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diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/index.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/index.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..eaf7161ff --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/index.rst @@ -0,0 +1,151 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +============================== +Driver implementer's API guide +============================== + +The kernel offers a wide variety of interfaces to support the development +of device drivers. This document is an only somewhat organized collection +of some of those interfaces — it will hopefully get better over time! The +available subsections can be seen below. + + +General information for driver authors +====================================== + +This section contains documentation that should, at some point or other, be +of interest to most developers working on device drivers. + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 1 + + basics + driver-model/index + device_link + infrastructure + ioctl + pm/index + +Useful support libraries +======================== + +This section contains documentation that should, at some point or other, be +of interest to most developers working on device drivers. + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 1 + + early-userspace/index + connector + device-io + devfreq + dma-buf + component + io-mapping + io_ordering + uio-howto + vfio-mediated-device + vfio + vfio-pci-device-specific-driver-acceptance + +Bus-level documentation +======================= + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 1 + + auxiliary_bus + cxl/index + eisa + firewire + i3c/index + isa + men-chameleon-bus + pci/index + rapidio/index + slimbus + usb/index + virtio/index + vme + w1 + xillybus + + +Subsystem-specific APIs +======================= + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 1 + + 80211/index + acpi/index + backlight/lp855x-driver.rst + clk + coco/index + console + crypto/index + dmaengine/index + dpll + edac + extcon + firmware/index + fpga/index + frame-buffer + aperture + generic-counter + generic_pt + gpio/index + hsi + hte/index + hw-recoverable-errors + i2c + iio/index + infiniband + input + interconnect + ipmb + ipmi + libata + mailbox + md/index + media/index + mei/index + memory-devices/index + message-based + misc_devices + miscellaneous + mmc/index + mtd/index + mtdnand + nfc/index + ntb + nvdimm/index + nvmem + parport-lowlevel + phy/index + pin-control + pldmfw/index + pps + ptp + pwm + pwrseq + regulator + reset + rfkill + s390-drivers + scsi + serial/index + sm501 + soundwire/index + spi + surface_aggregator/index + switchtec + sync_file + target + tee + thermal/index + tty/index + wbrf + wmi + xilinx/index + zorro |
