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-rw-r--r--Documentation/arm/VFP/release-notes.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/dvb/faq.txt1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/affs.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/ext2.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/floppy.txt10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ioctl-number.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-docs.txt60
-rw-r--r--Documentation/mca.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/driver.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/iphase.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/irda.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/ray_cs.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/vortex.txt28
-rw-r--r--Documentation/power/pci.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/scsi/ibmmca.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/usb/ibmcam.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/usb/ov511.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/usb/rio.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/video4linux/zr36120.txt7
19 files changed, 79 insertions, 76 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/arm/VFP/release-notes.txt b/Documentation/arm/VFP/release-notes.txt
index f28e0222f5e5..28a2795705ca 100644
--- a/Documentation/arm/VFP/release-notes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/arm/VFP/release-notes.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ This release has been validated against the SoftFloat-2b library by
John R. Hauser using the TestFloat-2a test suite. Details of this
library and test suite can be found at:
- http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~jhauser/arithmetic/SoftFloat.html
+ http://www.jhauser.us/arithmetic/SoftFloat.html
The operations which have been tested with this package are:
diff --git a/Documentation/dvb/faq.txt b/Documentation/dvb/faq.txt
index 3bf51e45c972..a42132d60dc8 100644
--- a/Documentation/dvb/faq.txt
+++ b/Documentation/dvb/faq.txt
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ Some very frequently asked questions about linuxtv-dvb
Metzler Bros. DVB development; alternate drivers and
DVB utilities, include dvb-mpegtools and tuxzap.
- http://www.linuxstb.org/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dvbtools/
Dave Chapman's dvbtools package, including
dvbstream and dvbtune
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/affs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/affs.txt
index 30c9738590f4..2d1524469c25 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/affs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/affs.txt
@@ -216,4 +216,4 @@ due to an incompatibility with the Amiga floppy controller.
If you are interested in an Amiga Emulator for Linux, look at
-http://www-users.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/~crux/uae.html
+http://www.freiburg.linux.de/~uae/
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ext2.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ext2.txt
index a8edb376b041..3dd2872416a1 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/ext2.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ext2.txt
@@ -369,9 +369,8 @@ The kernel source file:/usr/src/linux/fs/ext2/
e2fsprogs (e2fsck) http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net/
Design & Implementation http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net/ext2intro.html
Journaling (ext3) ftp://ftp.uk.linux.org/pub/linux/sct/fs/jfs/
-Hashed Directories http://kernelnewbies.org/~phillips/htree/
Filesystem Resizing http://ext2resize.sourceforge.net/
-Compression (*) http://www.netspace.net.au/~reiter/e2compr/
+Compression (*) http://e2compr.sourceforge.net/
Implementations for:
Windows 95/98/NT/2000 http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/Explore2fs.htm
diff --git a/Documentation/floppy.txt b/Documentation/floppy.txt
index 6fb10fcd82fb..6ccab88705cb 100644
--- a/Documentation/floppy.txt
+++ b/Documentation/floppy.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ FAQ list:
=========
A FAQ list may be found in the fdutils package (see below), and also
-at http://fdutils.linux.lu/FAQ.html
+at <http://fdutils.linux.lu/faq.html>.
LILO configuration options (Thinkpad users, read this)
@@ -217,10 +217,10 @@ It also contains additional documentation about the floppy driver.
The latest version can be found at fdutils homepage:
http://fdutils.linux.lu
-The fdutils-5.4 release can be found at:
- http://fdutils.linux.lu/fdutils-5.4.src.tar.gz
- http://www.tux.org/pub/knaff/fdutils/fdutils-5.4.src.tar.gz
- ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/utils/disk-management/fdutils-5.4.src.tar.gz
+The fdutils releases can be found at:
+ http://fdutils.linux.lu/download.html
+ http://www.tux.org/pub/knaff/fdutils/
+ ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/utils/disk-management/
Reporting problems about the floppy driver
==========================================
diff --git a/Documentation/ioctl-number.txt b/Documentation/ioctl-number.txt
index 87f4d052e39c..aa7ba00ec082 100644
--- a/Documentation/ioctl-number.txt
+++ b/Documentation/ioctl-number.txt
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ Code Seq# Include File Comments
'l' 00-3F linux/tcfs_fs.h transparent cryptographic file system
<http://mikonos.dia.unisa.it/tcfs>
'l' 40-7F linux/udf_fs_i.h in development:
- <http://www.trylinux.com/projects/udf/>
+ <http://sourceforge.net/projects/linux-udf/>
'm' all linux/mtio.h conflict!
'm' all linux/soundcard.h conflict!
'm' all linux/synclink.h conflict!
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-docs.txt b/Documentation/kernel-docs.txt
index cb89fb3b61ef..99d24f2943ee 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-docs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-docs.txt
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@
* Title: "Writing Linux Device Drivers"
Author: Michael K. Johnson.
- URL: http://people.redhat.com/johnsonm/devices.html
+ URL: http://users.evitech.fi/~tk/rtos/writing_linux_device_d.html
Keywords: files, VFS, file operations, kernel interface, character
vs block devices, I/O access, hardware interrupts, DMA, access to
user memory, memory allocation, timers.
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@
* Title: "Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide"
Author: Ori Pomerantz.
- URL: http://www.tldp.org/LDP/lkmpg/mpg.html
+ URL: http://tldp.org/LDP/lkmpg/2.6/html/index.html
Keywords: modules, GPL book, /proc, ioctls, system calls,
interrupt handlers .
Description: Very nice 92 pages GPL book on the topic of modules
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@
* Title: "Device File System (devfs) Overview"
Author: Richard Gooch.
- URL: http://www.atnf.csiro.au/~rgooch/linux/docs/devfs.txt
+ URL: http://www.atnf.csiro.au/people/rgooch/linux/docs/devfs.html
Keywords: filesystem, /dev, devfs, dynamic devices, major/minor
allocation, device management.
Description: Document describing Richard Gooch's controversial
@@ -316,9 +316,8 @@
* Title: "The Kernel Hacking HOWTO"
Author: Various Talented People, and Rusty.
- URL:
- http://www.lisoleg.net/doc/Kernel-Hacking-HOWTO/kernel-hacking-HOW
- TO.html
+ Location: in kernel tree, Documentation/DocBook/kernel-hacking/
+ (must be built as "make {htmldocs | psdocs | pdfdocs})
Keywords: HOWTO, kernel contexts, deadlock, locking, modules,
symbols, return conventions.
Description: From the Introduction: "Please understand that I
@@ -332,13 +331,13 @@
originally written for the 2.3 kernels, but nearly all of it
applies to 2.2 too; 2.0 is slightly different".
- * Title: "ALSA 0.5.0 Developer documentation"
- Author: Stephan 'Jumpy' Bartels .
- URL: http://www.math.TU-Berlin.de/~sbartels/alsa/
+ * Title: "Writing an ALSA Driver"
+ Author: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
+ URL: http://www.alsa-project.org/~iwai/writing-an-alsa-driver/index.html
Keywords: ALSA, sound, soundcard, driver, lowlevel, hardware.
Description: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture for developers,
- both at kernel and user-level sides. Work in progress. ALSA is
- supposed to be Linux's next generation sound architecture.
+ both at kernel and user-level sides. ALSA is the Linux kernel
+ sound architecture in the 2.6 kernel version.
* Title: "Programming Guide for Linux USB Device Drivers"
Author: Detlef Fliegl.
@@ -369,8 +368,8 @@
filesystems, IPC and Networking Code.
* Title: "Linux Kernel Mailing List Glossary"
- Author: John Levon.
- URL: http://www.movement.uklinux.net/glossary.html
+ Author: various
+ URL: http://kernelnewbies.org/glossary/
Keywords: glossary, terms, linux-kernel.
Description: From the introduction: "This glossary is intended as
a brief description of some of the acronyms and terms you may hear
@@ -378,9 +377,8 @@
* Title: "Linux Kernel Locking HOWTO"
Author: Various Talented People, and Rusty.
- URL:
- http://netfilter.kernelnotes.org/unreliable-guides/kernel-locking-
- HOWTO.html
+ Location: in kernel tree, Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking/
+ (must be built as "make {htmldocs | psdocs | pdfdocs})
Keywords: locks, locking, spinlock, semaphore, atomic, race
condition, bottom halves, tasklets, softirqs.
Description: The title says it all: document describing the
@@ -490,7 +488,7 @@
* Title: "Get those boards talking under Linux."
Author: Alex Ivchenko.
- URL: http://www.ednmag.com/ednmag/reg/2000/06222000/13df2.htm
+ URL: http://www.edn.com/article/CA46968.html
Keywords: data-acquisition boards, drivers, modules, interrupts,
memory allocation.
Description: Article written for people wishing to make their data
@@ -498,7 +496,7 @@
overview on writing drivers, from the naming of functions to
interrupt handling.
Notes: Two-parts article. Part II is at
- http://www.ednmag.com/ednmag/reg/2000/07062000/14df.htm
+ URL: http://www.edn.com/article/CA46998.html
* Title: "Linux PCMCIA Programmer's Guide"
Author: David Hinds.
@@ -529,7 +527,7 @@
definitive guide for hackers, virus coders and system
administrators."
Author: pragmatic/THC.
- URL: http://packetstorm.securify.com/groups/thc/LKM_HACKING.html
+ URL: http://packetstormsecurity.org/docs/hack/LKM_HACKING.html
Keywords: syscalls, intercept, hide, abuse, symbol table.
Description: Interesting paper on how to abuse the Linux kernel in
order to intercept and modify syscalls, make
@@ -537,8 +535,7 @@
write kernel modules based virus... and solutions for admins to
avoid all those abuses.
Notes: For 2.0.x kernels. Gives guidances to port it to 2.2.x
- kernels. Also available in txt format at
- http://www.blacknemesis.org/hacking/txt/cllkm.txt
+ kernels.
BOOKS: (Not on-line)
@@ -557,7 +554,17 @@
ISBN: 0-59600-008-1
Notes: Further information in
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/linuxdrive2/
-
+
+ * Title: "Linux Device Drivers, 3nd Edition"
+ Authors: Jonathan Corbet, Alessandro Rubini, and Greg Kroah-Hartman
+ Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates.
+ Date: 2005.
+ Pages: 636.
+ ISBN: 0-596-00590-3
+ Notes: Further information in
+ http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/linuxdrive3/
+ PDF format, URL: http://lwn.net/Kernel/LDD3/
+
* Title: "Linux Kernel Internals"
Author: Michael Beck.
Publisher: Addison-Wesley.
@@ -766,12 +773,15 @@
documents, FAQs...
* Name: "linux-kernel mailing list archives and search engines"
+ URL: http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html
URL: http://www.uwsg.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/index.html
- URL: http://www.kernelnotes.org/lnxlists/linux-kernel/
- URL: http://www.geocrawler.com
+ URL: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel
+ URL: http://groups.google.com/group/mlist.linux.kernel
+ URL: http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/linux/linux-kernel/
+ URL: http://www.lib.uaa.alaska.edu/linux-kernel/
Keywords: linux-kernel, archives, search.
Description: Some of the linux-kernel mailing list archivers. If
you have a better/another one, please let me know.
_________________________________________________________________
- Document last updated on Thu Jun 28 15:09:39 CEST 2001
+ Document last updated on Sat 2005-NOV-19
diff --git a/Documentation/mca.txt b/Documentation/mca.txt
index 6e32c305c65a..60913354cb7d 100644
--- a/Documentation/mca.txt
+++ b/Documentation/mca.txt
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ their names here, but I don't have a list handy. Check the MCA Linux
home page (URL below) for a perpetually out-of-date list.
=====================================================================
-MCA Linux Home Page: http://glycerine.itsmm.uni.edu/mca/
+MCA Linux Home Page: http://www.dgmicro.com/mca/
Christophe Beauregard
chrisb@truespectra.com
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/driver.txt b/Documentation/networking/driver.txt
index 11fd0ef5ff57..a9ad58b49cc5 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/driver.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/driver.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-Documents about softnet driver issues in general can be found
-at:
-
- http://www.firstfloor.org/~andi/softnet/
+Document about softnet driver issues
Transmit path guidelines:
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/iphase.txt b/Documentation/networking/iphase.txt
index 39ccb8595bf1..493203a080a8 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/iphase.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/iphase.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ The features and limitations of this driver are as follows:
- All variants of Interphase ATM PCI (i)Chip adapter cards are supported,
including x575 (OC3, control memory 128K , 512K and packet memory 128K,
512K and 1M), x525 (UTP25) and x531 (DS3 and E3). See
- http://www.iphase.com/products/ClassSheet.cfm?ClassID=ATM
+ http://www.iphase.com/site/iphase-web/?epi_menuItemID=e196f04b4b3b40502f150882e21046a0
for details.
- Only x86 platforms are supported.
- SMP is supported.
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/irda.txt b/Documentation/networking/irda.txt
index 9e5b8e66d6a5..bff26c138be6 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/irda.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/irda.txt
@@ -3,12 +3,8 @@ of the IrDA Utilities. More detailed information about these and associated
programs can be found on http://irda.sourceforge.net/
For more information about how to use the IrDA protocol stack, see the
-Linux Infared HOWTO (http://www.tuxmobil.org/Infrared-HOWTO/Infrared-HOWTO.html)
-by Werner Heuser <wehe@tuxmobil.org>
+Linux Infrared HOWTO by Werner Heuser <wehe@tuxmobil.org>:
+<http://www.tuxmobil.org/Infrared-HOWTO/Infrared-HOWTO.html>
There is an active mailing list for discussing Linux-IrDA matters called
irda-users@lists.sourceforge.net
-
-
-
-
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ray_cs.txt b/Documentation/networking/ray_cs.txt
index b1def00bc4a3..5427f8c7df95 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ray_cs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ray_cs.txt
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ with nondefault parameters, they can be edited in
will find them all.
Information on card services is available at:
- ftp://hyper.stanford.edu/pub/pcmcia/doc
- http://hyper.stanford.edu/HyperNews/get/pcmcia/home.html
+ http://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net/
Card services user programs are still required for PCMCIA devices.
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/vortex.txt b/Documentation/networking/vortex.txt
index 80e1cb19609f..3759acf95b29 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/vortex.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/vortex.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ The driver was written by Donald Becker <becker@scyld.com>
Don is no longer the prime maintainer of this version of the driver.
Please report problems to one or more of:
- Andrew Morton <andrewm@uow.edu.au>
+ Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Netdev mailing list <netdev@vger.kernel.org>
Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
@@ -274,24 +274,24 @@ Details of the device driver implementation are at the top of the source file.
Additional documentation is available at Don Becker's Linux Drivers site:
- http://www.scyld.com/network/vortex.html
+ http://www.scyld.com/vortex.html
Donald Becker's driver development site:
- http://www.scyld.com/network
+ http://www.scyld.com/network.html
Donald's vortex-diag program is useful for inspecting the NIC's state:
- http://www.scyld.com/diag/#pci-diags
+ http://www.scyld.com/ethercard_diag.html
Donald's mii-diag program may be used for inspecting and manipulating
the NIC's Media Independent Interface subsystem:
- http://www.scyld.com/diag/#mii-diag
+ http://www.scyld.com/ethercard_diag.html#mii-diag
Donald's wake-on-LAN page:
- http://www.scyld.com/expert/wake-on-lan.html
+ http://www.scyld.com/wakeonlan.html
3Com's documentation for many NICs, including the ones supported by
this driver is available at
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ this driver is available at
Driver updates and a detailed changelog for the modifications which
were made for the 2.3/2,4 series kernel is available at
- http://www.uow.edu.au/~andrewm/linux/#3c59x-2.3
+ http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/#3c59x-bc
Autonegotiation notes
@@ -434,8 +434,8 @@ steps you should take:
send all logs to the maintainer.
3) Download you card's diagnostic tool from Donald
- Backer's website http://www.scyld.com/diag. Download
- mii-diag.c as well. Build these.
+ Becker's website <http://www.scyld.com/ethercard_diag.html>.
+ Download mii-diag.c as well. Build these.
a) Run 'vortex-diag -aaee' and 'mii-diag -v' when the card is
working correctly. Save the output.
@@ -443,8 +443,8 @@ steps you should take:
b) Run the above commands when the card is malfunctioning. Send
both sets of output.
-Finally, please be patient and be prepared to do some work. You may end up working on
-this problem for a week or more as the maintainer asks more questions, asks for more
-tests, asks for patches to be applied, etc. At the end of it all, the problem may even
-remain unresolved.
-
+Finally, please be patient and be prepared to do some work. You may
+end up working on this problem for a week or more as the maintainer
+asks more questions, asks for more tests, asks for patches to be
+applied, etc. At the end of it all, the problem may even remain
+unresolved.
diff --git a/Documentation/power/pci.txt b/Documentation/power/pci.txt
index 6fc9d511fc39..73fc87e5dc38 100644
--- a/Documentation/power/pci.txt
+++ b/Documentation/power/pci.txt
@@ -335,5 +335,5 @@ this on the whole.
PCI Local Bus Specification
PCI Bus Power Management Interface Specification
- http://pcisig.org
+ http://www.pcisig.com
diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/ibmmca.txt b/Documentation/scsi/ibmmca.txt
index 2ffb3ae0ef4d..d16ce5b540f4 100644
--- a/Documentation/scsi/ibmmca.txt
+++ b/Documentation/scsi/ibmmca.txt
@@ -1108,7 +1108,7 @@
A: You have to activate MCA bus support, first.
Q: Where can I find the latest info about this driver?
A: See the file MAINTAINERS for the current WWW-address, which offers
- updates, info and Q/A lists. At this files' origin, the webaddress
+ updates, info and Q/A lists. At this file's origin, the webaddress
was: http://www.uni-mainz.de/~langm000/linux.html
Q: My SCSI-adapter is not recognized by the driver, what can I do?
A: Just force it to be recognized by kernel parameters. See section 5.1.
@@ -1248,7 +1248,7 @@
--------------------
The address of the IBM SCSI-subsystem supporting WWW-page is:
- http://www.uni-mainz.de/~langm000/linux.html
+ http://www.staff.uni-mainz.de/mlang/linux.html
Here you can find info about the background of this driver, patches,
troubleshooting support, news and a bugreport form. Please check that
diff --git a/Documentation/usb/ibmcam.txt b/Documentation/usb/ibmcam.txt
index ce2f21a3eac4..c25003644131 100644
--- a/Documentation/usb/ibmcam.txt
+++ b/Documentation/usb/ibmcam.txt
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ SUPPORTED CAMERAS:
Xirlink "C-It" camera, also known as "IBM PC Camera".
The device uses proprietary ASIC (and compression method);
it is manufactured by Xirlink. See http://www.xirlink.com/
-http://www.ibmpccamera.com or http://www.c-itnow.com/ for
-details and pictures.
+(renamed to http://www.veo.com), http://www.ibmpccamera.com,
+or http://www.c-itnow.com/ for details and pictures.
This very chipset ("X Chip", as marked at the factory)
is used in several other cameras, and they are supported
diff --git a/Documentation/usb/ov511.txt b/Documentation/usb/ov511.txt
index e1974ec8217e..a7fc0432bff1 100644
--- a/Documentation/usb/ov511.txt
+++ b/Documentation/usb/ov511.txt
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ WHAT YOU NEED:
http://www.ovt.com/omniusbp.html
- A Video4Linux compatible frame grabber program (I recommend vidcat and xawtv)
- vidcat is part of the w3cam package: http://www.hdk-berlin.de/~rasca/w3cam/
- xawtv is available at: http://www.in-berlin.de/User/kraxel/xawtv.html
+ vidcat is part of the w3cam package: http://mpx.freeshell.net/
+ xawtv is available at: http://linux.bytesex.org/xawtv/
HOW TO USE IT:
diff --git a/Documentation/usb/rio.txt b/Documentation/usb/rio.txt
index 0aa79ab0088c..ab21db454694 100644
--- a/Documentation/usb/rio.txt
+++ b/Documentation/usb/rio.txt
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@ Contact information:
--------------------
The main page for the project is hosted at sourceforge.net in the following
- address: http://rio500.sourceforge.net You can also go to the sourceforge
- project page at: http://sourceforge.net/project/?group_id=1944 There is
- also a mailing list: rio500-users@lists.sourceforge.net
+ URL: <http://rio500.sourceforge.net>. You can also go to the project's
+ sourceforge home page at: <http://sourceforge.net/projects/rio500/>.
+ There is also a mailing list: rio500-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Authors:
-------
diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/zr36120.txt b/Documentation/video4linux/zr36120.txt
index 4af6c52595eb..5d6357eefde4 100644
--- a/Documentation/video4linux/zr36120.txt
+++ b/Documentation/video4linux/zr36120.txt
@@ -76,8 +76,11 @@ activates the GRAB bit. A few ms later the VSYNC (re-)rises and
the zoran starts to work on a new and freshly broadcasted frame....
For pointers I used the specs of both chips. Below are the URLs:
- http://www.zoran.com/ftp/download/devices/pci/ZR36120/36120data.pdf
- http://www-us.semiconductor.philips.com/acrobat/datasheets/SAA_7110_A_1.pdf
+ http://www.zoran.com/ftp/download/devices/pci/ZR36120/36120data.pdf
+ http://www-us.semiconductor.philips.com/acrobat/datasheets/SAA_7110_A_1.pdf
+Some alternatives for the Philips SAA 7110 datasheet are:
+ http://www.datasheetcatalog.com/datasheets_pdf/S/A/A/7/SAA7110.shtml
+ http://www.datasheetarchive.com/search.php?search=SAA7110&sType=part
The documentation has very little on absolute numbers or timings
needed for the various modes/resolutions, but there are other
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