1.. raw:: latex 2 3 \renewcommand\thesection* 4 \renewcommand\thesubsection* 5 6.. _process_index: 7 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. 18 19.. toctree:: 20 :maxdepth: 1 21 22 howto 23 code-of-conflict 24 development-process 25 submitting-patches 26 coding-style 27 email-clients 28 29Other guides to the community that are of interest to most developers are: 30 31.. toctree:: 32 :maxdepth: 1 33 34 changes 35 submitting-drivers 36 stable-api-nonsense 37 management-style 38 stable-kernel-rules 39 submit-checklist 40 kernel-docs 41 42These are some overall technical guides that have been put here for now for 43lack of a better place. 44 45.. toctree:: 46 :maxdepth: 1 47 48 applying-patches 49 adding-syscalls 50 magic-number 51 volatile-considered-harmful 52 53.. only:: subproject and html 54 55 Indices 56 ======= 57 58 * :ref:`genindex` 59