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Working with the kernel development community
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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.

Below are the essential guides that every developer should read.

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   :maxdepth: 2

   howto
   code-of-conflict
   development-process
   submitting-patches
   coding-style
   email-clients

Other guides to the community that are of interest to most developers are: 

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2

   changes
   submitting-drivers
   stable-api-nonsense
   management-style
   stable-kernel-rules
   submit-checklist
   kernel-docs

These are some overall technical guides that have been put here for now for
lack of a better place.

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2

   applying-patches
   adding-syscalls
   magic-number
   volatile-considered-harmful