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1 | .. raw:: latex |
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| 3 | \renewcommand\thesection* | |
| 4 | \renewcommand\thesubsection* | |
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| eadf71cd | 6 | .. _process_index: |
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| 9d0f5cd1 | 8 | ============================================= |
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9 | Working with the kernel development community |
| 10 | ============================================= | |
| f0ddda3e | 11 | |
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12 | So you want to be a Linux kernel developer? Welcome! While there is a lot |
| 13 | to be learned about the kernel in a technical sense, it is also important | |
| 14 | to learn about how our community works. Reading these documents will make | |
| 15 | it much easier for you to get your changes merged with a minimum of | |
| 16 | trouble. | |
| 17 | ||
| 18 | Below are the essential guides that every developer should read. | |
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19 | |
| 20 | .. toctree:: | |
| be461244 | 21 | :maxdepth: 1 |
| f0ddda3e | 22 | |
| 9799445a | 23 | license-rules |
| 186128f7 | 24 | howto |
| 8a104f8b | 25 | code-of-conduct |
| 79dbeed3 | 26 | code-of-conduct-interpretation |
| 9b4ebd98 | 27 | development-process |
| 186128f7 | 28 | submitting-patches |
| 1ecf393f | 29 | handling-regressions |
| 303d22c5 | 30 | programming-language |
| 9b4ebd98 | 31 | coding-style |
| 604370e1 | 32 | maintainer-handbooks |
| b72dde38 | 33 | maintainer-pgp-guide |
| 9b4ebd98 | 34 | email-clients |
| 9ed95129 | 35 | kernel-enforcement-statement |
| 13277782 | 36 | kernel-driver-statement |
| 9b4ebd98 | 37 | |
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38 | For security issues, see: |
| 39 | ||
| 40 | .. toctree:: | |
| 41 | :maxdepth: 1 | |
| 42 | ||
| 43 | security-bugs | |
| 44 | embargoed-hardware-issues | |
| 45 | ||
| b6667585 | 46 | Other guides to the community that are of interest to most developers are: |
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47 | |
| 48 | .. toctree:: | |
| be461244 | 49 | :maxdepth: 1 |
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50 | |
| 51 | changes | |
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52 | stable-api-nonsense |
| 53 | management-style | |
| 54 | stable-kernel-rules | |
| 9b4ebd98 | 55 | submit-checklist |
| 186128f7 | 56 | kernel-docs |
| 84253c8b | 57 | deprecated |
| aa204855 | 58 | maintainers |
| f09f6f9b | 59 | researcher-guidelines |
| 10a29eb6 | 60 | contribution-maturity-model |
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61 | |
| 62 | These are some overall technical guides that have been put here for now for | |
| 63 | lack of a better place. | |
| 64 | ||
| 65 | .. toctree:: | |
| be461244 | 66 | :maxdepth: 1 |
| 9b4ebd98 | 67 | |
| 186128f7 | 68 | applying-patches |
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69 | adding-syscalls |
| 70 | magic-number | |
| 71 | volatile-considered-harmful | |
| 5ecd0a06 | 72 | botching-up-ioctls |
| 2d93404f | 73 | clang-format |
| 0e194d9d | 74 | ../riscv/patch-acceptance |
| b6667585 | 75 | ../core-api/unaligned-memory-access |
| 186128f7 | 76 | |
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77 | .. only:: subproject and html |
| 78 | ||
| 79 | Indices | |
| 80 | ======= | |
| 81 | ||
| 82 | * :ref:`genindex` |