Documentation/process/index.rst

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   8 Working with the kernel development community
   9 =============================================
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  11 So you want to be a Linux kernel developer?  Welcome!  While there is a lot
  12 to be learned about the kernel in a technical sense, it is also important
  13 to learn about how our community works.  Reading these documents will make
  14 it much easier for you to get your changes merged with a minimum of
  15 trouble.
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  17 Below are the essential guides that every developer should read.
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  19 .. toctree::
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  22    howto
  23    code-of-conflict
  24    development-process
  25    submitting-patches
  26    coding-style
  27    email-clients
  28    kernel-enforcement-statement
  29    kernel-driver-statement
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  31 Other guides to the community that are of interest to most developers are:
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  33 .. toctree::
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  36    changes
  37    submitting-drivers
  38    stable-api-nonsense
  39    management-style
  40    stable-kernel-rules
  41    submit-checklist
  42    kernel-docs
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  44 These are some overall technical guides that have been put here for now for
  45 lack of a better place.
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  47 .. toctree::
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  50    applying-patches
  51    adding-syscalls
  52    magic-number
  53    volatile-considered-harmful
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  57    Indices
  58    =======
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  60    * :ref:`genindex`