1186128f7SMauro Carvalho Chehab.. raw:: latex
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6eadf71cdSDaniel Vetter.. _process_index:
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89d0f5cd1SJonathan Corbet=============================================
99b4ebd98SJonathan CorbetWorking with the kernel development community
109b4ebd98SJonathan Corbet=============================================
110e4f07a6SMauro Carvalho Chehab
129b4ebd98SJonathan CorbetSo you want to be a Linux kernel developer?  Welcome!  While there is a lot
139b4ebd98SJonathan Corbetto be learned about the kernel in a technical sense, it is also important
149b4ebd98SJonathan Corbetto learn about how our community works.  Reading these documents will make
159b4ebd98SJonathan Corbetit much easier for you to get your changes merged with a minimum of
169b4ebd98SJonathan Corbettrouble.
179b4ebd98SJonathan Corbet
189b4ebd98SJonathan CorbetBelow are the essential guides that every developer should read.
190e4f07a6SMauro Carvalho Chehab
200e4f07a6SMauro Carvalho Chehab.. toctree::
21be461244SJonathan Corbet   :maxdepth: 1
220e4f07a6SMauro Carvalho Chehab
239799445aSMarkus Heiser   license-rules
24186128f7SMauro Carvalho Chehab   howto
258a104f8bSGreg Kroah-Hartman   code-of-conduct
2679dbeed3SGreg Kroah-Hartman   code-of-conduct-interpretation
279b4ebd98SJonathan Corbet   development-process
28186128f7SMauro Carvalho Chehab   submitting-patches
291ecf393fSThorsten Leemhuis   handling-regressions
30303d22c5SMiguel Ojeda   programming-language
319b4ebd98SJonathan Corbet   coding-style
32604370e1SThomas Gleixner   maintainer-handbooks
33b72dde38SKonstantin Ryabitsev   maintainer-pgp-guide
349b4ebd98SJonathan Corbet   email-clients
359ed95129SGreg Kroah-Hartman   kernel-enforcement-statement
3613277782SGreg Kroah-Hartman   kernel-driver-statement
379b4ebd98SJonathan Corbet
389b4ebd98SJonathan CorbetFor security issues, see:
399b4ebd98SJonathan Corbet
409b4ebd98SJonathan Corbet.. toctree::
41be461244SJonathan Corbet   :maxdepth: 1
429b4ebd98SJonathan Corbet
439b4ebd98SJonathan Corbet   security-bugs
44186128f7SMauro Carvalho Chehab   embargoed-hardware-issues
45186128f7SMauro Carvalho Chehab
46186128f7SMauro Carvalho ChehabOther guides to the community that are of interest to most developers are:
47186128f7SMauro Carvalho Chehab
489b4ebd98SJonathan Corbet.. toctree::
4984253c8bSKees Cook   :maxdepth: 1
50ddaedbbeSThomas Gleixner
51aa204855SKees Cook   changes
52f09f6f9bSKees Cook   stable-api-nonsense
53*10a29eb6STheodore Ts'o   management-style
549b4ebd98SJonathan Corbet   stable-kernel-rules
559b4ebd98SJonathan Corbet   submit-checklist
569b4ebd98SJonathan Corbet   kernel-docs
579b4ebd98SJonathan Corbet   deprecated
589b4ebd98SJonathan Corbet   maintainers
59be461244SJonathan Corbet   researcher-guidelines
609b4ebd98SJonathan Corbet   contribution-maturity-model
619b4ebd98SJonathan Corbet
62186128f7SMauro Carvalho ChehabThese are some overall technical guides that have been put here for now for
63186128f7SMauro Carvalho Chehablack of a better place.
64186128f7SMauro Carvalho Chehab
655ecd0a06SJonathan Corbet.. toctree::
662d93404fSMauro Carvalho Chehab   :maxdepth: 1
670e194d9dSPaul Walmsley
68b6667585SDaniel W. S. Almeida   applying-patches
69186128f7SMauro Carvalho Chehab   adding-syscalls
706f2ec3a9SMarkus Heiser   magic-number
716f2ec3a9SMarkus Heiser   volatile-considered-harmful
726f2ec3a9SMarkus Heiser   botching-up-ioctls
736f2ec3a9SMarkus Heiser   clang-format
746f2ec3a9SMarkus Heiser   ../riscv/patch-acceptance
756f2ec3a9SMarkus Heiser   ../core-api/unaligned-memory-access
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79   Indices
80   =======
81
82   * :ref:`genindex`
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