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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst index fb779e67097b..368845e9900a 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst @@ -1,22 +1,52 @@ -Linux Kernel User's Documentation -================================= +The Linux kernel user's and administrator's guide +================================================= -Contents: +The following is a collection of user-oriented documents that have been +added to the kernel over time. There is, as yet, little overall order or +organization here — this material was not written to be a single, coherent +document! With luck things will improve quickly over time. + +This initial section contains overall information, including the README +file describing the kernel as a whole, documentation on kernel parameters, +etc. .. toctree:: - :maxdepth: 2 - :numbered: + :maxdepth: 1 README + kernel-parameters + devices + +Here is a set of documents aimed at users who are trying to track down +problems and bugs in particular. + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 1 + reporting-bugs + security-bugs bug-hunting oops-tracing ramoops - initrd - init dynamic-debug-howto - security-bugs - kernel-parameters + init + +This is the beginning of a section with information of interest to +application developers. Documents covering various aspects of the kernel +ABI will be found here. + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 1 + + sysfs-rules + +The rest of this manual consists of various unordered guides on how to +configure specific aspects of kernel behavior to your liking. + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 1 + + initrd serial-console braille-console parport @@ -25,13 +55,9 @@ Contents: sysrq unicode vga-softcursor - sysfs-rules - devices binfmt-misc mono java - bad-memory - basic-profiling .. only:: subproject and html @@ -39,4 +65,3 @@ Contents: ======= * :ref:`genindex` - |