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::
  20    :maxdepth: 1
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  22    license-rules
  23    howto
  24    code-of-conduct
  25    code-of-conduct-interpretation
  26    development-process
  27    submitting-patches
  28    programming-language
  29    coding-style
  30    maintainer-pgp-guide
  31    email-clients
  32    kernel-enforcement-statement
  33    kernel-driver-statement
  34
  35 Other guides to the community that are of interest to most developers are:
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  37 .. toctree::
  38    :maxdepth: 1
  39
  40    changes
  41    submitting-drivers
  42    stable-api-nonsense
  43    management-style
  44    stable-kernel-rules
  45    submit-checklist
  46    kernel-docs
  47    deprecated
  48    embargoed-hardware-issues
  49    maintainers
  50
  51 These are some overall technical guides that have been put here for now for
  52 lack of a better place.
  53
  54 .. toctree::
  55    :maxdepth: 1
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  57    applying-patches
  58    adding-syscalls
  59    magic-number
  60    volatile-considered-harmful
  61    botching-up-ioctls
  62    clang-format
  63    ../riscv/patch-acceptance
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  65 .. only::  subproject and html
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  67    Indices
  68    =======
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  70    * :ref:`genindex`