CONFIG_OF is enabled, then this file is present. When read, it returns full name of the device node.
