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