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