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The Linux Kernel documentation
==============================
This is the top level of the kernel's documentation tree. Kernel
documentation, like the kernel itself, is very much a work in progress;
that is especially true as we work to integrate our many scattered
documents into a coherent whole. Please note that improvements to the
documentation are welcome; join the linux-doc list at vger.kernel.org if
you want to help out.
User-oriented documentation
---------------------------
The following manuals are written for *users* of the kernel — those who are
trying to get it to work optimally on a given system.
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 2
admin-guide/index
Application-developer documentation
-----------------------------------
The user-space API manual gathers together documents describing aspects of
the kernel interface as seen by application developers.
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 2
userspace-api/index
Introduction to kernel development
----------------------------------
These manuals contain overall information about how to develop the kernel.
The kernel community is quite large, with thousands of developers
contributing over the course of a year. As with any large community,
knowing how things are done will make the process of getting your changes
merged much easier.
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 2
process/index
dev-tools/index
doc-guide/index
kernel-hacking/index
Kernel API documentation
------------------------
These books get into the details of how specific kernel subsystems work
from the point of view of a kernel developer. Much of the information here
is taken directly from the kernel source, with supplemental material added
as needed (or at least as we managed to add it — probably *not* all that is
needed).
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 2
driver-api/index
core-api/index
media/index
networking/index
input/index
gpu/index
security/index
sound/index
crypto/index
filesystems/index
Architecture-specific documentation
-----------------------------------
These books provide programming details about architecture-specific
implementation.
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 2
sh/index
Korean translations
-------------------
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 1
translations/ko_KR/index
Chinese translations
--------------------
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 1
translations/zh_CN/index
Japanese translations
---------------------
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 1
translations/ja_JP/index
Indices and tables
==================
* :ref:`genindex`
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