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 maintainer-pgp-guide 28 email-clients 29 kernel-enforcement-statement 30 kernel-driver-statement 31 32Other guides to the community that are of interest to most developers are: 33 34.. toctree:: 35 :maxdepth: 1 36 37 changes 38 submitting-drivers 39 stable-api-nonsense 40 management-style 41 stable-kernel-rules 42 submit-checklist 43 kernel-docs 44 45These are some overall technical guides that have been put here for now for 46lack of a better place. 47 48.. toctree:: 49 :maxdepth: 1 50 51 applying-patches 52 adding-syscalls 53 magic-number 54 volatile-considered-harmful 55 56.. only:: subproject and html 57 58 Indices 59 ======= 60 61 * :ref:`genindex` 62