Documentation/kernel-docs.txt: Remove offline or outdated entries

This removes all dead links to online docs which
are dead according to Jon and Mauro in
https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20160916182849.2a7101ea () vento ! lan

Additionally some references to very old articles refering to
linux 2.2 and 2.0 are deleted.

[mchehab@s-opensource.com: rebased to apply before rename]

Signed-off-by: Richard Sailer <richard@weltraumpflege.org>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 158 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-docs.txt b/Documentation/kernel-docs.txt
index 955f5b775e69..7f02d3b17ab4 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-docs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-docs.txt
@@ -229,25 +229,6 @@ ON-LINE DOCS
          the current interface (version 1.0) as well as improvements we
          envisage".
 
-     * Title: **Programming PCI-Devices under Linux**
-
-       :Author: Claus Schroeter.
-       :URL: ftp://ftp.llp.fu-berlin.de/pub/linux/LINUX-LAB/whitepapers/pcip.ps.gz
-       :Keywords: PCI, device, busmastering.
-       :Description: 6 pages tutorial on PCI programming under Linux.
-         Gives the basic concepts on the architecture of the PCI subsystem,
-         as long as basic functions and macros to read/write the devices
-         and perform busmastering.
-
-     * Title: **Writing Character Device Driver for Linux**
-
-       :Author: R. Baruch and C. Schroeter.
-       :URL: ftp://ftp.llp.fu-berlin.de/pub/linux/LINUX-LAB/whitepapers/drivers.ps.gz
-       :Keywords: character device drivers, I/O, signals, DMA, accessing
-         ports in user space, kernel environment.
-       :Description: 68 pages paper on writing character drivers. A little
-         bit old (1.993, 1.994) although still useful.
-
      * Title: **Design and Implementation of the Second Extended Filesystem**
 
        :Author: Rémy Card, Theodore Ts'o, Stephen Tweedie.
@@ -270,31 +251,6 @@ ON-LINE DOCS
        :Description: Description of ext2's blocks, directories, inodes,
          bitmaps, invariants...
 
-     * Title: **Journaling the Linux ext2fs Filesystem**
-
-       :Author: Stephen C. Tweedie.
-       :URL: ftp://ftp.uk.linux.org/pub/linux/sct/fs/jfs/journal-design.ps.gz
-       :Keywords: ext3, journaling.
-       :Description: Excellent 8-pages paper explaining the journaling
-         capabilities added to ext2 by the author, showing different
-         problems faced and the alternatives chosen.
-
-     * Title: **Kernel API changes from 2.0 to 2.2**
-
-       :Author: Richard Gooch.
-       :URL: http://www.safe-mbox.com/~rgooch/linux/docs/porting-to-2.2.html
-       :Keywords: 2.2, changes.
-       :Description: Kernel functions/structures/variables which changed
-         from 2.0.x to 2.2.x.
-
-     * Title: **Kernel API changes from 2.2 to 2.4**
-
-       :Author: Richard Gooch.
-       :URL: http://www.safe-mbox.com/~rgooch/linux/docs/porting-to-2.4.html
-       :Keywords: 2.4, changes.
-       :Description: Kernel functions/structures/variables which changed
-         from 2.2.x to 2.4.x.
-
      * Title: **Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide**
 
        :Author: Ori Pomerantz.
@@ -344,25 +300,6 @@ ON-LINE DOCS
          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.
-       :URL: http://usb.in.tum.de/usbdoc/
-       :Keywords: USB, universal serial bus.
-       :Description: A must-read. From the Preface: "This document should
-         give detailed information about the current state of the USB
-         subsystem and its API for USB device drivers. The first section
-         will deal with the basics of USB devices. You will learn about
-         different types of devices and their properties. Going into detail
-         you will see how USB devices communicate on the bus. The second
-         section gives an overview of the Linux USB subsystem [2] and the
-         device driver framework. Then the API and its data structures will
-         be explained step by step. The last section of this document
-         contains a reference of all API calls and their return codes".
-       :Notes: Beware: the main page states: "This document may not be
-         published, printed or used in excerpts without explicit permission
-         of the author". Fortunately, it may still be read...
-
      * Title: **Linux Kernel Mailing List Glossary**
 
        :Author: various
@@ -398,21 +335,6 @@ ON-LINE DOCS
          access them, how each lock is acquired, under what conditions it
          is held, whether interrupts can occur or not while it is held...
 
-     * Title: **Porting Linux 2.0 Drivers To Linux 2.2: Changes and New Features**
-
-       :Author: Alan Cox.
-       :URL: http://www.linux-mag.com/1999-05/gear_01.html
-       :Keywords: ports, porting.
-       :Description: Article from Linux Magazine on porting from 2.0 to
-         2.2 kernels.
-
-     * Title: **Porting Device Drivers To Linux 2.2: part II**
-
-       :Author: Alan Cox.
-       :URL: http://www.linux-mag.com/id/238
-       :Keywords: ports, porting.
-       :Description: Second part on porting from 2.0 to 2.2 kernels.
-
      * Title: **How To Make Sure Your Driver Will Work On The Power Macintosh**
 
        :Author: Paul Mackerras.
@@ -471,22 +393,6 @@ ON-LINE DOCS
          camera driver, control, query capabilities, capability, facility.
        :Description: The title says it all.
 
-     * Title: **PCI Management in Linux 2.2**
-
-       :Author: Alan Cox.
-       :URL: http://www.linux-mag.com/id/452
-       :Keywords: PCI, bus, bus-mastering.
-       :Description: The title says it all.
-
-     * Title: **Linux 2.4 Kernel Internals**
-
-       :Author: Tigran Aivazian and Christoph Hellwig.
-       :URL: http://www.moses.uklinux.net/patches/lki.html
-       :Keywords: Linux, kernel, booting, SMB boot, VFS, page cache.
-       :Description: A little book used for a short training course.
-         Covers building the kernel image, booting (including SMP bootup),
-         process management, VFS and more.
-
      * Title: **Linux IP Networking. A Guide to the Implementation and Modification of the Linux Protocol Stack.**
 
        :Author: Glenn Herrin.
@@ -503,19 +409,6 @@ ON-LINE DOCS
          code is from 2.2.14 version. Provides code for a working packet
          dropper example.
 
-     * Title: **Get those boards talking under Linux.**
-
-       :Author: Alex Ivchenko.
-       :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
-         acquisition boards work on their GNU/Linux machines. Gives a basic
-         overview on writing drivers, from the naming of functions to
-         interrupt handling.
-       :Notes: Two-parts article. Part II is at
-       :URL: http://www.edn.com/article/CA46998.html
-
      * Title: **Linux PCMCIA Programmer's Guide**
 
        :Author: David Hinds.
@@ -526,14 +419,6 @@ ON-LINE DOCS
          describes how to write user-mode utilities for communicating with
          Card Services.
 
-     * Title: **The Linux Kernel NFSD Implementation**
-
-       :Author: Neil Brown.
-       :URL: http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~neilb/oss/linux-commentary/nfsd.html
-       :Keywords: knfsd, nfsd, NFS, RPC, lockd, mountd, statd.
-       :Description: The title says it all.
-       :Notes: Covers knfsd's version 1.4.7 (patch against 2.2.7 kernel).
-
      * Title: **A Linux vm README**
 
        :Author: Kanoj Sarcar.
@@ -702,33 +587,6 @@ MISCELLANEOUS
          summarizing developers' work, bug fixes, new features and versions
          produced during the week. Published every Thursday.
 
-     * Name: **Kernel Traffic**
-
-       :URL: http://kt.earth.li/kernel-traffic/index.html
-       :Keywords: linux-kernel mailing list, weekly kernel news.
-       :Description: Weekly newsletter covering the most relevant
-         discussions of the linux-kernel mailing list.
-
-     * Name: **CuTTiNG.eDGe.LiNuX**
-
-       :URL: http://edge.kernelnotes.org
-       :Keywords: changelist.
-       :Description: Site which provides the changelist for every kernel
-         release. What's new, what's better, what's changed. Myrdraal reads
-         the patches and describes them. Pointers to the patches are there,
-         too.
-
-     * Name: **New linux-kernel Mailing List FAQ**
-
-       :URL: http://www.tux.org/lkml/
-       :Keywords: linux-kernel mailing list FAQ.
-       :Description: linux-kernel is a mailing list for developers to
-         communicate. This FAQ builds on the previous linux-kernel mailing
-         list FAQ maintained by Frohwalt Egerer, who no longer maintains
-         it. Read it to see how to join the mailing list. Dozens of
-         interesting questions regarding the list, Linux, developers (who
-         is ...?), terms (what is...?) are answered here too. Just read it.
-
      * Name: **Linux Virtual File System**
 
        :Author: Peter J. Braam.
@@ -738,18 +596,6 @@ MISCELLANEOUS
          Linux VFS layer. Covers version 2.1.x, with dentries and the
          dcache.
 
-     * Name: **Gary's Encyclopedia - The Linux Kernel**
-
-       :Author: Gary (I suppose...).
-       :URL: http://slencyclopedia.berlios.de/index.html
-       :Keywords: linux, community, everything!
-       :Description: Gary's Encyclopedia exists to allow the rapid finding
-         of documentation and other information of interest to GNU/Linux
-         users. It has about 4000 links to external pages in 150 major
-         categories. This link is for kernel-specific links, documents,
-         sites...  This list is now hosted by developer.Berlios.de,
-         but seems not to have been updated since sometime in 1999.
-
      * Name: **The home page of Linux-MM**
 
        :Author: The Linux-MM team.
@@ -778,14 +624,11 @@ MISCELLANEOUS
 
        :URL: http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html
        :URL: http://www.uwsg.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/index.html
-       :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.
 
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-Document last updated on Sat 2005-NOV-19
+Document last updated on Mon 2016-Sep-19