kernel-ark/Documentation/filesystems/00-INDEX
Matthew Wilcox 95ec8daba3 dax: replace XIP documentation with DAX documentation
Based on the original XIP documentation, this documents the current state
of affairs, and includes instructions on how users can enable DAX if their
devices and kernel support it.

Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox <willy@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Cc: Andreas Dilger <andreas.dilger@intel.com>
Cc: Boaz Harrosh <boaz@plexistor.com>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Cc: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>
Cc: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Cc: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Cc: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2015-02-16 17:56:03 -08:00

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00-INDEX
- this file (info on some of the filesystems supported by linux).
Locking
- info on locking rules as they pertain to Linux VFS.
Makefile
- Makefile for building the filsystems-part of DocBook.
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.
autofs4-mount-control.txt
- info on device control operations for autofs4 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.
logfs.txt
- info on the LogFS flash filesystem.
mandatory-locking.txt
- info on the Linux implementation of Sys V mandatory file locking.
ncpfs.txt
- info on Novell Netware(tm) filesystem using NCP protocol.
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.