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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   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
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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
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51   applying-patches
52   adding-syscalls
53   magic-number
54   volatile-considered-harmful
55   clang-format
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57.. only::  subproject and html
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59   Indices
60   =======
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62   * :ref:`genindex`
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