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9 The Linux Kernel documentation
10 ==============================
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
19 Licensing documentation
20 -----------------------
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.
26 * :ref:`kernel_licensing`
28 User-oriented documentation
29 ---------------------------
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.
40 Firmware-related documentation
41 ------------------------------
42 The following holds information on the kernel's expectations regarding the
50 Application-developer documentation
51 -----------------------------------
53 The user-space API manual gathers together documents describing aspects of
54 the kernel interface as seen by application developers.
63 Introduction to kernel development
64 ----------------------------------
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
85 Kernel API documentation
86 ------------------------
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
138 Architecture-specific documentation
139 -----------------------------------
141 These books provide programming details about architecture-specific
163 Filesystem Documentation
164 ------------------------
166 The documentation in this section are provided by specific filesystem
172 filesystems/ext4/index