Documentation/process/index.rst

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=============================================
Working with the kernel development community
=============================================

So you want to be a Linux kernel developer?  Welcome!  While there is a lot
to be learned about the kernel in a technical sense, it is also important
to learn about how our community works.  Reading these documents will make
it much easier for you to get your changes merged with a minimum of
trouble.

An introduction to how kernel development works
-----------------------------------------------

Read these documents first: an understanding of the material here will ease
your entry into the kernel community.

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 1

   howto
   development-process
   submitting-patches
   submit-checklist

Tools and technical guides for kernel developers
------------------------------------------------

This is a collection of material that kernel developers should be familiar
with.

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 1

   changes
   programming-language
   coding-style
   maintainer-pgp-guide
   email-clients
   applying-patches
   backporting
   adding-syscalls
   volatile-considered-harmful
   botching-up-ioctls

Policy guides and developer statements
--------------------------------------

These are the rules that we try to live by in the kernel community (and
beyond).

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 1

   license-rules
   code-of-conduct
   code-of-conduct-interpretation
   contribution-maturity-model
   kernel-enforcement-statement
   kernel-driver-statement
   stable-api-nonsense
   stable-kernel-rules
   management-style
   researcher-guidelines

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