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   9 The Linux Kernel documentation
  10 ==============================
  11
  12 This is the top level of the kernel's documentation tree.  Kernel
  13 documentation, like the kernel itself, is very much a work in progress;
  14 that is especially true as we work to integrate our many scattered
  15 documents into a coherent whole.  Please note that improvements to the
  16 documentation are welcome; join the linux-doc list at vger.kernel.org if
  17 you want to help out.
  18
  19 Licensing documentation
  20 -----------------------
  21
  22 The following describes the license of the Linux kernel source code
  23 (GPLv2), how to properly mark the license of individual files in the source
  24 tree, as well as links to the full license text.
  25
  26 * :ref:`kernel_licensing`
  27
  28 User-oriented documentation
  29 ---------------------------
  30
  31 The following manuals are written for *users* of the kernel — those who are
  32 trying to get it to work optimally on a given system.
  33
  34 .. toctree::
  35    :maxdepth: 2
  36
  37    admin-guide/index
  38    kbuild/index
  39
  40 Firmware-related documentation
  41 ------------------------------
  42 The following holds information on the kernel's expectations regarding the
  43 platform firmwares.
  44
  45 .. toctree::
  46    :maxdepth: 2
  47
  48    firmware-guide/index
  49
  50 Application-developer documentation
  51 -----------------------------------
  52
  53 The user-space API manual gathers together documents describing aspects of
  54 the kernel interface as seen by application developers.
  55
  56 .. toctree::
  57    :maxdepth: 2
  58
  59    userspace-api/index
  60    ioctl/index
  61
  62
  63 Introduction to kernel development
  64 ----------------------------------
  65
  66 These manuals contain overall information about how to develop the kernel.
  67 The kernel community is quite large, with thousands of developers
  68 contributing over the course of a year.  As with any large community,
  69 knowing how things are done will make the process of getting your changes
  70 merged much easier.
  71
  72 .. toctree::
  73    :maxdepth: 2
  74
  75    process/index
  76    dev-tools/index
  77    doc-guide/index
  78    kernel-hacking/index
  79    trace/index
  80    maintainer/index
  81    fault-injection/index
  82    livepatch/index
  83
  84
  85 Kernel API documentation
  86 ------------------------
  87
  88 These books get into the details of how specific kernel subsystems work
  89 from the point of view of a kernel developer.  Much of the information here
  90 is taken directly from the kernel source, with supplemental material added
  91 as needed (or at least as we managed to add it — probably *not* all that is
  92 needed).
  93
  94 .. toctree::
  95    :maxdepth: 2
  96
  97    driver-api/index
  98    core-api/index
  99    locking/index
 100    accounting/index
 101    block/index
 102    cdrom/index
 103    ide/index
 104    fb/index
 105    fpga/index
 106    hid/index
 107    iio/index
 108    infiniband/index
 109    leds/index
 110    media/index
 111    netlabel/index
 112    networking/index
 113    pcmcia/index
 114    target/index
 115    timers/index
 116    watchdog/index
 117    input/index
 118    hwmon/index
 119    gpu/index
 120    security/index
 121    sound/index
 122    crypto/index
 123    filesystems/index
 124    vm/index
 125    bpf/index
 126    usb/index
 127    PCI/index
 128    misc-devices/index
 129    mic/index
 130    scheduler/index
 131
 132 Architecture-specific documentation
 133 -----------------------------------
 134
 135 These books provide programming details about architecture-specific
 136 implementation.
 137
 138 .. toctree::
 139    :maxdepth: 2
 140
 141    sh/index
 142    arm/index
 143    arm64/index
 144    ia64/index
 145    m68k/index
 146    powerpc/index
 147    riscv/index
 148    s390/index
 149    sh/index
 150    sparc/index
 151    x86/index
 152    xtensa/index
 153
 154 Filesystem Documentation
 155 ------------------------
 156
 157 The documentation in this section are provided by specific filesystem
 158 subprojects.
 159
 160 .. toctree::
 161    :maxdepth: 2
 162
 163    filesystems/ext4/index
 164
 165 Translations
 166 ------------
 167
 168 .. toctree::
 169    :maxdepth: 2
 170
 171    translations/index
 172
 173 Indices and tables
 174 ==================
 175
 176 * :ref:`genindex`