[PATCH] [RFC v2] Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/
Mike Rapoport
rppt at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Tue Sep 4 17:56:22 UTC 2018
On Tue, Sep 04, 2018 at 12:15:23AM +0200, Henrik Austad wrote:
> This is a respin with a wider audience (all that get_maintainer returned)
> and I know this spams a *lot* of people. Not sure what would be the correct
> way, so my apologies for ruining your inbox.
>
> The 00-INDEX files are supposed to give a summary of all files present
> in a directory, but these files are horribly out of date and their
> usefulness is brought into question. Often a simple "ls" would reveal
> the same information as the filenames are generally quite descriptive as
> a short introduction to what the file covers (it should not surprise
> anyone what Documentation/sched/sched-design-CFS.txt covers)
>
> A few years back it was mentioned that these files were no longer really
> needed, and they have since then grown further out of date, so perhaps
> it is time to just throw them out.
>
> A short status yields the following _outdated_ 00-INDEX files, first
> counter is files listed in 00-INDEX but missing in the directory, last
> is files present but not listed in 00-INDEX.
>
> List of outdated 00-INDEX:
> Documentation: (4/10)
> Documentation/sysctl: (0/1)
> Documentation/timers: (1/0)
> Documentation/blockdev: (3/1)
> Documentation/w1/slaves: (0/1)
> Documentation/locking: (0/1)
> Documentation/devicetree: (0/5)
> Documentation/power: (1/1)
> Documentation/powerpc: (0/5)
> Documentation/arm: (1/0)
> Documentation/x86: (0/9)
> Documentation/x86/x86_64: (1/1)
> Documentation/scsi: (4/4)
> Documentation/filesystems: (2/9)
> Documentation/filesystems/nfs: (0/2)
> Documentation/cgroup-v1: (0/2)
> Documentation/kbuild: (0/4)
> Documentation/spi: (1/0)
> Documentation/virtual/kvm: (1/0)
> Documentation/scheduler: (0/2)
> Documentation/fb: (0/1)
> Documentation/block: (0/1)
> Documentation/networking: (6/37)
> Documentation/vm: (1/3)
>
> Then there are 364 subdirectories in Documentation/ with several files that
> are missing 00-INDEX alltogether (and another 120 with a single file and no
> 00-INDEX).
>
> I don't really have an opinion to whether or not we /should/ have 00-INDEX,
> but the above 00-INDEX should either be removed or be kept up to date. If
> we should keep the files, I can try to keep them updated, but I rather not
> if we just want to delete them anyway.
>
> As a starting point, remove all index-files and references to 00-INDEX and
> see where the discussion is going.
For the Documentation/vm
Acked-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Again, sorry for the insanely wide distribution.
>
> Signed-off-by: Henrik Austad <henrik at austad.us>
> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet at lwn.net>
> Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas at google.com>
> Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Cc: Josh Triplett <josh at joshtriplett.org>
> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt at goodmis.org>
> Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers at efficios.com>
> Cc: Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai at gmail.com>
> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe at kernel.dk>
> Cc: Rob Herring <robh+dt at kernel.org>
> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland at arm.com>
> Cc: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie at samsung.com>
> Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij at linaro.org>
> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem at davemloft.net>
> Cc: Karsten Keil <isdn at linux-pingi.de>
> Cc: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro at socionext.com>
> Cc: Michal Marek <michal.lkml at markovi.net>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz at infradead.org>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo at redhat.com>
> Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon at arm.com>
> Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf at linux-mips.org>
> Cc: Paul Burton <paul.burton at mips.com>
> Cc: James Hogan <jhogan at kernel.org>
> Cc: Paul Moore <paul at paul-moore.com>
> Cc: "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb at parisc-linux.org>
> Cc: Helge Deller <deller at gmx.de>
> Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw at rjwysocki.net>
> Cc: Len Brown <len.brown at intel.com>
> Cc: Pavel Machek <pavel at ucw.cz>
> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh at kernel.crashing.org>
> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus at samba.org>
> Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe at ellerman.id.au>
> Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky at de.ibm.com>
> Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens at de.ibm.com>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh at linuxfoundation.org>
> Cc: Jiri Slaby <jslaby at suse.com>
> Cc: Mark Brown <broonie at kernel.org>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx at linutronix.de>
> Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini at redhat.com>
> Cc: "Radim Krčmář" <rkrcmar at redhat.com>
> Cc: Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr at ioremap.net>
> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa at zytor.com>
> Cc: x86 at kernel.org
> Cc: Henrik Austad <henrik at austad.us>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm at linux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Ian Kent <raven at themaw.net>
> Cc: Jacek Anaszewski <jacek.anaszewski at gmail.com>
> Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Cc: Jan Kandziora <jjj at gmx.de>
> Cc: linux-doc at vger.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-kernel at vger.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-pci at vger.kernel.org
> Cc: devicetree at vger.kernel.org
> Cc: dri-devel at lists.freedesktop.org
> Cc: linux-fbdev at vger.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-gpio at vger.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-ide at vger.kernel.org
> Cc: netdev at vger.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-kbuild at vger.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-mips at linux-mips.org
> Cc: linux-security-module at vger.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-parisc at vger.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-pm at vger.kernel.org
> Cc: linuxppc-dev at lists.ozlabs.org
> Cc: linux-s390 at vger.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-spi at vger.kernel.org
> Cc: kvm at vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Henrik Austad <haustad at cisco.com>
> ---
> Documentation/00-INDEX | 428 --------------------------------
> Documentation/PCI/00-INDEX | 26 --
> Documentation/RCU/00-INDEX | 34 ---
> Documentation/RCU/rcu.txt | 4 -
> Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst | 3 +-
> Documentation/arm/00-INDEX | 50 ----
> Documentation/block/00-INDEX | 34 ---
> Documentation/blockdev/00-INDEX | 18 --
> Documentation/cdrom/00-INDEX | 11 -
> Documentation/cgroup-v1/00-INDEX | 26 --
> Documentation/devicetree/00-INDEX | 12 -
> Documentation/fb/00-INDEX | 75 ------
> Documentation/filesystems/00-INDEX | 153 ------------
> Documentation/filesystems/nfs/00-INDEX | 26 --
> Documentation/fmc/00-INDEX | 38 ---
> Documentation/gpio/00-INDEX | 4 -
> Documentation/ide/00-INDEX | 14 --
> Documentation/ioctl/00-INDEX | 12 -
> Documentation/isdn/00-INDEX | 42 ----
> Documentation/kbuild/00-INDEX | 14 --
> Documentation/laptops/00-INDEX | 16 --
> Documentation/leds/00-INDEX | 32 ---
> Documentation/locking/00-INDEX | 16 --
> Documentation/m68k/00-INDEX | 7 -
> Documentation/mips/00-INDEX | 4 -
> Documentation/mmc/00-INDEX | 10 -
> Documentation/netlabel/00-INDEX | 10 -
> Documentation/netlabel/cipso_ipv4.txt | 11 +-
> Documentation/netlabel/introduction.txt | 2 +-
> Documentation/networking/00-INDEX | 234 -----------------
> Documentation/parisc/00-INDEX | 6 -
> Documentation/power/00-INDEX | 44 ----
> Documentation/powerpc/00-INDEX | 34 ---
> Documentation/s390/00-INDEX | 28 ---
> Documentation/scheduler/00-INDEX | 18 --
> Documentation/scsi/00-INDEX | 108 --------
> Documentation/serial/00-INDEX | 16 --
> Documentation/spi/00-INDEX | 16 --
> Documentation/sysctl/00-INDEX | 16 --
> Documentation/timers/00-INDEX | 16 --
> Documentation/virtual/00-INDEX | 11 -
> Documentation/virtual/kvm/00-INDEX | 35 ---
> Documentation/vm/00-INDEX | 50 ----
> Documentation/w1/00-INDEX | 10 -
> Documentation/w1/masters/00-INDEX | 12 -
> Documentation/w1/slaves/00-INDEX | 14 --
> Documentation/x86/00-INDEX | 20 --
> Documentation/x86/x86_64/00-INDEX | 16 --
> README | 1 -
> scripts/check_00index.sh | 67 -----
> 50 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1896 deletions(-)
> delete mode 100644 Documentation/00-INDEX
> delete mode 100644 Documentation/PCI/00-INDEX
> delete mode 100644 Documentation/RCU/00-INDEX
> delete mode 100644 Documentation/arm/00-INDEX
> delete mode 100644 Documentation/block/00-INDEX
> delete mode 100644 Documentation/blockdev/00-INDEX
> delete mode 100644 Documentation/cdrom/00-INDEX
> delete mode 100644 Documentation/cgroup-v1/00-INDEX
> delete mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/00-INDEX
> delete mode 100644 Documentation/fb/00-INDEX
> delete mode 100644 Documentation/filesystems/00-INDEX
> delete mode 100644 Documentation/filesystems/nfs/00-INDEX
> delete mode 100644 Documentation/fmc/00-INDEX
> delete mode 100644 Documentation/gpio/00-INDEX
> delete mode 100644 Documentation/ide/00-INDEX
> delete mode 100644 Documentation/ioctl/00-INDEX
> delete mode 100644 Documentation/isdn/00-INDEX
> delete mode 100644 Documentation/kbuild/00-INDEX
> delete mode 100644 Documentation/laptops/00-INDEX
> delete mode 100644 Documentation/leds/00-INDEX
> delete mode 100644 Documentation/locking/00-INDEX
> delete mode 100644 Documentation/m68k/00-INDEX
> delete mode 100644 Documentation/mips/00-INDEX
> delete mode 100644 Documentation/mmc/00-INDEX
> delete mode 100644 Documentation/netlabel/00-INDEX
> delete mode 100644 Documentation/networking/00-INDEX
> delete mode 100644 Documentation/parisc/00-INDEX
> delete mode 100644 Documentation/power/00-INDEX
> delete mode 100644 Documentation/powerpc/00-INDEX
> delete mode 100644 Documentation/s390/00-INDEX
> delete mode 100644 Documentation/scheduler/00-INDEX
> delete mode 100644 Documentation/scsi/00-INDEX
> delete mode 100644 Documentation/serial/00-INDEX
> delete mode 100644 Documentation/spi/00-INDEX
> delete mode 100644 Documentation/sysctl/00-INDEX
> delete mode 100644 Documentation/timers/00-INDEX
> delete mode 100644 Documentation/virtual/00-INDEX
> delete mode 100644 Documentation/virtual/kvm/00-INDEX
> delete mode 100644 Documentation/vm/00-INDEX
> delete mode 100644 Documentation/w1/00-INDEX
> delete mode 100644 Documentation/w1/masters/00-INDEX
> delete mode 100644 Documentation/w1/slaves/00-INDEX
> delete mode 100644 Documentation/x86/00-INDEX
> delete mode 100644 Documentation/x86/x86_64/00-INDEX
> delete mode 100755 scripts/check_00index.sh
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/00-INDEX b/Documentation/00-INDEX
> deleted file mode 100644
> index 2754fe8..0000000
> --- a/Documentation/00-INDEX
> +++ /dev/null
> @@ -1,428 +0,0 @@
> -
> -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 keep the descriptions small enough to fit on one line.
> - Thanks -- Paul G.
> -
> -Following translations are available on the WWW:
> -
> - - Japanese, maintained by the JF Project (jf at listserv.linux.or.jp), at
> - http://linuxjf.sourceforge.jp/
> -
> -00-INDEX
> - - this file.
> -ABI/
> - - info on kernel <-> userspace ABI and relative interface stability.
> -CodingStyle
> - - nothing here, just a pointer to process/coding-style.rst.
> -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
> -EDID/
> - - directory with info on customizing EDID for broken gfx/displays.
> -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 interrupt 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
> - - It's not of interest for those who aren't touching the build system.
> -PCI/
> - - info related to PCI drivers.
> -RCU/
> - - directory with info on RCU (read-copy update).
> -SAK.txt
> - - info on Secure Attention Keys.
> -SM501.txt
> - - Silicon Motion SM501 multimedia companion chip
> -SubmittingPatches
> - - nothing here, just a pointer to process/coding-style.rst.
> -accounting/
> - - documentation on accounting and taskstats.
> -acpi/
> - - info on ACPI-specific hooks in the kernel.
> -admin-guide/
> - - info related to Linux users and system admins.
> -aoe/
> - - description of AoE (ATA over Ethernet) along with config examples.
> -arm/
> - - directory with info about Linux on the ARM architecture.
> -arm64/
> - - directory with info about Linux on the 64 bit ARM architecture.
> -auxdisplay/
> - - misc. LCD driver documentation (cfag12864b, ks0108).
> -backlight/
> - - directory with info on controlling backlights in flat panel displays
> -block/
> - - info on the Block I/O (BIO) layer.
> -blockdev/
> - - info on block devices & drivers
> -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.
> -cdrom/
> - - directory with information on the CD-ROM drivers that Linux has.
> -cgroup-v1/
> - - cgroups v1 features, including cpusets and memory controller.
> -cma/
> - - Continuous Memory Area (CMA) debugfs interface.
> -conf.py
> - - It's not of interest for those who aren't touching the build system.
> -connector/
> - - docs on the netlink based userspace<->kernel space communication mod.
> -console/
> - - documentation on Linux console drivers.
> -core-api/
> - - documentation on kernel core components.
> -cpu-freq/
> - - info on CPU frequency and voltage scaling.
> -cpu-hotplug.txt
> - - document describing CPU hotplug support in the Linux kernel.
> -cpu-load.txt
> - - document describing how CPU load statistics are collected.
> -cpuidle/
> - - info on CPU_IDLE, CPU idle state management subsystem.
> -cputopology.txt
> - - documentation on how CPU topology info is exported via sysfs.
> -crc32.txt
> - - brief tutorial on CRC computation
> -crypto/
> - - directory with info on the Crypto API.
> -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.
> -dev-tools/
> - - directory with info on development tools for the kernel.
> -device-mapper/
> - - directory with info on Device Mapper.
> -dmaengine/
> - - the DMA engine and controller API guides.
> -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
> -docutils.conf
> - - nothing here. Just a configuration file for docutils.
> -dontdiff
> - - file containing a list of files that should never be diff'ed.
> -driver-api/
> - - the Linux driver implementer's API guide.
> -driver-model/
> - - directory with info about Linux driver model.
> -early-userspace/
> - - info about initramfs, klibc, and userspace early during boot.
> -efi-stub.txt
> - - How to use the EFI boot stub to bypass GRUB or elilo on EFI systems.
> -eisa.txt
> - - info on EISA bus support.
> -extcon/
> - - directory with porting guide for Android kernel switch driver.
> -isa.txt
> - - info on EISA bus support.
> -fault-injection/
> - - dir with docs about the fault injection capabilities infrastructure.
> -fb/
> - - directory with info on the frame buffer graphics abstraction layer.
> -features/
> - - status of feature implementation on different architectures.
> -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
> -fmc/
> - - information about the FMC bus abstraction
> -fpga/
> - - FPGA Manager Core.
> -futex-requeue-pi.txt
> - - info on requeueing of tasks from a non-PI futex to a PI futex
> -gcc-plugins.txt
> - - GCC plugin infrastructure.
> -gpio/
> - - gpio related documentation
> -gpu/
> - - directory with information on GPU driver developer's guide.
> -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
> - - info on Linux support for random number generator in i8xx chipsets.
> -hwmon/
> - - directory with docs on various hardware monitoring drivers.
> -i2c/
> - - directory with info about the I2C bus/protocol (2 wire, kHz speed).
> -x86/i386/
> - - directory with info about Linux on Intel 32 bit architecture.
> -ia64/
> - - 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/
> - - directory with documents concerning Linux InfiniBand support.
> -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
> - - info on ordering I/O writes to memory-mapped addresses.
> -ioctl/
> - - directory with documents describing various IOCTL calls.
> -iostats.txt
> - - info on I/O statistics Linux kernel provides.
> -irqflags-tracing.txt
> - - how to use the irq-flags tracing feature.
> -isapnp.txt
> - - info on Linux ISA Plug & Play support.
> -isdn/
> - - directory with info on the Linux ISDN support, and supported cards.
> -kbuild/
> - - directory with info about the kernel build process.
> -kdump/
> - - directory with mini HowTo on getting the crash dump code to work.
> -doc-guide/
> - - how to write and format reStructuredText kernel documentation
> -kernel-per-CPU-kthreads.txt
> - - List of all per-CPU kthreads and how they introduce jitter.
> -kobject.txt
> - - info of the kobject infrastructure of the Linux kernel.
> -kprobes.txt
> - - documents the kernel probes debugging feature.
> -kref.txt
> - - docs on adding reference counters (krefs) to kernel objects.
> -laptops/
> - - directory with laptop related info and laptop driver documentation.
> -ldm.txt
> - - a brief description of LDM (Windows Dynamic Disks).
> -leds/
> - - directory with info about LED handling under Linux.
> -livepatch/
> - - info on kernel live patching.
> -locking/
> - - directory with info about kernel locking primitives
> -lockup-watchdogs.txt
> - - info on soft and hard lockup detectors (aka nmi_watchdog).
> -logo.gif
> - - full colour GIF image of Linux logo (penguin - Tux).
> -logo.txt
> - - info on creator of above logo & site to get additional images from.
> -lsm.txt
> - - Linux Security Modules: General Security Hooks for Linux
> -lzo.txt
> - - kernel LZO decompressor input formats
> -m68k/
> - - directory with info about Linux on Motorola 68k architecture.
> -mailbox.txt
> - - How to write drivers for the common mailbox framework (IPC).
> -md/
> - - directory with info about Linux Software RAID
> -media/
> - - info on media drivers: uAPI, kAPI and driver documentation.
> -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.
> -men-chameleon-bus.txt
> - - info on MEN chameleon bus.
> -mic/
> - - Intel Many Integrated Core (MIC) architecture device driver.
> -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
> -mtd/
> - - directory with info about memory technology devices (flash)
> -namespaces/
> - - directory with various information about namespaces
> -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.
> -nios2/
> - - Linux on the Nios II architecture.
> -nommu-mmap.txt
> - - documentation about no-mmu memory mapping support.
> -numastat.txt
> - - info on how to read Numa policy hit/miss statistics in sysfs.
> -ntb.txt
> - - 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
> - - An introduction to the "padata" parallel execution API
> -parisc/
> - - directory with info on using Linux on PA-RISC architecture.
> -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
> -perf/
> - - info about the APM X-Gene SoC Performance Monitoring Unit (PMU).
> -phy/
> - - ino on Samsung USB 2.0 PHY adaptation layer.
> -phy.txt
> - - Description of the generic PHY framework.
> -pi-futex.txt
> - - documentation on lightweight priority inheritance futexes.
> -pinctrl.txt
> - - info on pinctrl subsystem and the PINMUX/PINCONF and drivers
> -platform/
> - - List of supported hardware by compal and Dell laptop.
> -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.
> -process/
> - - how to work with the mainline kernel development process.
> -pps/
> - - directory with information on the pulse-per-second support
> -pti/
> - - directory with info on Intel MID PTI.
> -ptp/
> - - directory with info on support for IEEE 1588 PTP clocks in Linux.
> -pwm.txt
> - - info on the pulse width modulation driver subsystem
> -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
> -rtc.txt
> - - notes on how to use the Real Time Clock (aka CMOS clock) driver.
> -s390/
> - - directory with info on using Linux on the IBM S390.
> -scheduler/
> - - directory with info on the scheduler.
> -scsi/
> - - directory with info on Linux scsi support.
> -security/
> - - directory that contains security-related info
> -serial/
> - - directory with info on the low level serial API.
> -sgi-ioc4.txt
> - - description of the SGI IOC4 PCI (multi function) device.
> -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.
> -spi/
> - - overview of Linux kernel Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) support.
> -sphinx/
> - - no documentation here, just files required by Sphinx toolchain.
> -sphinx-static/
> - - no documentation here, just files required by Sphinx toolchain.
> -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.
> -sync_file.txt
> - - Sync file API guide.
> -sysctl/
> - - directory with info on the /proc/sys/* files.
> -target/
> - - directory with info on generating TCM v4 fabric .ko modules
> -tee.txt
> - - info on the TEE subsystem and drivers
> -this_cpu_ops.txt
> - - List rationale behind and the way to use this_cpu operations.
> -thermal/
> - - directory with information on managing thermal issues (CPU/temp)
> -trace/
> - - directory with info on tracing technologies within linux
> -translations/
> - - translations of this document from English to another language
> -unaligned-memory-access.txt
> - - info on how to avoid arch breaking unaligned memory access in code.
> -unshare.txt
> - - description of the Linux unshare system call.
> -usb/
> - - directory with info regarding the Universal Serial Bus.
> -vfio.txt
> - - info on Virtual Function I/O used in guest/hypervisor instances.
> -video-output.txt
> - - sysfs class driver interface to enable/disable a video output device.
> -virtual/
> - - directory with information on the various linux virtualizations.
> -vm/
> - - directory with info on the Linux vm code.
> -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
> -core-api/workqueue.rst
> - - information on the Concurrency Managed Workqueue implementation
> -x86/x86_64/
> - - directory with info on Linux support for AMD x86-64 (Hammer) machines.
> -xillybus.txt
> - - Overview and basic ui of xillybus driver
> -xtensa/
> - - directory with documents relating to arch/xtensa port/implementation
> -xz.txt
> - - how to make use of the XZ data compression within linux kernel
> -zorro.txt
> - - info on writing drivers for Zorro bus devices found on Amigas.
> diff --git a/Documentation/PCI/00-INDEX b/Documentation/PCI/00-INDEX
> deleted file mode 100644
> index 206b1d5..0000000
> --- a/Documentation/PCI/00-INDEX
> +++ /dev/null
> @@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
> -00-INDEX
> - - this file
> -acpi-info.txt
> - - info on how PCI host bridges are represented in ACPI
> -MSI-HOWTO.txt
> - - the Message Signaled Interrupts (MSI) Driver Guide HOWTO and FAQ.
> -PCIEBUS-HOWTO.txt
> - - a guide describing the PCI Express Port Bus driver
> -pci-error-recovery.txt
> - - info on PCI error recovery
> -pci-iov-howto.txt
> - - the PCI Express I/O Virtualization HOWTO
> -pci.txt
> - - info on the PCI subsystem for device driver authors
> -pcieaer-howto.txt
> - - the PCI Express Advanced Error Reporting Driver Guide HOWTO
> -endpoint/pci-endpoint.txt
> - - guide to add endpoint controller driver and endpoint function driver.
> -endpoint/pci-endpoint-cfs.txt
> - - guide to use configfs to configure the PCI endpoint function.
> -endpoint/pci-test-function.txt
> - - specification of *PCI test* function device.
> -endpoint/pci-test-howto.txt
> - - userguide for PCI endpoint test function.
> -endpoint/function/binding/
> - - binding documentation for PCI endpoint function
> diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/00-INDEX b/Documentation/RCU/00-INDEX
> deleted file mode 100644
> index f46980c..0000000
> --- a/Documentation/RCU/00-INDEX
> +++ /dev/null
> @@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
> -00-INDEX
> - - This file
> -arrayRCU.txt
> - - Using RCU to Protect Read-Mostly Arrays
> -checklist.txt
> - - Review Checklist for RCU Patches
> -listRCU.txt
> - - Using RCU to Protect Read-Mostly Linked Lists
> -lockdep.txt
> - - RCU and lockdep checking
> -lockdep-splat.txt
> - - RCU Lockdep splats explained.
> -NMI-RCU.txt
> - - Using RCU to Protect Dynamic NMI Handlers
> -rcu_dereference.txt
> - - Proper care and feeding of return values from rcu_dereference()
> -rcubarrier.txt
> - - RCU and Unloadable Modules
> -rculist_nulls.txt
> - - RCU list primitives for use with SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU
> -rcuref.txt
> - - Reference-count design for elements of lists/arrays protected by RCU
> -rcu.txt
> - - RCU Concepts
> -RTFP.txt
> - - List of RCU papers (bibliography) going back to 1980.
> -stallwarn.txt
> - - RCU CPU stall warnings (module parameter rcu_cpu_stall_suppress)
> -torture.txt
> - - RCU Torture Test Operation (CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST)
> -UP.txt
> - - RCU on Uniprocessor Systems
> -whatisRCU.txt
> - - What is RCU?
> diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/rcu.txt b/Documentation/RCU/rcu.txt
> index 7d4ae11..721b3e4 100644
> --- a/Documentation/RCU/rcu.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/RCU/rcu.txt
> @@ -87,7 +87,3 @@ o Where can I find more information on RCU?
>
> See the RTFP.txt file in this directory.
> Or point your browser at http://www.rdrop.com/users/paulmck/RCU/.
> -
> -o What are all these files in this directory?
> -
> - See 00-INDEX for the list.
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst
> index 15ea785..0797eec 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst
> @@ -51,8 +51,7 @@ Documentation
>
> - There are various README files in the Documentation/ subdirectory:
> these typically contain kernel-specific installation notes for some
> - drivers for example. See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what
> - is contained in each file. Please read the
> + drivers for example. Please read the
> :ref:`Documentation/process/changes.rst <changes>` file, as it
> contains information about the problems, which may result by upgrading
> your kernel.
> diff --git a/Documentation/arm/00-INDEX b/Documentation/arm/00-INDEX
> deleted file mode 100644
> index b6e69fd..0000000
> --- a/Documentation/arm/00-INDEX
> +++ /dev/null
> @@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
> -00-INDEX
> - - this file
> -Booting
> - - requirements for booting
> -CCN.txt
> - - Cache Coherent Network ring-bus and perf PMU driver.
> -Interrupts
> - - ARM Interrupt subsystem documentation
> -IXP4xx
> - - Intel IXP4xx Network processor.
> -Netwinder
> - - Netwinder specific documentation
> -Porting
> - - Symbol definitions for porting Linux to a new ARM machine.
> -Setup
> - - Kernel initialization parameters on ARM Linux
> -README
> - - General ARM documentation
> -SA1100/
> - - SA1100 documentation
> -Samsung-S3C24XX/
> - - S3C24XX ARM Linux Overview
> -SPEAr/
> - - ST SPEAr platform Linux Overview
> -VFP/
> - - Release notes for Linux Kernel Vector Floating Point support code
> -cluster-pm-race-avoidance.txt
> - - Algorithm for CPU and Cluster setup/teardown
> -empeg/
> - - Ltd's Empeg MP3 Car Audio Player
> -firmware.txt
> - - Secure firmware registration and calling.
> -kernel_mode_neon.txt
> - - How to use NEON instructions in kernel mode
> -kernel_user_helpers.txt
> - - Helper functions in kernel space made available for userspace.
> -mem_alignment
> - - alignment abort handler documentation
> -memory.txt
> - - description of the virtual memory layout
> -nwfpe/
> - - NWFPE floating point emulator documentation
> -swp_emulation
> - - SWP/SWPB emulation handler/logging description
> -tcm.txt
> - - ARM Tightly Coupled Memory
> -uefi.txt
> - - [U]EFI configuration and runtime services documentation
> -vlocks.txt
> - - Voting locks, low-level mechanism relying on memory system atomic writes.
> diff --git a/Documentation/block/00-INDEX b/Documentation/block/00-INDEX
> deleted file mode 100644
> index 8d55b4b..0000000
> --- a/Documentation/block/00-INDEX
> +++ /dev/null
> @@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
> -00-INDEX
> - - This file
> -bfq-iosched.txt
> - - BFQ IO scheduler and its tunables
> -biodoc.txt
> - - Notes on the Generic Block Layer Rewrite in Linux 2.5
> -biovecs.txt
> - - Immutable biovecs and biovec iterators
> -capability.txt
> - - Generic Block Device Capability (/sys/block/<device>/capability)
> -cfq-iosched.txt
> - - CFQ IO scheduler tunables
> -cmdline-partition.txt
> - - how to specify block device partitions on kernel command line
> -data-integrity.txt
> - - Block data integrity
> -deadline-iosched.txt
> - - Deadline IO scheduler tunables
> -ioprio.txt
> - - Block io priorities (in CFQ scheduler)
> -pr.txt
> - - Block layer support for Persistent Reservations
> -null_blk.txt
> - - Null block for block-layer benchmarking.
> -queue-sysfs.txt
> - - Queue's sysfs entries
> -request.txt
> - - The members of struct request (in include/linux/blkdev.h)
> -stat.txt
> - - Block layer statistics in /sys/block/<device>/stat
> -switching-sched.txt
> - - Switching I/O schedulers at runtime
> -writeback_cache_control.txt
> - - Control of volatile write back caches
> diff --git a/Documentation/blockdev/00-INDEX b/Documentation/blockdev/00-INDEX
> deleted file mode 100644
> index c08df56..0000000
> --- a/Documentation/blockdev/00-INDEX
> +++ /dev/null
> @@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
> -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.
> -mflash.txt
> - - info on mGine m(g)flash driver for linux.
> -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.
> diff --git a/Documentation/cdrom/00-INDEX b/Documentation/cdrom/00-INDEX
> deleted file mode 100644
> index 433edf2..0000000
> --- a/Documentation/cdrom/00-INDEX
> +++ /dev/null
> @@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
> -00-INDEX
> - - this file (info on CD-ROMs and Linux)
> -Makefile
> - - only used to generate TeX output from the documentation.
> -cdrom-standard.tex
> - - LaTeX document on standardizing the CD-ROM programming interface.
> -ide-cd
> - - info on setting up and using ATAPI (aka IDE) CD-ROMs.
> -packet-writing.txt
> - - Info on the CDRW packet writing module
> -
> diff --git a/Documentation/cgroup-v1/00-INDEX b/Documentation/cgroup-v1/00-INDEX
> deleted file mode 100644
> index 13e0c85..0000000
> --- a/Documentation/cgroup-v1/00-INDEX
> +++ /dev/null
> @@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
> -00-INDEX
> - - this file
> -blkio-controller.txt
> - - Description for Block IO Controller, implementation and usage details.
> -cgroups.txt
> - - Control Groups definition, implementation details, examples and API.
> -cpuacct.txt
> - - CPU Accounting Controller; account CPU usage for groups of tasks.
> -cpusets.txt
> - - documents the cpusets feature; assign CPUs and Mem to a set of tasks.
> -admin-guide/devices.rst
> - - Device Whitelist Controller; description, interface and security.
> -freezer-subsystem.txt
> - - checkpointing; rationale to not use signals, interface.
> -hugetlb.txt
> - - HugeTLB Controller implementation and usage details.
> -memcg_test.txt
> - - Memory Resource Controller; implementation details.
> -memory.txt
> - - Memory Resource Controller; design, accounting, interface, testing.
> -net_cls.txt
> - - Network classifier cgroups details and usages.
> -net_prio.txt
> - - Network priority cgroups details and usages.
> -pids.txt
> - - Process number cgroups details and usages.
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/00-INDEX b/Documentation/devicetree/00-INDEX
> deleted file mode 100644
> index 8c4102c..0000000
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/00-INDEX
> +++ /dev/null
> @@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
> -Documentation for device trees, a data structure by which bootloaders pass
> -hardware layout to Linux in a device-independent manner, simplifying hardware
> -probing. This subsystem is maintained by Grant Likely
> -<grant.likely at secretlab.ca> and has a mailing list at
> -https://lists.ozlabs.org/listinfo/devicetree-discuss
> -
> -00-INDEX
> - - this file
> -booting-without-of.txt
> - - Booting Linux without Open Firmware, describes history and format of device trees.
> -usage-model.txt
> - - How Linux uses DT and what DT aims to solve.
> \ No newline at end of file
> diff --git a/Documentation/fb/00-INDEX b/Documentation/fb/00-INDEX
> deleted file mode 100644
> index fe85e7c..0000000
> --- a/Documentation/fb/00-INDEX
> +++ /dev/null
> @@ -1,75 +0,0 @@
> -Index of files in Documentation/fb. If you think something about frame
> -buffer devices needs an entry here, needs correction or you've written one
> -please mail me.
> - Geert Uytterhoeven <geert at linux-m68k.org>
> -
> -00-INDEX
> - - this file.
> -api.txt
> - - The frame buffer API between applications and buffer devices.
> -arkfb.txt
> - - info on the fbdev driver for ARK Logic chips.
> -aty128fb.txt
> - - info on the ATI Rage128 frame buffer driver.
> -cirrusfb.txt
> - - info on the driver for Cirrus Logic chipsets.
> -cmap_xfbdev.txt
> - - an introduction to fbdev's cmap structures.
> -deferred_io.txt
> - - an introduction to deferred IO.
> -efifb.txt
> - - info on the EFI platform driver for Intel based Apple computers.
> -ep93xx-fb.txt
> - - info on the driver for EP93xx LCD controller.
> -fbcon.txt
> - - intro to and usage guide for the framebuffer console (fbcon).
> -framebuffer.txt
> - - introduction to frame buffer devices.
> -gxfb.txt
> - - info on the framebuffer driver for AMD Geode GX2 based processors.
> -intel810.txt
> - - documentation for the Intel 810/815 framebuffer driver.
> -intelfb.txt
> - - docs for Intel 830M/845G/852GM/855GM/865G/915G/945G fb driver.
> -internals.txt
> - - quick overview of frame buffer device internals.
> -lxfb.txt
> - - info on the framebuffer driver for AMD Geode LX based processors.
> -matroxfb.txt
> - - info on the Matrox framebuffer driver for Alpha, Intel and PPC.
> -metronomefb.txt
> - - info on the driver for the Metronome display controller.
> -modedb.txt
> - - info on the video mode database.
> -pvr2fb.txt
> - - info on the PowerVR 2 frame buffer driver.
> -pxafb.txt
> - - info on the driver for the PXA25x LCD controller.
> -s3fb.txt
> - - info on the fbdev driver for S3 Trio/Virge chips.
> -sa1100fb.txt
> - - information about the driver for the SA-1100 LCD controller.
> -sh7760fb.txt
> - - info on the SH7760/SH7763 integrated LCDC Framebuffer driver.
> -sisfb.txt
> - - info on the framebuffer device driver for various SiS chips.
> -sm501.txt
> - - info on the framebuffer device driver for sm501 videoframebuffer.
> -sstfb.txt
> - - info on the frame buffer driver for 3dfx' Voodoo Graphics boards.
> -tgafb.txt
> - - info on the TGA (DECChip 21030) frame buffer driver.
> -tridentfb.txt
> - info on the framebuffer driver for some Trident chip based cards.
> -udlfb.txt
> - - Driver for DisplayLink USB 2.0 chips.
> -uvesafb.txt
> - - info on the userspace VESA (VBE2+ compliant) frame buffer device.
> -vesafb.txt
> - - info on the VESA frame buffer device.
> -viafb.modes
> - - list of modes for VIA Integration Graphic Chip.
> -viafb.txt
> - - info on the VIA Integration Graphic Chip console framebuffer driver.
> -vt8623fb.txt
> - - info on the fb driver for the graphics core in VIA VT8623 chipsets.
> diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/00-INDEX b/Documentation/filesystems/00-INDEX
> deleted file mode 100644
> index 0937bad..0000000
> --- a/Documentation/filesystems/00-INDEX
> +++ /dev/null
> @@ -1,153 +0,0 @@
> -00-INDEX
> - - this file (info on some of the filesystems supported by linux).
> -Locking
> - - info on locking rules as they pertain to Linux VFS.
> -9p.txt
> - - 9p (v9fs) is an implementation of the Plan 9 remote fs protocol.
> -adfs.txt
> - - info and mount options for the Acorn Advanced Disc Filing System.
> -afs.txt
> - - info and examples for the distributed AFS (Andrew File System) fs.
> -affs.txt
> - - info and mount options for the Amiga Fast File System.
> -autofs-mount-control.txt
> - - info on device control operations for autofs module.
> -automount-support.txt
> - - information about filesystem automount support.
> -befs.txt
> - - information about the BeOS filesystem for Linux.
> -bfs.txt
> - - info for the SCO UnixWare Boot Filesystem (BFS).
> -btrfs.txt
> - - info for the BTRFS filesystem.
> -caching/
> - - directory containing filesystem cache documentation.
> -ceph.txt
> - - info for the Ceph Distributed File System.
> -cifs/
> - - directory containing CIFS filesystem documentation and example code.
> -coda.txt
> - - description of the CODA filesystem.
> -configfs/
> - - directory containing configfs documentation and example code.
> -cramfs.txt
> - - info on the cram filesystem for small storage (ROMs etc).
> -dax.txt
> - - info on avoiding the page cache for files stored on CPU-addressable
> - storage devices.
> -debugfs.txt
> - - info on the debugfs filesystem.
> -devpts.txt
> - - info on the devpts filesystem.
> -directory-locking
> - - info about the locking scheme used for directory operations.
> -dlmfs.txt
> - - info on the userspace interface to the OCFS2 DLM.
> -dnotify.txt
> - - info about directory notification in Linux.
> -dnotify_test.c
> - - example program for dnotify.
> -ecryptfs.txt
> - - docs on eCryptfs: stacked cryptographic filesystem for Linux.
> -efivarfs.txt
> - - info for the efivarfs filesystem.
> -exofs.txt
> - - info, usage, mount options, design about EXOFS.
> -ext2.txt
> - - info, mount options and specifications for the Ext2 filesystem.
> -ext3.txt
> - - info, mount options and specifications for the Ext3 filesystem.
> -ext4.txt
> - - info, mount options and specifications for the Ext4 filesystem.
> -f2fs.txt
> - - info and mount options for the F2FS filesystem.
> -fiemap.txt
> - - info on fiemap ioctl.
> -files.txt
> - - info on file management in the Linux kernel.
> -fuse.txt
> - - info on the Filesystem in User SpacE including mount options.
> -gfs2-glocks.txt
> - - info on the Global File System 2 - Glock internal locking rules.
> -gfs2-uevents.txt
> - - info on the Global File System 2 - uevents.
> -gfs2.txt
> - - info on the Global File System 2.
> -hfs.txt
> - - info on the Macintosh HFS Filesystem for Linux.
> -hfsplus.txt
> - - info on the Macintosh HFSPlus Filesystem for Linux.
> -hpfs.txt
> - - info and mount options for the OS/2 HPFS.
> -inotify.txt
> - - info on the powerful yet simple file change notification system.
> -isofs.txt
> - - info and mount options for the ISO 9660 (CDROM) filesystem.
> -jfs.txt
> - - info and mount options for the JFS filesystem.
> -locks.txt
> - - info on file locking implementations, flock() vs. fcntl(), etc.
> -mandatory-locking.txt
> - - info on the Linux implementation of Sys V mandatory file locking.
> -nfs/
> - - nfs-related documentation.
> -nilfs2.txt
> - - info and mount options for the NILFS2 filesystem.
> -ntfs.txt
> - - info and mount options for the NTFS filesystem (Windows NT).
> -ocfs2.txt
> - - info and mount options for the OCFS2 clustered filesystem.
> -omfs.txt
> - - info on the Optimized MPEG FileSystem.
> -path-lookup.txt
> - - info on path walking and name lookup locking.
> -pohmelfs/
> - - directory containing pohmelfs filesystem documentation.
> -porting
> - - various information on filesystem porting.
> -proc.txt
> - - info on Linux's /proc filesystem.
> -qnx6.txt
> - - info on the QNX6 filesystem.
> -quota.txt
> - - info on Quota subsystem.
> -ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.txt
> - - info on the 'in memory' filesystems ramfs, rootfs and initramfs.
> -relay.txt
> - - info on relay, for efficient streaming from kernel to user space.
> -romfs.txt
> - - description of the ROMFS filesystem.
> -seq_file.txt
> - - how to use the seq_file API.
> -sharedsubtree.txt
> - - a description of shared subtrees for namespaces.
> -spufs.txt
> - - info and mount options for the SPU filesystem used on Cell.
> -squashfs.txt
> - - info on the squashfs filesystem.
> -sysfs-pci.txt
> - - info on accessing PCI device resources through sysfs.
> -sysfs-tagging.txt
> - - info on sysfs tagging to avoid duplicates.
> -sysfs.txt
> - - info on sysfs, a ram-based filesystem for exporting kernel objects.
> -sysv-fs.txt
> - - info on the SystemV/V7/Xenix/Coherent filesystem.
> -tmpfs.txt
> - - info on tmpfs, a filesystem that holds all files in virtual memory.
> -ubifs.txt
> - - info on the Unsorted Block Images FileSystem.
> -udf.txt
> - - info and mount options for the UDF filesystem.
> -ufs.txt
> - - info on the ufs filesystem.
> -vfat.txt
> - - info on using the VFAT filesystem used in Windows NT and Windows 95.
> -vfs.txt
> - - overview of the Virtual File System.
> -xfs-delayed-logging-design.txt
> - - info on the XFS Delayed Logging Design.
> -xfs-self-describing-metadata.txt
> - - info on XFS Self Describing Metadata.
> -xfs.txt
> - - info and mount options for the XFS filesystem.
> diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/00-INDEX b/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/00-INDEX
> deleted file mode 100644
> index 53f3b59..0000000
> --- a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/00-INDEX
> +++ /dev/null
> @@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
> -00-INDEX
> - - this file (nfs-related documentation).
> -Exporting
> - - explanation of how to make filesystems exportable.
> -fault_injection.txt
> - - information for using fault injection on the server
> -knfsd-stats.txt
> - - statistics which the NFS server makes available to user space.
> -nfs.txt
> - - nfs client, and DNS resolution for fs_locations.
> -nfs41-server.txt
> - - info on the Linux server implementation of NFSv4 minor version 1.
> -nfs-rdma.txt
> - - how to install and setup the Linux NFS/RDMA client and server software
> -nfsd-admin-interfaces.txt
> - - Administrative interfaces for nfsd.
> -nfsroot.txt
> - - short guide on setting up a diskless box with NFS root filesystem.
> -pnfs.txt
> - - short explanation of some of the internals of the pnfs client code
> -rpc-cache.txt
> - - introduction to the caching mechanisms in the sunrpc layer.
> -idmapper.txt
> - - information for configuring request-keys to be used by idmapper
> -rpc-server-gss.txt
> - - Information on GSS authentication support in the NFS Server
> diff --git a/Documentation/fmc/00-INDEX b/Documentation/fmc/00-INDEX
> deleted file mode 100644
> index 431c695..0000000
> --- a/Documentation/fmc/00-INDEX
> +++ /dev/null
> @@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
> -
> -Documentation in this directory comes from sections of the manual we
> -wrote for the externally-developed fmc-bus package. The complete
> -manual as of today (2013-02) is available in PDF format at
> -http://www.ohwr.org/projects/fmc-bus/files
> -
> -00-INDEX
> - - this file.
> -
> -FMC-and-SDB.txt
> - - What are FMC and SDB, basic concepts for this framework
> -
> -API.txt
> - - The functions that are exported by the bus driver
> -
> -parameters.txt
> - - The module parameters
> -
> -carrier.txt
> - - writing a carrier (a device)
> -
> -mezzanine.txt
> - - writing code for your mezzanine (a driver)
> -
> -identifiers.txt
> - - how identification and matching works
> -
> -fmc-fakedev.txt
> - - about drivers/fmc/fmc-fakedev.ko
> -
> -fmc-trivial.txt
> - - about drivers/fmc/fmc-trivial.ko
> -
> -fmc-write-eeprom.txt
> - - about drivers/fmc/fmc-write-eeprom.ko
> -
> -fmc-chardev.txt
> - - about drivers/fmc/fmc-chardev.ko
> diff --git a/Documentation/gpio/00-INDEX b/Documentation/gpio/00-INDEX
> deleted file mode 100644
> index 17e19a6..0000000
> --- a/Documentation/gpio/00-INDEX
> +++ /dev/null
> @@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
> -00-INDEX
> - - This file
> -sysfs.txt
> - - Information about the GPIO sysfs interface
> diff --git a/Documentation/ide/00-INDEX b/Documentation/ide/00-INDEX
> deleted file mode 100644
> index 22f98ca..0000000
> --- a/Documentation/ide/00-INDEX
> +++ /dev/null
> @@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
> -00-INDEX
> - - this file
> -ChangeLog.ide-cd.1994-2004
> - - ide-cd changelog
> -ChangeLog.ide-floppy.1996-2002
> - - ide-floppy changelog
> -ChangeLog.ide-tape.1995-2002
> - - ide-tape changelog
> -ide-tape.txt
> - - info on the IDE ATAPI streaming tape driver
> -ide.txt
> - - important info for users of ATA devices (IDE/EIDE disks and CD-ROMS).
> -warm-plug-howto.txt
> - - using sysfs to remove and add IDE devices.
> \ No newline at end of file
> diff --git a/Documentation/ioctl/00-INDEX b/Documentation/ioctl/00-INDEX
> deleted file mode 100644
> index c1a9257..0000000
> --- a/Documentation/ioctl/00-INDEX
> +++ /dev/null
> @@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
> -00-INDEX
> - - this file
> -botching-up-ioctls.txt
> - - how to avoid botching up ioctls
> -cdrom.txt
> - - summary of CDROM ioctl calls
> -hdio.txt
> - - summary of HDIO_ ioctl calls
> -ioctl-decoding.txt
> - - how to decode the bits of an IOCTL code
> -ioctl-number.txt
> - - how to implement and register device/driver ioctl calls
> diff --git a/Documentation/isdn/00-INDEX b/Documentation/isdn/00-INDEX
> deleted file mode 100644
> index 2d1889b..0000000
> --- a/Documentation/isdn/00-INDEX
> +++ /dev/null
> @@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
> -00-INDEX
> - - this file (info on ISDN implementation for Linux)
> -CREDITS
> - - list of the kind folks that brought you this stuff.
> -HiSax.cert
> - - information about the ITU approval certification of the HiSax driver.
> -INTERFACE
> - - description of isdn4linux Link Level and Hardware Level interfaces.
> -INTERFACE.fax
> - - description of the fax subinterface of isdn4linux.
> -INTERFACE.CAPI
> - - description of kernel CAPI Link Level to Hardware Level interface.
> -README
> - - general info on what you need and what to do for Linux ISDN.
> -README.FAQ
> - - general info for FAQ.
> -README.HiSax
> - - info on the HiSax driver which replaces the old teles.
> -README.audio
> - - info for running audio over ISDN.
> -README.avmb1
> - - info on driver for AVM-B1 ISDN card.
> -README.concap
> - - info on "CONCAP" encapsulation protocol interface used for X.25.
> -README.diversion
> - - info on module for isdn diversion services.
> -README.fax
> - - info for using Fax over ISDN.
> -README.gigaset
> - - info on the drivers for Siemens Gigaset ISDN adapters
> -README.hfc-pci
> - - info on hfc-pci based cards.
> -README.hysdn
> - - info on driver for Hypercope active HYSDN cards
> -README.mISDN
> - - info on the Modular ISDN subsystem (mISDN)
> -README.syncppp
> - - info on running Sync PPP over ISDN.
> -README.x25
> - - info for running X.25 over ISDN.
> -syncPPP.FAQ
> - - frequently asked questions about running PPP over ISDN.
> diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/00-INDEX b/Documentation/kbuild/00-INDEX
> deleted file mode 100644
> index 8c5e6aa..0000000
> --- a/Documentation/kbuild/00-INDEX
> +++ /dev/null
> @@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
> -00-INDEX
> - - this file: info on the kernel build process
> -headers_install.txt
> - - how to export Linux headers for use by userspace
> -kbuild.txt
> - - developer information on kbuild
> -kconfig.txt
> - - usage help for make *config
> -kconfig-language.txt
> - - specification of Config Language, the language in Kconfig files
> -makefiles.txt
> - - developer information for linux kernel makefiles
> -modules.txt
> - - how to build modules and to install them
> diff --git a/Documentation/laptops/00-INDEX b/Documentation/laptops/00-INDEX
> deleted file mode 100644
> index 86169dc..0000000
> --- a/Documentation/laptops/00-INDEX
> +++ /dev/null
> @@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
> -00-INDEX
> - - This file
> -asus-laptop.txt
> - - information on the Asus Laptop Extras driver.
> -disk-shock-protection.txt
> - - information on hard disk shock protection.
> -laptop-mode.txt
> - - how to conserve battery power using laptop-mode.
> -sony-laptop.txt
> - - Sony Notebook Control Driver (SNC) Readme.
> -sonypi.txt
> - - info on Linux Sony Programmable I/O Device support.
> -thinkpad-acpi.txt
> - - information on the (IBM and Lenovo) ThinkPad ACPI Extras driver.
> -toshiba_haps.txt
> - - information on the Toshiba HDD Active Protection Sensor driver.
> diff --git a/Documentation/leds/00-INDEX b/Documentation/leds/00-INDEX
> deleted file mode 100644
> index ae626b2..0000000
> --- a/Documentation/leds/00-INDEX
> +++ /dev/null
> @@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
> -00-INDEX
> - - This file
> -leds-blinkm.txt
> - - Driver for BlinkM LED-devices.
> -leds-class.txt
> - - documents LED handling under Linux.
> -leds-class-flash.txt
> - - documents flash LED handling under Linux.
> -leds-lm3556.txt
> - - notes on how to use the leds-lm3556 driver.
> -leds-lp3944.txt
> - - notes on how to use the leds-lp3944 driver.
> -leds-lp5521.txt
> - - notes on how to use the leds-lp5521 driver.
> -leds-lp5523.txt
> - - notes on how to use the leds-lp5523 driver.
> -leds-lp5562.txt
> - - notes on how to use the leds-lp5562 driver.
> -leds-lp55xx.txt
> - - description about lp55xx common driver.
> -leds-lm3556.txt
> - - notes on how to use the leds-lm3556 driver.
> -leds-mlxcpld.txt
> - - notes on how to use the leds-mlxcpld driver.
> -ledtrig-oneshot.txt
> - - One-shot LED trigger for both sporadic and dense events.
> -ledtrig-transient.txt
> - - LED Transient Trigger, one shot timer activation.
> -ledtrig-usbport.txt
> - - notes on how to use the drivers/usb/core/ledtrig-usbport.c trigger.
> -uleds.txt
> - - notes on how to use the uleds driver.
> diff --git a/Documentation/locking/00-INDEX b/Documentation/locking/00-INDEX
> deleted file mode 100644
> index c256c9b..0000000
> --- a/Documentation/locking/00-INDEX
> +++ /dev/null
> @@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
> -00-INDEX
> - - this file.
> -lockdep-design.txt
> - - documentation on the runtime locking correctness validator.
> -lockstat.txt
> - - info on collecting statistics on locks (and contention).
> -mutex-design.txt
> - - info on the generic mutex subsystem.
> -rt-mutex-design.txt
> - - description of the RealTime mutex implementation design.
> -rt-mutex.txt
> - - desc. of RT-mutex subsystem with PI (Priority Inheritance) support.
> -spinlocks.txt
> - - info on using spinlocks to provide exclusive access in kernel.
> -ww-mutex-design.txt
> - - Intro to Mutex wait/would deadlock handling.s
> diff --git a/Documentation/m68k/00-INDEX b/Documentation/m68k/00-INDEX
> deleted file mode 100644
> index 2be8c6b..0000000
> --- a/Documentation/m68k/00-INDEX
> +++ /dev/null
> @@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
> -00-INDEX
> - - this file
> -README.buddha
> - - Amiga Buddha and Catweasel IDE Driver
> -kernel-options.txt
> - - command line options for Linux/m68k
> -
> diff --git a/Documentation/mips/00-INDEX b/Documentation/mips/00-INDEX
> deleted file mode 100644
> index 8ae9cff..0000000
> --- a/Documentation/mips/00-INDEX
> +++ /dev/null
> @@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
> -00-INDEX
> - - this file.
> -AU1xxx_IDE.README
> - - README for MIPS AU1XXX IDE driver.
> diff --git a/Documentation/mmc/00-INDEX b/Documentation/mmc/00-INDEX
> deleted file mode 100644
> index 4623bc0..0000000
> --- a/Documentation/mmc/00-INDEX
> +++ /dev/null
> @@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
> -00-INDEX
> - - this file
> -mmc-dev-attrs.txt
> - - info on SD and MMC device attributes
> -mmc-dev-parts.txt
> - - info on SD and MMC device partitions
> -mmc-async-req.txt
> - - info on mmc asynchronous requests
> -mmc-tools.txt
> - - info on mmc-utils tools
> diff --git a/Documentation/netlabel/00-INDEX b/Documentation/netlabel/00-INDEX
> deleted file mode 100644
> index 837bf35..0000000
> --- a/Documentation/netlabel/00-INDEX
> +++ /dev/null
> @@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
> -00-INDEX
> - - this file.
> -cipso_ipv4.txt
> - - documentation on the IPv4 CIPSO protocol engine.
> -draft-ietf-cipso-ipsecurity-01.txt
> - - IETF draft of the CIPSO protocol, dated 16 July 1992.
> -introduction.txt
> - - NetLabel introduction, READ THIS FIRST.
> -lsm_interface.txt
> - - documentation on the NetLabel kernel security module API.
> diff --git a/Documentation/netlabel/cipso_ipv4.txt b/Documentation/netlabel/cipso_ipv4.txt
> index 93dacb1..a607548 100644
> --- a/Documentation/netlabel/cipso_ipv4.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/netlabel/cipso_ipv4.txt
> @@ -6,11 +6,12 @@ May 17, 2006
>
> * Overview
>
> -The NetLabel CIPSO/IPv4 protocol engine is based on the IETF Commercial IP
> -Security Option (CIPSO) draft from July 16, 1992. A copy of this draft can be
> -found in this directory, consult '00-INDEX' for the filename. While the IETF
> -draft never made it to an RFC standard it has become a de-facto standard for
> -labeled networking and is used in many trusted operating systems.
> +The NetLabel CIPSO/IPv4 protocol engine is based on the IETF Commercial
> +IP Security Option (CIPSO) draft from July 16, 1992. A copy of this
> +draft can be found in this directory
> +(draft-ietf-cipso-ipsecurity-01.txt). While the IETF draft never made
> +it to an RFC standard it has become a de-facto standard for labeled
> +networking and is used in many trusted operating systems.
>
> * Outbound Packet Processing
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/netlabel/introduction.txt b/Documentation/netlabel/introduction.txt
> index 5ecd8d1..3caf77b 100644
> --- a/Documentation/netlabel/introduction.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/netlabel/introduction.txt
> @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ refrain from calling the protocol engines directly, instead they should use
> the NetLabel kernel security module API described below.
>
> Detailed information about each NetLabel protocol engine can be found in this
> -directory, consult '00-INDEX' for filenames.
> +directory.
>
> * Communication Layer
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/networking/00-INDEX b/Documentation/networking/00-INDEX
> deleted file mode 100644
> index 02a323c..0000000
> --- a/Documentation/networking/00-INDEX
> +++ /dev/null
> @@ -1,234 +0,0 @@
> -00-INDEX
> - - this file
> -3c509.txt
> - - information on the 3Com Etherlink III Series Ethernet cards.
> -6pack.txt
> - - info on the 6pack protocol, an alternative to KISS for AX.25
> -LICENSE.qla3xxx
> - - GPLv2 for QLogic Linux Networking HBA Driver
> -LICENSE.qlge
> - - GPLv2 for QLogic Linux qlge NIC Driver
> -LICENSE.qlcnic
> - - GPLv2 for QLogic Linux qlcnic NIC Driver
> -PLIP.txt
> - - PLIP: The Parallel Line Internet Protocol device driver
> -README.ipw2100
> - - README for the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 driver.
> -README.ipw2200
> - - README for the Intel PRO/Wireless 2915ABG and 2200BG driver.
> -README.sb1000
> - - info on General Instrument/NextLevel SURFboard1000 cable modem.
> -altera_tse.txt
> - - Altera Triple-Speed Ethernet controller.
> -arcnet-hardware.txt
> - - tons of info on ARCnet, hubs, jumper settings for ARCnet cards, etc.
> -arcnet.txt
> - - info on the using the ARCnet driver itself.
> -atm.txt
> - - info on where to get ATM programs and support for Linux.
> -ax25.txt
> - - info on using AX.25 and NET/ROM code for Linux
> -baycom.txt
> - - info on the driver for Baycom style amateur radio modems
> -bonding.txt
> - - Linux Ethernet Bonding Driver HOWTO: link aggregation in Linux.
> -bridge.txt
> - - where to get user space programs for ethernet bridging with Linux.
> -cdc_mbim.txt
> - - 3G/LTE USB modem (Mobile Broadband Interface Model)
> -checksum-offloads.txt
> - - Explanation of checksum offloads; LCO, RCO
> -cops.txt
> - - info on the COPS LocalTalk Linux driver
> -cs89x0.txt
> - - the Crystal LAN (CS8900/20-based) Ethernet ISA adapter driver
> -cxacru.txt
> - - Conexant AccessRunner USB ADSL Modem
> -cxacru-cf.py
> - - Conexant AccessRunner USB ADSL Modem configuration file parser
> -cxgb.txt
> - - Release Notes for the Chelsio N210 Linux device driver.
> -dccp.txt
> - - the Datagram Congestion Control Protocol (DCCP) (RFC 4340..42).
> -dctcp.txt
> - - DataCenter TCP congestion control
> -de4x5.txt
> - - the Digital EtherWORKS DE4?? and DE5?? PCI Ethernet driver
> -decnet.txt
> - - info on using the DECnet networking layer in Linux.
> -dl2k.txt
> - - README for D-Link DL2000-based Gigabit Ethernet Adapters (dl2k.ko).
> -dm9000.txt
> - - README for the Simtec DM9000 Network driver.
> -dmfe.txt
> - - info on the Davicom DM9102(A)/DM9132/DM9801 fast ethernet driver.
> -dns_resolver.txt
> - - The DNS resolver module allows kernel servies to make DNS queries.
> -driver.txt
> - - Softnet driver issues.
> -ena.txt
> - - info on Amazon's Elastic Network Adapter (ENA)
> -e100.txt
> - - info on Intel's EtherExpress PRO/100 line of 10/100 boards
> -e1000.txt
> - - info on Intel's E1000 line of gigabit ethernet boards
> -e1000e.txt
> - - README for the Intel Gigabit Ethernet Driver (e1000e).
> -eql.txt
> - - serial IP load balancing
> -fib_trie.txt
> - - Level Compressed Trie (LC-trie) notes: a structure for routing.
> -filter.txt
> - - Linux Socket Filtering
> -fore200e.txt
> - - FORE Systems PCA-200E/SBA-200E ATM NIC driver info.
> -framerelay.txt
> - - info on using Frame Relay/Data Link Connection Identifier (DLCI).
> -gen_stats.txt
> - - Generic networking statistics for netlink users.
> -generic-hdlc.txt
> - - The generic High Level Data Link Control (HDLC) layer.
> -generic_netlink.txt
> - - info on Generic Netlink
> -gianfar.txt
> - - Gianfar Ethernet Driver.
> -i40e.txt
> - - README for the Intel Ethernet Controller XL710 Driver (i40e).
> -i40evf.txt
> - - Short note on the Driver for the Intel(R) XL710 X710 Virtual Function
> -ieee802154.txt
> - - Linux IEEE 802.15.4 implementation, API and drivers
> -igb.txt
> - - README for the Intel Gigabit Ethernet Driver (igb).
> -igbvf.txt
> - - README for the Intel Gigabit Ethernet Driver (igbvf).
> -ip-sysctl.txt
> - - /proc/sys/net/ipv4/* variables
> -ip_dynaddr.txt
> - - IP dynamic address hack e.g. for auto-dialup links
> -ipddp.txt
> - - AppleTalk-IP Decapsulation and AppleTalk-IP Encapsulation
> -iphase.txt
> - - Interphase PCI ATM (i)Chip IA Linux driver info.
> -ipsec.txt
> - - Note on not compressing IPSec payload and resulting failed policy check.
> -ipv6.txt
> - - Options to the ipv6 kernel module.
> -ipvs-sysctl.txt
> - - Per-inode explanation of the /proc/sys/net/ipv4/vs interface.
> -irda.txt
> - - where to get IrDA (infrared) utilities and info for Linux.
> -ixgb.txt
> - - README for the Intel 10 Gigabit Ethernet Driver (ixgb).
> -ixgbe.txt
> - - README for the Intel 10 Gigabit Ethernet Driver (ixgbe).
> -ixgbevf.txt
> - - README for the Intel Virtual Function (VF) Driver (ixgbevf).
> -l2tp.txt
> - - User guide to the L2TP tunnel protocol.
> -lapb-module.txt
> - - programming information of the LAPB module.
> -ltpc.txt
> - - the Apple or Farallon LocalTalk PC card driver
> -mac80211-auth-assoc-deauth.txt
> - - authentication and association / deauth-disassoc with max80211
> -mac80211-injection.txt
> - - HOWTO use packet injection with mac80211
> -multiqueue.txt
> - - HOWTO for multiqueue network device support.
> -netconsole.txt
> - - The network console module netconsole.ko: configuration and notes.
> -netdev-features.txt
> - - Network interface features API description.
> -netdevices.txt
> - - info on network device driver functions exported to the kernel.
> -netif-msg.txt
> - - Design of the network interface message level setting (NETIF_MSG_*).
> -netlink_mmap.txt
> - - memory mapped I/O with netlink
> -nf_conntrack-sysctl.txt
> - - list of netfilter-sysctl knobs.
> -nfc.txt
> - - The Linux Near Field Communication (NFS) subsystem.
> -openvswitch.txt
> - - Open vSwitch developer documentation.
> -operstates.txt
> - - Overview of network interface operational states.
> -packet_mmap.txt
> - - User guide to memory mapped packet socket rings (PACKET_[RT]X_RING).
> -phonet.txt
> - - The Phonet packet protocol used in Nokia cellular modems.
> -phy.txt
> - - The PHY abstraction layer.
> -pktgen.txt
> - - User guide to the kernel packet generator (pktgen.ko).
> -policy-routing.txt
> - - IP policy-based routing
> -ppp_generic.txt
> - - Information about the generic PPP driver.
> -proc_net_tcp.txt
> - - Per inode overview of the /proc/net/tcp and /proc/net/tcp6 interfaces.
> -radiotap-headers.txt
> - - Background on radiotap headers.
> -ray_cs.txt
> - - Raylink Wireless LAN card driver info.
> -rds.txt
> - - Background on the reliable, ordered datagram delivery method RDS.
> -regulatory.txt
> - - Overview of the Linux wireless regulatory infrastructure.
> -rxrpc.txt
> - - Guide to the RxRPC protocol.
> -s2io.txt
> - - Release notes for Neterion Xframe I/II 10GbE driver.
> -scaling.txt
> - - Explanation of network scaling techniques: RSS, RPS, RFS, aRFS, XPS.
> -sctp.txt
> - - Notes on the Linux kernel implementation of the SCTP protocol.
> -secid.txt
> - - Explanation of the secid member in flow structures.
> -skfp.txt
> - - SysKonnect FDDI (SK-5xxx, Compaq Netelligent) driver info.
> -smc9.txt
> - - the driver for SMC's 9000 series of Ethernet cards
> -spider_net.txt
> - - README for the Spidernet Driver (as found in PS3 / Cell BE).
> -stmmac.txt
> - - README for the STMicro Synopsys Ethernet driver.
> -tc-actions-env-rules.txt
> - - rules for traffic control (tc) actions.
> -timestamping.txt
> - - overview of network packet timestamping variants.
> -tcp.txt
> - - short blurb on how TCP output takes place.
> -tcp-thin.txt
> - - kernel tuning options for low rate 'thin' TCP streams.
> -team.txt
> - - pointer to information for ethernet teaming devices.
> -tlan.txt
> - - ThunderLAN (Compaq Netelligent 10/100, Olicom OC-2xxx) driver info.
> -tproxy.txt
> - - Transparent proxy support user guide.
> -tuntap.txt
> - - TUN/TAP device driver, allowing user space Rx/Tx of packets.
> -udplite.txt
> - - UDP-Lite protocol (RFC 3828) introduction.
> -vortex.txt
> - - info on using 3Com Vortex (3c590, 3c592, 3c595, 3c597) Ethernet cards.
> -vxge.txt
> - - README for the Neterion X3100 PCIe Server Adapter.
> -vxlan.txt
> - - Virtual extensible LAN overview
> -x25.txt
> - - general info on X.25 development.
> -x25-iface.txt
> - - description of the X.25 Packet Layer to LAPB device interface.
> -xfrm_device.txt
> - - description of XFRM offload API
> -xfrm_proc.txt
> - - description of the statistics package for XFRM.
> -xfrm_sync.txt
> - - sync patches for XFRM enable migration of an SA between hosts.
> -xfrm_sysctl.txt
> - - description of the XFRM configuration options.
> -z8530drv.txt
> - - info about Linux driver for Z8530 based HDLC cards for AX.25
> diff --git a/Documentation/parisc/00-INDEX b/Documentation/parisc/00-INDEX
> deleted file mode 100644
> index cbd0609..0000000
> --- a/Documentation/parisc/00-INDEX
> +++ /dev/null
> @@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
> -00-INDEX
> - - this file.
> -debugging
> - - some debugging hints for real-mode code
> -registers
> - - current/planned usage of registers
> diff --git a/Documentation/power/00-INDEX b/Documentation/power/00-INDEX
> deleted file mode 100644
> index 7f3c2de..0000000
> --- a/Documentation/power/00-INDEX
> +++ /dev/null
> @@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
> -00-INDEX
> - - This file
> -apm-acpi.txt
> - - basic info about the APM and ACPI support.
> -basic-pm-debugging.txt
> - - Debugging suspend and resume
> -charger-manager.txt
> - - Battery charger management.
> -admin-guide/devices.rst
> - - How drivers interact with system-wide power management
> -drivers-testing.txt
> - - Testing suspend and resume support in device drivers
> -freezing-of-tasks.txt
> - - How processes and controlled during suspend
> -interface.txt
> - - Power management user interface in /sys/power
> -opp.txt
> - - Operating Performance Point library
> -pci.txt
> - - How the PCI Subsystem Does Power Management
> -pm_qos_interface.txt
> - - info on Linux PM Quality of Service interface
> -power_supply_class.txt
> - - Tells userspace about battery, UPS, AC or DC power supply properties
> -runtime_pm.txt
> - - Power management framework for I/O devices.
> -s2ram.txt
> - - How to get suspend to ram working (and debug it when it isn't)
> -states.txt
> - - System power management states
> -suspend-and-cpuhotplug.txt
> - - Explains the interaction between Suspend-to-RAM (S3) and CPU hotplug
> -swsusp-and-swap-files.txt
> - - Using swap files with software suspend (to disk)
> -swsusp-dmcrypt.txt
> - - How to use dm-crypt and software suspend (to disk) together
> -swsusp.txt
> - - Goals, implementation, and usage of software suspend (ACPI S3)
> -tricks.txt
> - - How to trick software suspend (to disk) into working when it isn't
> -userland-swsusp.txt
> - - Experimental implementation of software suspend in userspace
> -video.txt
> - - Video issues during resume from suspend
> diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/00-INDEX b/Documentation/powerpc/00-INDEX
> deleted file mode 100644
> index 9dc845c..0000000
> --- a/Documentation/powerpc/00-INDEX
> +++ /dev/null
> @@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
> -Index of files in Documentation/powerpc. If you think something about
> -Linux/PPC needs an entry here, needs correction or you've written one
> -please mail me.
> - Cort Dougan (cort at fsmlabs.com)
> -
> -00-INDEX
> - - this file
> -bootwrapper.txt
> - - Information on how the powerpc kernel is wrapped for boot on various
> - different platforms.
> -cpu_features.txt
> - - info on how we support a variety of CPUs with minimal compile-time
> - options.
> -cxl.txt
> - - Overview of the CXL driver.
> -eeh-pci-error-recovery.txt
> - - info on PCI Bus EEH Error Recovery
> -firmware-assisted-dump.txt
> - - Documentation on the firmware assisted dump mechanism "fadump".
> -hvcs.txt
> - - IBM "Hypervisor Virtual Console Server" Installation Guide
> -mpc52xx.txt
> - - Linux 2.6.x on MPC52xx family
> -pmu-ebb.txt
> - - Description of the API for using the PMU with Event Based Branches.
> -qe_firmware.txt
> - - describes the layout of firmware binaries for the Freescale QUICC
> - Engine and the code that parses and uploads the microcode therein.
> -ptrace.txt
> - - Information on the ptrace interfaces for hardware debug registers.
> -transactional_memory.txt
> - - Overview of the Power8 transactional memory support.
> -dscr.txt
> - - Overview DSCR (Data Stream Control Register) support.
> diff --git a/Documentation/s390/00-INDEX b/Documentation/s390/00-INDEX
> deleted file mode 100644
> index 317f037..0000000
> --- a/Documentation/s390/00-INDEX
> +++ /dev/null
> @@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
> -00-INDEX
> - - this file.
> -3270.ChangeLog
> - - ChangeLog for the UTS Global 3270-support patch (outdated).
> -3270.txt
> - - how to use the IBM 3270 display system support.
> -cds.txt
> - - s390 common device support (common I/O layer).
> -CommonIO
> - - common I/O layer command line parameters, procfs and debugfs entries
> -config3270.sh
> - - example configuration for 3270 devices.
> -DASD
> - - information on the DASD disk device driver.
> -Debugging390.txt
> - - hints for debugging on s390 systems.
> -driver-model.txt
> - - information on s390 devices and the driver model.
> -monreader.txt
> - - information on accessing the z/VM monitor stream from Linux.
> -qeth.txt
> - - HiperSockets Bridge Port Support.
> -s390dbf.txt
> - - information on using the s390 debug feature.
> -vfio-ccw.txt
> - information on the vfio-ccw I/O subchannel driver.
> -zfcpdump.txt
> - - information on the s390 SCSI dump tool.
> diff --git a/Documentation/scheduler/00-INDEX b/Documentation/scheduler/00-INDEX
> deleted file mode 100644
> index eccf7ad..0000000
> --- a/Documentation/scheduler/00-INDEX
> +++ /dev/null
> @@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
> -00-INDEX
> - - this file.
> -sched-arch.txt
> - - CPU Scheduler implementation hints for architecture specific code.
> -sched-bwc.txt
> - - CFS bandwidth control overview.
> -sched-design-CFS.txt
> - - goals, design and implementation of the Completely Fair Scheduler.
> -sched-domains.txt
> - - information on scheduling domains.
> -sched-nice-design.txt
> - - How and why the scheduler's nice levels are implemented.
> -sched-rt-group.txt
> - - real-time group scheduling.
> -sched-deadline.txt
> - - deadline scheduling.
> -sched-stats.txt
> - - information on schedstats (Linux Scheduler Statistics).
> diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/00-INDEX b/Documentation/scsi/00-INDEX
> deleted file mode 100644
> index bb4a76f..0000000
> --- a/Documentation/scsi/00-INDEX
> +++ /dev/null
> @@ -1,108 +0,0 @@
> -00-INDEX
> - - this file
> -53c700.txt
> - - info on driver for 53c700 based adapters
> -BusLogic.txt
> - - info on driver for adapters with BusLogic chips
> -ChangeLog.1992-1997
> - - Changes to scsi files, if not listed elsewhere
> -ChangeLog.arcmsr
> - - Changes to driver for ARECA's SATA RAID controller cards
> -ChangeLog.ips
> - - IBM ServeRAID driver Changelog
> -ChangeLog.lpfc
> - - Changes to lpfc driver
> -ChangeLog.megaraid
> - - Changes to LSI megaraid controller.
> -ChangeLog.megaraid_sas
> - - Changes to serial attached scsi version of LSI megaraid controller.
> -ChangeLog.ncr53c8xx
> - - Changes to ncr53c8xx driver
> -ChangeLog.sym53c8xx
> - - Changes to sym53c8xx driver
> -ChangeLog.sym53c8xx_2
> - - Changes to second generation of sym53c8xx driver
> -FlashPoint.txt
> - - info on driver for BusLogic FlashPoint adapters
> -LICENSE.FlashPoint
> - - Licence of the Flashpoint driver
> -LICENSE.qla2xxx
> - - License for QLogic Linux Fibre Channel HBA Driver firmware.
> -LICENSE.qla4xxx
> - - License for QLogic Linux iSCSI HBA Driver.
> -Mylex.txt
> - - info on driver for Mylex adapters
> -NinjaSCSI.txt
> - - info on WorkBiT NinjaSCSI-32/32Bi driver
> -aacraid.txt
> - - Driver supporting Adaptec RAID controllers
> -advansys.txt
> - - List of Advansys Host Adapters
> -aha152x.txt
> - - info on driver for Adaptec AHA152x based adapters
> -aic79xx.txt
> - - Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI host adapters
> -aic7xxx.txt
> - - info on driver for Adaptec controllers
> -arcmsr_spec.txt
> - - ARECA FIRMWARE SPEC (for IOP331 adapter)
> -bfa.txt
> - - Brocade FC/FCOE adapter driver.
> -bnx2fc.txt
> - - FCoE hardware offload for Broadcom network interfaces.
> -cxgb3i.txt
> - - Chelsio iSCSI Linux Driver
> -dc395x.txt
> - - README file for the dc395x SCSI driver
> -dpti.txt
> - - info on driver for DPT SmartRAID and Adaptec I2O RAID based adapters
> -dtc3x80.txt
> - - info on driver for DTC 2x80 based adapters
> -g_NCR5380.txt
> - - info on driver for NCR5380 and NCR53c400 based adapters
> -hpsa.txt
> - - HP Smart Array Controller SCSI driver.
> -hptiop.txt
> - - HIGHPOINT ROCKETRAID 3xxx RAID DRIVER
> -libsas.txt
> - - Serial Attached SCSI management layer.
> -link_power_management_policy.txt
> - - Link power management options.
> -lpfc.txt
> - - LPFC driver release notes
> -megaraid.txt
> - - Common Management Module, shared code handling ioctls for LSI drivers
> -ncr53c8xx.txt
> - - info on driver for NCR53c8xx based adapters
> -osd.txt
> - Object-Based Storage Device, command set introduction.
> -osst.txt
> - - info on driver for OnStream SC-x0 SCSI tape
> -ppa.txt
> - - info on driver for IOmega zip drive
> -qlogicfas.txt
> - - info on driver for QLogic FASxxx based adapters
> -scsi-changer.txt
> - - README for the SCSI media changer driver
> -scsi-generic.txt
> - - info on the sg driver for generic (non-disk/CD/tape) SCSI devices.
> -scsi-parameters.txt
> - - List of SCSI-parameters to pass to the kernel at module load-time.
> -scsi.txt
> - - short blurb on using SCSI support as a module.
> -scsi_mid_low_api.txt
> - - info on API between SCSI layer and low level drivers
> -scsi_eh.txt
> - - info on SCSI midlayer error handling infrastructure
> -scsi_fc_transport.txt
> - - SCSI Fiber Channel Tansport
> -st.txt
> - - info on scsi tape driver
> -sym53c500_cs.txt
> - - info on PCMCIA driver for Symbios Logic 53c500 based adapters
> -sym53c8xx_2.txt
> - - info on second generation driver for sym53c8xx based adapters
> -tmscsim.txt
> - - info on driver for AM53c974 based adapters
> -ufs.txt
> - - info on Universal Flash Storage(UFS) and UFS host controller driver.
> diff --git a/Documentation/serial/00-INDEX b/Documentation/serial/00-INDEX
> deleted file mode 100644
> index 8021a9f..0000000
> --- a/Documentation/serial/00-INDEX
> +++ /dev/null
> @@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
> -00-INDEX
> - - this file.
> -README.cycladesZ
> - - info on Cyclades-Z firmware loading.
> -driver
> - - intro to the low level serial driver.
> -moxa-smartio
> - - file with info on installing/using Moxa multiport serial driver.
> -n_gsm.txt
> - - GSM 0710 tty multiplexer howto.
> -rocket.txt
> - - info on the Comtrol RocketPort multiport serial driver.
> -serial-rs485.txt
> - - info about RS485 structures and support in the kernel.
> -tty.txt
> - - guide to the locking policies of the tty layer.
> diff --git a/Documentation/spi/00-INDEX b/Documentation/spi/00-INDEX
> deleted file mode 100644
> index 8e4bb17..0000000
> --- a/Documentation/spi/00-INDEX
> +++ /dev/null
> @@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
> -00-INDEX
> - - this file.
> -butterfly
> - - AVR Butterfly SPI driver overview and pin configuration.
> -ep93xx_spi
> - - Basic EP93xx SPI driver configuration.
> -pxa2xx
> - - PXA2xx SPI master controller build by spi_message fifo wq
> -spidev
> - - Intro to the userspace API for spi devices
> -spi-lm70llp
> - - Connecting an LM70-LLP sensor to the kernel via the SPI subsys.
> -spi-sc18is602
> - - NXP SC18IS602/603 I2C-bus to SPI bridge
> -spi-summary
> - - (Linux) SPI overview. If unsure about SPI or SPI in Linux, start here.
> diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/00-INDEX b/Documentation/sysctl/00-INDEX
> deleted file mode 100644
> index 8cf5d49..0000000
> --- a/Documentation/sysctl/00-INDEX
> +++ /dev/null
> @@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
> -00-INDEX
> - - this file.
> -README
> - - general information about /proc/sys/ sysctl files.
> -abi.txt
> - - documentation for /proc/sys/abi/*.
> -fs.txt
> - - documentation for /proc/sys/fs/*.
> -kernel.txt
> - - documentation for /proc/sys/kernel/*.
> -net.txt
> - - documentation for /proc/sys/net/*.
> -sunrpc.txt
> - - documentation for /proc/sys/sunrpc/*.
> -vm.txt
> - - documentation for /proc/sys/vm/*.
> diff --git a/Documentation/timers/00-INDEX b/Documentation/timers/00-INDEX
> deleted file mode 100644
> index 3be05fe..0000000
> --- a/Documentation/timers/00-INDEX
> +++ /dev/null
> @@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
> -00-INDEX
> - - this file
> -highres.txt
> - - High resolution timers and dynamic ticks design notes
> -hpet.txt
> - - High Precision Event Timer Driver for Linux
> -hrtimers.txt
> - - subsystem for high-resolution kernel timers
> -NO_HZ.txt
> - - Summary of the different methods for the scheduler clock-interrupts management.
> -timekeeping.txt
> - - Clock sources, clock events, sched_clock() and delay timer notes
> -timers-howto.txt
> - - how to insert delays in the kernel the right (tm) way.
> -timer_stats.txt
> - - timer usage statistics
> diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/00-INDEX b/Documentation/virtual/00-INDEX
> deleted file mode 100644
> index af0d239..0000000
> --- a/Documentation/virtual/00-INDEX
> +++ /dev/null
> @@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
> -Virtualization support in the Linux kernel.
> -
> -00-INDEX
> - - this file.
> -
> -paravirt_ops.txt
> - - Describes the Linux kernel pv_ops to support different hypervisors
> -kvm/
> - - Kernel Virtual Machine. See also http://linux-kvm.org
> -uml/
> - - User Mode Linux, builds/runs Linux kernel as a userspace program.
> diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/00-INDEX b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/00-INDEX
> deleted file mode 100644
> index 3492458..0000000
> --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/00-INDEX
> +++ /dev/null
> @@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
> -00-INDEX
> - - this file.
> -amd-memory-encryption.rst
> - - notes on AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization feature and SEV firmware
> - command description
> -api.txt
> - - KVM userspace API.
> -arm
> - - internal ABI between the kernel and HYP (for arm/arm64)
> -cpuid.txt
> - - KVM-specific cpuid leaves (x86).
> -devices/
> - - KVM_CAP_DEVICE_CTRL userspace API.
> -halt-polling.txt
> - - notes on halt-polling
> -hypercalls.txt
> - - KVM hypercalls.
> -locking.txt
> - - notes on KVM locks.
> -mmu.txt
> - - the x86 kvm shadow mmu.
> -msr.txt
> - - KVM-specific MSRs (x86).
> -nested-vmx.txt
> - - notes on nested virtualization for Intel x86 processors.
> -ppc-pv.txt
> - - the paravirtualization interface on PowerPC.
> -review-checklist.txt
> - - review checklist for KVM patches.
> -s390-diag.txt
> - - Diagnose hypercall description (for IBM S/390)
> -timekeeping.txt
> - - timekeeping virtualization for x86-based architectures.
> -vcpu-requests.rst
> - - internal VCPU request API
> diff --git a/Documentation/vm/00-INDEX b/Documentation/vm/00-INDEX
> deleted file mode 100644
> index f4a4f3e..0000000
> --- a/Documentation/vm/00-INDEX
> +++ /dev/null
> @@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
> -00-INDEX
> - - this file.
> -active_mm.rst
> - - An explanation from Linus about tsk->active_mm vs tsk->mm.
> -balance.rst
> - - various information on memory balancing.
> -cleancache.rst
> - - Intro to cleancache and page-granularity victim cache.
> -frontswap.rst
> - - Outline frontswap, part of the transcendent memory frontend.
> -highmem.rst
> - - Outline of highmem and common issues.
> -hmm.rst
> - - Documentation of heterogeneous memory management
> -hugetlbfs_reserv.rst
> - - A brief overview of hugetlbfs reservation design/implementation.
> -hwpoison.rst
> - - explains what hwpoison is
> -ksm.rst
> - - how to use the Kernel Samepage Merging feature.
> -mmu_notifier.rst
> - - a note about clearing pte/pmd and mmu notifications
> -numa.rst
> - - information about NUMA specific code in the Linux vm.
> -overcommit-accounting.rst
> - - description of the Linux kernels overcommit handling modes.
> -page_frags.rst
> - - description of page fragments allocator
> -page_migration.rst
> - - description of page migration in NUMA systems.
> -page_owner.rst
> - - tracking about who allocated each page
> -remap_file_pages.rst
> - - a note about remap_file_pages() system call
> -slub.rst
> - - a short users guide for SLUB.
> -split_page_table_lock.rst
> - - Separate per-table lock to improve scalability of the old page_table_lock.
> -swap_numa.rst
> - - automatic binding of swap device to numa node
> -transhuge.rst
> - - Transparent Hugepage Support, alternative way of using hugepages.
> -unevictable-lru.rst
> - - Unevictable LRU infrastructure
> -z3fold.txt
> - - outline of z3fold allocator for storing compressed pages
> -zsmalloc.rst
> - - outline of zsmalloc allocator for storing compressed pages
> -zswap.rst
> - - Intro to compressed cache for swap pages
> diff --git a/Documentation/w1/00-INDEX b/Documentation/w1/00-INDEX
> deleted file mode 100644
> index cb49802..0000000
> --- a/Documentation/w1/00-INDEX
> +++ /dev/null
> @@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
> -00-INDEX
> - - This file
> -slaves/
> - - Drivers that provide support for specific family codes.
> -masters/
> - - Individual chips providing 1-wire busses.
> -w1.generic
> - - The 1-wire (w1) bus
> -w1.netlink
> - - Userspace communication protocol over connector [1].
> diff --git a/Documentation/w1/masters/00-INDEX b/Documentation/w1/masters/00-INDEX
> deleted file mode 100644
> index 8330cf9..0000000
> --- a/Documentation/w1/masters/00-INDEX
> +++ /dev/null
> @@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
> -00-INDEX
> - - This file
> -ds2482
> - - The Maxim/Dallas Semiconductor DS2482 provides 1-wire busses.
> -ds2490
> - - The Maxim/Dallas Semiconductor DS2490 builds USB <-> W1 bridges.
> -mxc-w1
> - - W1 master controller driver found on Freescale MX2/MX3 SoCs
> -omap-hdq
> - - HDQ/1-wire module of TI OMAP 2430/3430.
> -w1-gpio
> - - GPIO 1-wire bus master driver.
> diff --git a/Documentation/w1/slaves/00-INDEX b/Documentation/w1/slaves/00-INDEX
> deleted file mode 100644
> index 68946f8..0000000
> --- a/Documentation/w1/slaves/00-INDEX
> +++ /dev/null
> @@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
> -00-INDEX
> - - This file
> -w1_therm
> - - The Maxim/Dallas Semiconductor ds18*20 temperature sensor.
> -w1_ds2413
> - - The Maxim/Dallas Semiconductor ds2413 dual channel addressable switch.
> -w1_ds2423
> - - The Maxim/Dallas Semiconductor ds2423 counter device.
> -w1_ds2438
> - - The Maxim/Dallas Semiconductor ds2438 smart battery monitor.
> -w1_ds28e04
> - - The Maxim/Dallas Semiconductor ds28e04 eeprom.
> -w1_ds28e17
> - - The Maxim/Dallas Semiconductor ds28e17 1-Wire-to-I2C Master Bridge.
> diff --git a/Documentation/x86/00-INDEX b/Documentation/x86/00-INDEX
> deleted file mode 100644
> index 3bb2ee3..0000000
> --- a/Documentation/x86/00-INDEX
> +++ /dev/null
> @@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
> -00-INDEX
> - - this file
> -boot.txt
> - - List of boot protocol versions
> -earlyprintk.txt
> - - Using earlyprintk with a USB2 debug port key.
> -entry_64.txt
> - - Describe (some of the) kernel entry points for x86.
> -exception-tables.txt
> - - why and how Linux kernel uses exception tables on x86
> -microcode.txt
> - - How to load microcode from an initrd-CPIO archive early to fix CPU issues.
> -mtrr.txt
> - - how to use x86 Memory Type Range Registers to increase performance
> -pat.txt
> - - Page Attribute Table intro and API
> -usb-legacy-support.txt
> - - how to fix/avoid quirks when using emulated PS/2 mouse/keyboard.
> -zero-page.txt
> - - layout of the first page of memory.
> diff --git a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/00-INDEX b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/00-INDEX
> deleted file mode 100644
> index 92fc20a..0000000
> --- a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/00-INDEX
> +++ /dev/null
> @@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
> -00-INDEX
> - - This file
> -boot-options.txt
> - - AMD64-specific boot options.
> -cpu-hotplug-spec
> - - Firmware support for CPU hotplug under Linux/x86-64
> -fake-numa-for-cpusets
> - - Using numa=fake and CPUSets for Resource Management
> -kernel-stacks
> - - Context-specific per-processor interrupt stacks.
> -machinecheck
> - - Configurable sysfs parameters for the x86-64 machine check code.
> -mm.txt
> - - Memory layout of x86-64 (4 level page tables, 46 bits physical).
> -uefi.txt
> - - Booting Linux via Unified Extensible Firmware Interface.
> diff --git a/README b/README
> index 2c927cc..669ac7c 100644
> --- a/README
> +++ b/README
> @@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
>
> There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
> several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
> -See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.
>
> Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
> requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
> diff --git a/scripts/check_00index.sh b/scripts/check_00index.sh
> deleted file mode 100755
> index aa47f592..0000000
> --- a/scripts/check_00index.sh
> +++ /dev/null
> @@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
> -#!/bin/bash
> -# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> -
> -cd Documentation/
> -
> -# Check entries that should be removed
> -
> -obsolete=""
> -for i in $(tail -n +12 00-INDEX |grep -E '^[a-zA-Z0-9]+'); do
> - if [ ! -e $i ]; then
> - obsolete="$obsolete $i"
> - fi
> -done
> -
> -# Check directory entries that should be added
> -search=""
> -dir=""
> -for i in $(find . -maxdepth 1 -type d); do
> - if [ "$i" != "." ]; then
> - new=$(echo $i|perl -ne 's,./(.*),$1/,; print $_')
> - search="$search $new"
> - fi
> -done
> -
> -for i in $search; do
> - if [ "$(grep -P "^$i" 00-INDEX)" == "" ]; then
> - dir="$dir $i"
> - fi
> -done
> -
> -# Check file entries that should be added
> -search=""
> -file=""
> -for i in $(find . -maxdepth 1 -type f); do
> - if [ "$i" != "./.gitignore" ]; then
> - new=$(echo $i|perl -ne 's,./(.*),$1,; print $_')
> - search="$search $new"
> - fi
> -done
> -
> -for i in $search; do
> - if [ "$(grep -P "^$i\$" 00-INDEX)" == "" ]; then
> - file="$file $i"
> - fi
> -done
> -
> -# Output its findings
> -
> -echo -e "Documentation/00-INDEX check results:\n"
> -
> -if [ "$obsolete" != "" ]; then
> - echo -e "- Should remove those entries:\n\t$obsolete\n"
> -else
> - echo -e "- No obsolete entries\n"
> -fi
> -
> -if [ "$dir" != "" ]; then
> - echo -e "- Should document those directories:\n\t$dir\n"
> -else
> - echo -e "- No new directories to add\n"
> -fi
> -
> -if [ "$file" != "" ]; then
> - echo -e "- Should document those files:\n\t$file"
> -else
> - echo "- No new files to add"
> -fi
> --
> 2.7.4
>
--
Sincerely yours,
Mike.
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