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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
  39 Firmware-related documentation
  40 ------------------------------
  41 The following holds information on the kernel's expectations regarding the
  42 platform firmwares.
  43
  44 .. toctree::
  45    :maxdepth: 2
  46
  47    firmware-guide/index
  48
  49 Application-developer documentation
  50 -----------------------------------
  51
  52 The user-space API manual gathers together documents describing aspects of
  53 the kernel interface as seen by application developers.
  54
  55 .. toctree::
  56    :maxdepth: 2
  57
  58    userspace-api/index
  59    ioctl/index
  60
  61
  62 Introduction to kernel development
  63 ----------------------------------
  64
  65 These manuals contain overall information about how to develop the kernel.
  66 The kernel community is quite large, with thousands of developers
  67 contributing over the course of a year.  As with any large community,
  68 knowing how things are done will make the process of getting your changes
  69 merged much easier.
  70
  71 .. toctree::
  72    :maxdepth: 2
  73
  74    process/index
  75    dev-tools/index
  76    doc-guide/index
  77    kernel-hacking/index
  78    trace/index
  79    maintainer/index
  80
  81 Kernel API documentation
  82 ------------------------
  83
  84 These books get into the details of how specific kernel subsystems work
  85 from the point of view of a kernel developer.  Much of the information here
  86 is taken directly from the kernel source, with supplemental material added
  87 as needed (or at least as we managed to add it — probably *not* all that is
  88 needed).
  89
  90 .. toctree::
  91    :maxdepth: 2
  92
  93    driver-api/index
  94    core-api/index
  95    leds/index
  96    media/index
  97    networking/index
  98    input/index
  99    hwmon/index
 100    gpu/index
 101    security/index
 102    sound/index
 103    crypto/index
 104    filesystems/index
 105    vm/index
 106    bpf/index
 107    usb/index
 108    misc-devices/index
 109
 110 Architecture-specific documentation
 111 -----------------------------------
 112
 113 These books provide programming details about architecture-specific
 114 implementation.
 115
 116 .. toctree::
 117    :maxdepth: 2
 118
 119    sh/index
 120    arm/index
 121    arm64/index
 122    ia64/index
 123    m68k/index
 124    riscv/index
 125    s390/index
 126    sh/index
 127    sparc/index
 128    x86/index
 129    xtensa/index
 130
 131 Filesystem Documentation
 132 ------------------------
 133
 134 The documentation in this section are provided by specific filesystem
 135 subprojects.
 136
 137 .. toctree::
 138    :maxdepth: 2
 139
 140    filesystems/ext4/index
 141
 142 Translations
 143 ------------
 144
 145 .. toctree::
 146    :maxdepth: 2
 147
 148    translations/index
 149
 150 Indices and tables
 151 ==================
 152
 153 * :ref:`genindex`