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8Working with the kernel development community
9=============================================
10
11So you want to be a Linux kernel developer?  Welcome!  While there is a lot
12to be learned about the kernel in a technical sense, it is also important
13to learn about how our community works.  Reading these documents will make
14it much easier for you to get your changes merged with a minimum of
15trouble.
16
17Below 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   coding-style
29   maintainer-pgp-guide
30   email-clients
31   kernel-enforcement-statement
32   kernel-driver-statement
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34Other guides to the community that are of interest to most developers are:
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36.. toctree::
37   :maxdepth: 1
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39   changes
40   submitting-drivers
41   stable-api-nonsense
42   management-style
43   stable-kernel-rules
44   submit-checklist
45   kernel-docs
46   deprecated
47
48These are some overall technical guides that have been put here for now for
49lack of a better place.
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51.. toctree::
52   :maxdepth: 1
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54   applying-patches
55   adding-syscalls
56   magic-number
57   volatile-considered-harmful
58   clang-format
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60.. only::  subproject and html
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62   Indices
63   =======
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65   * :ref:`genindex`
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