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The Linux Kernel documentation
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you want to help out.
Working with the development community
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The essential guides for interacting with the kernel's development
community and getting your work upstream.
Internal API manuals
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Manuals for use by developers working to interface with the rest of the
kernel.
Locking in the kernel <locking/index>
Development tools and processes
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Various other manuals with useful information for all kernel developers.
User-oriented documentation
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The following manuals are written for *users* of the kernel — those who are
trying to get it to work optimally on a given system and application
which are kept separately from the kernel's own documentation.
Firmware-related documentation
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The following holds information on the kernel's expectations regarding the
platform firmwares.
Architecture-specific documentation
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Other documentation
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There are several unsorted documents that don't seem to fit on other parts
of the documentation body, or may require some adjustments and/or conversion
Translations
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