kernel-docs.txt

嵌入式系统设计与实例开发源码

       Description: Excellent 8-pages paper explaining the journaling
       capabilities added to ext2 by the author, showing different
       problems faced and the alternatives chosen.
       
     * Title: "Kernel API changes from 2.0 to 2.2"
       Author: Richard Gooch.
       URL:
       http://www.atnf.csiro.au/~rgooch/linux/docs/porting-to-2.2.html
       Keywords: 2.2, changes.
       Description: Kernel functions/structures/variables which changed
       from 2.0.x to 2.2.x.
       
     * Title: "Kernel API changes from 2.2 to 2.4"
       Author: Richard Gooch.
       URL:
       http://www.atnf.csiro.au/~rgooch/linux/docs/porting-to-2.4.html
       Keywords: 2.4, changes.
       Description: Kernel functions/structures/variables which changed
       from 2.2.x to 2.4.x.
       
     * Title: "Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide"
       Author: Ori Pomerantz.
       URL: http://www.linuxdoc.org/LDP/lkmpg/mpg.html
       Keywords: modules, GPL book, /proc, ioctls, system calls,
       interrupt handlers .
       Description: Very nice 92 pages GPL book on the topic of modules
       programming. Lots of examples.
       
     * Title: "Device File System (devfs) Overview"
       Author: Richard Gooch.
       URL: http://www.atnf.csiro.au/~rgooch/linux/docs/devfs.txt
       Keywords: filesystem, /dev, devfs, dynamic devices, major/minor
       allocation, device management.
       Description: Document describing Richard Gooch's controversial
       devfs, which allows for dynamic devices, only shows present
       devices in /dev, gets rid of major/minor numbers allocation
       problems, and allows for hundreds of identical devices (which some
       USB systems might demand soon).
       
     * Title: "I/O Event Handling Under Linux"
       Author: Richard Gooch.
       URL: http://www.atnf.csiro.au/~rgooch/linux/docs/io-events.html
       Keywords: IO, I/O, select(2), poll(2), FDs, aio_read(2), readiness
       event queues.
       Description: From the Introduction: "I/O Event handling is about
       how your Operating System allows you to manage a large number of
       open files (file descriptors in UNIX/POSIX, or FDs) in your
       application. You want the OS to notify you when FDs become active
       (have data ready to be read or are ready for writing). Ideally you
       want a mechanism that is scalable. This means a large number of
       inactive FDs cost very little in memory and CPU time to manage".
       
     * Title: "The Kernel Hacking HOWTO"
       Author: Various Talented People, and Rusty.
       URL:
       http://www.lisoleg.net/doc/Kernel-Hacking-HOWTO/kernel-hacking-HOW
       TO.html
       Keywords: HOWTO, kernel contexts, deadlock, locking, modules,
       symbols, return conventions.
       Description: From the Introduction: "Please understand that I
       never wanted to write this document, being grossly underqualified,
       but I always wanted to read it, and this was the only way. I
       simply explain some best practices, and give reading entry-points
       into the kernel sources. I avoid implementation details: that's
       what the code is for, and I ignore whole tracts of useful
       routines. This document assumes familiarity with C, and an
       understanding of what the kernel is, and how it is used. It was
       originally written for the 2.3 kernels, but nearly all of it
       applies to 2.2 too; 2.0 is slightly different".
       
     * Title: "ALSA 0.5.0 Developer documentation"
       Author: Stephan 'Jumpy' Bartels .
       URL: http://www.math.TU-Berlin.de/~sbartels/alsa/
       Keywords: ALSA, sound, soundcard, driver, lowlevel, hardware.
       Description: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture for developers,
       both at kernel and user-level sides. Work in progress. ALSA is
       supposed to be Linux's next generation sound architecture.
       
     * Title: "Programming Guide for Linux USB Device Drivers"
       Author: Detlef Fliegl.
       URL: http://usb.in.tum.de/usbdoc/
       Keywords: USB, universal serial bus.
       Description: A must-read. From the Preface: "This document should
       give detailed information about the current state of the USB
       subsystem and its API for USB device drivers. The first section
       will deal with the basics of USB devices. You will learn about
       different types of devices and their properties. Going into detail
       you will see how USB devices communicate on the bus. The second
       section gives an overview of the Linux USB subsystem [2] and the
       device driver framework. Then the API and its data structures will
       be explained step by step. The last section of this document
       contains a reference of all API calls and their return codes".
       Notes: Beware: the main page states: "This document may not be
       published, printed or used in excerpts without explicit permission
       of the author". Fortunately, it may still be read...
       
     * Title: "Tour Of the Linux Kernel Source"
       Author: Vijo Cherian.
       URL: http://www.geocities.com/vijoc/tolks/tolks.html
       Keywords: .
       Description: A classic of this page! Was lost for a while and is
       back again. Thanks Vijo! TOLKS: the name says it all. A tour of
       the sources, describing directories, files, variables, data
       structures... It covers general stuff, device drivers,
       filesystems, IPC and Networking Code.
       
     * Title: "Linux Kernel Mailing List Glossary"
       Author: John Levon.
       URL: http://www.movement.uklinux.net/glossary.html
       Keywords: glossary, terms, linux-kernel.
       Description: From the introduction: "This glossary is intended as
       a brief description of some of the acronyms and terms you may hear
       during discussion of the Linux kernel".
       
     * Title: "Linux Kernel Locking HOWTO"
       Author: Various Talented People, and Rusty.
       URL:
       http://netfilter.kernelnotes.org/unreliable-guides/kernel-locking-
       HOWTO.html
       Keywords: locks, locking, spinlock, semaphore, atomic, race
       condition, bottom halves, tasklets, softirqs.
       Description: The title says it all: document describing the
       locking system in the Linux Kernel either in uniprocessor or SMP
       systems.
       Notes: "It was originally written for the later (>2.3.47) 2.3
       kernels, but most of it applies to 2.2 too; 2.0 is slightly
       different". Freely redistributable under the conditions of the GNU
       General Public License.
       
     * Title: "Porting Linux 2.0 Drivers To Linux 2.2: Changes and New
       Features "
       Author: Alan Cox.
       URL: http://www.linux-mag.com/1999-05/gear_01.html
       Keywords: ports, porting.
       Description: Article from Linux Magazine on porting from 2.0 to
       2.2 kernels.
       
     * Title: "Porting Device Drivers To Linux 2.2: part II"
       Author: Alan Cox.
       URL: http://www.linux-mag.com/1999-06/gear_01.html
       Keywords: ports, porting.
       Description: Second part on porting from 2.0 to 2.2 kernels.
       
     * Title: "How To Make Sure Your Driver Will Work On The Power
       Macintosh"
       Author: Paul Mackerras.
       URL: http://www.linux-mag.com/1999-07/gear_01.html
       Keywords: Mac, Power Macintosh, porting, drivers, compatibility.
       Description: The title says it all.
       
     * Title: "An Introduction to SCSI Drivers"
       Author: Alan Cox.
       URL: http://www.linux-mag.com/1999-08/gear_01.html
       Keywords: SCSI, device, driver.
       Description: The title says it all.
       
     * Title: "Advanced SCSI Drivers And Other Tales"
       Author: Alan Cox.
       URL: http://www.linux-mag.com/1999-09/gear_01.html
       Keywords: SCSI, device, driver, advanced.
       Description: The title says it all.
       
     * Title: "Writing Linux Mouse Drivers"
       Author: Alan Cox.
       URL: http://www.linux-mag.com/1999-10/gear_01.html
       Keywords: mouse, driver, gpm.
       Description: The title says it all.
       
     * Title: "More on Mouse Drivers"
       Author: Alan Cox.
       URL: http://www.linux-mag.com/1999-11/gear_01.html
       Keywords: mouse, driver, gpm, races, asynchronous I/O.
       Description: The title still says it all.
       
     * Title: "Writing Video4linux Radio Driver"
       Author: Alan Cox.
       URL: http://www.linux-mag.com/1999-12/gear_01.html
       Keywords: video4linux, driver, radio, radio devices.
       Description: The title says it all.
       
     * Title: "Video4linux Drivers, Part 1: Video-Capture Device"
       Author: Alan Cox.
       URL: http://www.linux-mag.com/2000-01/gear_01.html
       Keywords: video4linux, driver, video capture, capture devices,
       camera driver.
       Description: The title says it all.
       
     * Title: "Video4linux Drivers, Part 2: Video-capture Devices"
       Author: Alan Cox.
       URL: http://www.linux-mag.com/2000-02/gear_01.html
       Keywords: video4linux, driver, video capture, capture devices,
       camera driver, control, query capabilities, capability, facility.
       Description: The title says it all.
       
     * Title: "PCI Management in Linux 2.2"
       Author: Alan Cox.
       URL: http://www.linux-mag.com/2000-03/gear_01.html
       Keywords: PCI, bus, bus-mastering.
       Description: The title says it all.
       
     * Title: "Linux 2.4 Kernel Internals"
       Author: Tigran Aivazian and Christoph Hellwig.
       URL: http://www.moses.uklinux.net/patches/lki.html
       Keywords: Linux, kernel, booting, SMB boot, VFS, page cache.
       Description: A little book used for a short training course.
       Covers building the kernel image, booting (including SMP bootup),
       process management, VFS and more.
       
     * Title: "Linux IP Networking. A Guide to the Implementation and
       Modification of the Linux Protocol Stack."
       Author: Glenn Herrin.
       URL:
       http://kernelnewbies.org/documents/ipnetworking/linuxipnetworking.
       html
       Keywords: network, networking, protocol, IP, UDP, TCP, connection,
       socket, receiving, transmitting, forwarding, routing, packets,
       modules, /proc, sk_buff, FIB, tags.
       Description: Excellent paper devoted to the Linux IP Networking,
       explaining anything from the kernel's to the user space
       configuration tools' code. Very good to get a general overview of
       the kernel networking implementation and understand all steps
       packets follow from the time they are received at the network
       device till they are delivered to applications. The studied kernel
       code is from 2.2.14 version. Provides code for a working packet
       dropper example.
       
     * Title: "Get those boards talking under Linux."
       Author: Alex Ivchenko.
       URL: http://www.ednmag.com/ednmag/reg/2000/06222000/13df2.htm
       Keywords: data-acquisition boards, drivers, modules, interrupts,
       memory allocation.
       Description: Article written for people wishing to make their data
       acquisition boards work on their GNU/Linux machines. Gives a basic
       overview on writting drivers, from the naming of functions to
       interrupt handling.
       Notes: Two-parts article. Part II is at
       http://www.ednmag.com/ednmag/reg/2000/07062000/14df.htm
       
     * Title: "Linux PCMCIA Programmer's Guide"
       Author: David Hinds.
       URL: http://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net/ftp/doc/PCMCIA-PROG.html
       Keywords: PCMCIA.
       Description: "This document describes how to write kernel device
       drivers for the Linux PCMCIA Card Services interface. It also
       describes how to write user-mode utilities for communicating with
       Card Services.
       
     * Title: "The Linux Kernel NFSD Implementation"
       Author: Neil Brown.
       URL:
       http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~neilb/oss/linux-commentary/nfsd.html
       Keywords: knfsd, nfsd, NFS, RPC, lockd, mountd, statd.
       Description: The title says it all.
       Notes: Covers knfsd's version 1.4.7 (patch against 2.2.7 kernel).
       
     * Title: "A Linux vm README"
       Author: Kanoj Sarcar.