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 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 35 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 49 50 applying-patches 51 adding-syscalls 52 magic-number 53 volatile-considered-harmful 54 55.. only:: subproject and html 56 57 Indices 58 ======= 59 60 * :ref:`genindex` 61