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7Working with the kernel development community
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10So you want to be a Linux kernel developer?  Welcome!  While there is a lot
11to be learned about the kernel in a technical sense, it is also important
12to learn about how our community works.  Reading these documents will make
13it much easier for you to get your changes merged with a minimum of
14trouble.
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16Below are the essential guides that every developer should read.
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18.. toctree::
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21   howto
22   code-of-conflict
23   development-process
24   submitting-patches
25   coding-style
26   email-clients
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28Other guides to the community that are of interest to most developers are:
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30.. toctree::
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33   changes
34   submitting-drivers
35   stable-api-nonsense
36   management-style
37   stable-kernel-rules
38   submit-checklist
39   kernel-docs
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41These are some overall technical guides that have been put here for now for
42lack of a better place.
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44.. toctree::
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47   applying-patches
48   adding-syscalls
49   magic-number
50   volatile-considered-harmful
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54   Indices
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57   * :ref:`genindex`
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