Commit 31c00fc1 authored by Randy Dunlap's avatar Randy Dunlap
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Create/use more directory structure in the Documentation/ tree. 



Create Documentation/blockdev/ sub-directory and populate it.
Populate the Documentation/serial/ sub-directory.
Move MSI-HOWTO.txt to Documentation/PCI/.
Move ioctl-number.txt to Documentation/ioctl/.
Update all relevant 00-INDEX files.
Update all relevant Kconfig files and source files.

Signed-off-by: default avatarRandy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
parent 3edac25f

Documentation/00-INDEX

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@@ -42,14 +42,8 @@ IRQ.txt 
	- description of what an IRQ is.

	- description of what an IRQ is.

ManagementStyle

ManagementStyle

	- how to (attempt to) manage kernel hackers.

	- how to (attempt to) manage kernel hackers.

MSI-HOWTO.txt

	- the Message Signaled Interrupts (MSI) Driver Guide HOWTO and FAQ.

RCU/

RCU/

	- directory with info on RCU (read-copy update).

	- 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

SAK.txt

	- info on Secure Attention Keys.

	- info on Secure Attention Keys.

SM501.txt

SM501.txt
@@ -86,20 +80,16 @@ 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/

	- info on block devices & drivers

cachetlb.txt

cachetlb.txt

	- describes the cache/TLB flushing interfaces Linux uses.

	- describes the cache/TLB flushing interfaces Linux uses.

cciss.txt

	- info, major/minor #'s for Compaq's SMART Array Controllers.

cdrom/

cdrom/

	- directory with information on the CD-ROM drivers that Linux has.

	- directory with information on the CD-ROM drivers that Linux has.

computone.txt

	- info on Computone Intelliport II/Plus Multiport Serial Driver.

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.

cpqarray.txt

	- info on using Compaq's SMART2 Intelligent Disk Array Controllers.

cpu-freq/

cpu-freq/

	- info on CPU frequency and voltage scaling.

	- info on CPU frequency and voltage scaling.

cpu-hotplug.txt

cpu-hotplug.txt
@@ -126,8 +116,6 @@ device-mapper/ 
	- directory with info on Device Mapper.

	- directory with info on Device Mapper.

devices.txt

devices.txt

	- plain ASCII listing of all the nodes in /dev/ with major minor #'s.

	- plain ASCII listing of all the nodes in /dev/ with major minor #'s.

digiepca.txt

	- info on Digi Intl. {PC,PCI,EISA}Xx and Xem series cards.

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-model/

driver-model/
@@ -152,14 +140,10 @@ 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/

	- request_firmware() hotplug interface info.

	- request_firmware() hotplug interface info.

floppy.txt

	- notes and driver options for the floppy disk driver.

frv/

frv/

	- Fujitsu FR-V Linux documentation.

	- Fujitsu FR-V Linux documentation.

gpio.txt

gpio.txt

	- overview of GPIO (General Purpose Input/Output) access conventions.

	- overview of GPIO (General Purpose Input/Output) access conventions.

hayes-esp.txt

	- info on using the Hayes ESP serial driver.

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.

timers/

timers/
@@ -186,8 +170,6 @@ io_ordering.txt 
	- info on ordering I/O writes to memory-mapped addresses.

	- info on ordering I/O writes to memory-mapped addresses.

ioctl/

ioctl/

	- directory with documents describing various IOCTL calls.

	- directory with documents describing various IOCTL calls.

ioctl-number.txt

	- how to implement and register device/driver ioctl calls.

iostats.txt

iostats.txt

	- info on I/O statistics Linux kernel provides.

	- info on I/O statistics Linux kernel provides.

irqflags-tracing.txt

irqflags-tracing.txt
@@ -250,14 +232,10 @@ mips/ 
	- directory with info about Linux on MIPS architecture.

	- directory with info about Linux on MIPS architecture.

mono.txt

mono.txt

	- how to execute Mono-based .NET binaries with the help of BINFMT_MISC.

	- how to execute Mono-based .NET binaries with the help of BINFMT_MISC.

moxa-smartio

	- file with info on installing/using Moxa multiport serial driver.

mutex-design.txt

mutex-design.txt

	- info on the generic mutex subsystem.

	- info on the generic mutex subsystem.

namespaces/

namespaces/

	- directory with various information about namespaces

	- directory with various information about namespaces

nbd.txt

	- info on a TCP implementation of a network block device.

netlabel/

netlabel/

	- directory with information on the NetLabel subsystem.

	- directory with information on the NetLabel subsystem.

networking/

networking/
@@ -270,8 +248,6 @@ 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

oops-tracing.txt

	- how to decode those nasty internal kernel error dump messages.

	- how to decode those nasty internal kernel error dump messages.

paride.txt

	- information about the parallel port IDE subsystem.

parisc/

parisc/

	- directory with info on using Linux on PA-RISC architecture.

	- directory with info on using Linux on PA-RISC architecture.

parport.txt

parport.txt
@@ -292,18 +268,12 @@ preempt-locking.txt 
	- info on locking under a preemptive kernel.

	- info on locking under a preemptive kernel.

prio_tree.txt

prio_tree.txt

	- info on radix-priority-search-tree use for indexing vmas.

	- info on radix-priority-search-tree use for indexing vmas.

ramdisk.txt

	- short guide on how to set up and use the RAM disk.

rbtree.txt

rbtree.txt

	- info on what red-black trees are and what they are for.

	- info on what red-black trees are and what they are for.

riscom8.txt

	- notes on using the RISCom/8 multi-port serial driver.

robust-futex-ABI.txt

robust-futex-ABI.txt

	- documentation of the robust futex ABI.

	- documentation of the robust futex ABI.

robust-futexes.txt

robust-futexes.txt

	- a description of what robust futexes are.

	- a description of what robust futexes are.

rocket.txt

	- info on the Comtrol RocketPort multiport serial driver.

rt-mutex-design.txt

rt-mutex-design.txt

	- description of the RealTime mutex implementation design.

	- description of the RealTime mutex implementation design.

rt-mutex.txt

rt-mutex.txt
@@ -332,8 +302,6 @@ sparc/ 
	- directory with info on using Linux on Sparc architecture.

	- directory with info on using Linux on Sparc architecture.

sparse.txt

sparse.txt

	- info on how to obtain and use the sparse tool for typechecking.

	- info on how to obtain and use the sparse tool for typechecking.

specialix.txt

	- info on hardware/driver for specialix IO8+ multiport serial card.

spi/

spi/

	- overview of Linux kernel Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) support.

	- overview of Linux kernel Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) support.

spinlocks.txt

spinlocks.txt
@@ -342,14 +310,10 @@ stable_api_nonsense.txt 
	- info on why the kernel does not have a stable in-kernel api or abi.

	- info on why the kernel does not have a stable in-kernel api or abi.

stable_kernel_rules.txt

stable_kernel_rules.txt

	- rules and procedures for the -stable kernel releases.

	- rules and procedures for the -stable kernel releases.

stallion.txt

	- info on using the Stallion multiport serial driver.

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

sysfs-rules.txt

	- How not to use sysfs.

	- How not to use sysfs.

sx.txt

	- info on the Specialix SX/SI multiport serial driver.

sysctl/

sysctl/

	- directory with info on the /proc/sys/* files.

	- directory with info on the /proc/sys/* files.

sysrq.txt

sysrq.txt
@@ -358,8 +322,6 @@ telephony/ 
	- directory with info on telephony (e.g. voice over IP) support.

	- directory with info on telephony (e.g. voice over IP) support.

time_interpolators.txt

time_interpolators.txt

	- info on time interpolators.

	- info on time interpolators.

tty.txt

	- guide to the locking policies of the tty layer.

uml/

uml/

	- directory with information about User Mode Linux.

	- directory with information about User Mode Linux.

unicode.txt

unicode.txt

Documentation/PCI/00-INDEX

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00-INDEX

00-INDEX

	- this file

	- this file

MSI-HOWTO.txt

	- the Message Signaled Interrupts (MSI) Driver Guide HOWTO and FAQ.

PCI-DMA-mapping.txt

PCI-DMA-mapping.txt

	- info for PCI drivers using DMA portably across all platforms

	- info for PCI drivers using DMA portably across all platforms

PCIEBUS-HOWTO.txt

PCIEBUS-HOWTO.txt

Documentation/blockdev/00-INDEX

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00-INDEX

	- this file

README.DAC960

	- info on Mylex DAC960/DAC1100 PCI RAID Controller Driver for Linux.

cciss.txt

	- info, major/minor #'s for Compaq's SMART Array Controllers.

cpqarray.txt

	- info on using Compaq's SMART2 Intelligent Disk Array Controllers.

floppy.txt

	- notes and driver options for the floppy disk driver.

nbd.txt

	- info on a TCP implementation of a network block device.

paride.txt

	- information about the parallel port IDE subsystem.

ramdisk.txt

	- short guide on how to set up and use the RAM disk.

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