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| Working with the kernel development community |
| ============================================= |
| |
| So you want to be a Linux kernel developer? Welcome! While there is a lot |
| to be learned about the kernel in a technical sense, it is also important |
| to learn about how our community works. Reading these documents will make |
| it much easier for you to get your changes merged with a minimum of |
| trouble. |
| |
| Below are the essential guides that every developer should read. |
| |
| .. toctree:: |
| :maxdepth: 1 |
| |
| license-rules |
| howto |
| code-of-conduct |
| code-of-conduct-interpretation |
| development-process |
| submitting-patches |
| programming-language |
| coding-style |
| maintainer-pgp-guide |
| email-clients |
| kernel-enforcement-statement |
| kernel-driver-statement |
| |
| Other guides to the community that are of interest to most developers are: |
| |
| .. toctree:: |
| :maxdepth: 1 |
| |
| changes |
| submitting-drivers |
| stable-api-nonsense |
| management-style |
| stable-kernel-rules |
| submit-checklist |
| kernel-docs |
| deprecated |
| embargoed-hardware-issues |
| |
| These are some overall technical guides that have been put here for now for |
| lack of a better place. |
| |
| .. toctree:: |
| :maxdepth: 1 |
| |
| applying-patches |
| adding-syscalls |
| magic-number |
| volatile-considered-harmful |
| clang-format |
| |
| .. only:: subproject and html |
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| Indices |
| ======= |
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| * :ref:`genindex` |
