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-========================================
-The Linux driver implementer's API guide
-========================================
+.. 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.
-.. class:: toc-title
- Table of contents
+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: 2
+ :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
- device_link
- message-based
- sound
+ 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
- regulator
+ aperture
+ generic-counter
+ generic_pt
+ gpio/index
+ hsi
+ hte/index
+ hw-recoverable-errors
+ i2c
iio/index
+ infiniband
input
- usb/index
- pci
- spi
- i2c
- hsi
- edac
- scsi
+ interconnect
+ ipmb
+ ipmi
libata
- mtdnand
+ mailbox
+ md/index
+ media/index
+ mei/index
+ memory-devices/index
+ message-based
+ misc_devices
miscellaneous
- w1
- rapidio
+ 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
- vme
- 80211/index
- uio-howto
- firmware/index
- pinctl
- misc_devices
+ scsi
+ serial/index
+ sm501
+ soundwire/index
+ spi
+ surface_aggregator/index
+ switchtec
+ sync_file
+ target
+ tee
+ thermal/index
+ tty/index
+ wbrf
+ wmi
+ xilinx/index
+ zorro
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