| Andrew Scull | b4b6d4a | 2019-01-02 15:54:55 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | .. raw:: latex |
| 2 | |
| 3 | \renewcommand\thesection* |
| 4 | \renewcommand\thesubsection* |
| 5 | |
| 6 | .. _process_index: |
| 7 | |
| 8 | Working with the kernel development community |
| 9 | ============================================= |
| 10 | |
| 11 | So you want to be a Linux kernel developer? Welcome! While there is a lot |
| 12 | to be learned about the kernel in a technical sense, it is also important |
| 13 | to learn about how our community works. Reading these documents will make |
| 14 | it much easier for you to get your changes merged with a minimum of |
| 15 | trouble. |
| 16 | |
| 17 | Below are the essential guides that every developer should read. |
| 18 | |
| 19 | .. toctree:: |
| 20 | :maxdepth: 1 |
| 21 | |
| David Brazdil | 0f672f6 | 2019-12-10 10:32:29 +0000 | [diff] [blame^] | 22 | license-rules |
| Andrew Scull | b4b6d4a | 2019-01-02 15:54:55 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 23 | howto |
| 24 | code-of-conduct |
| 25 | code-of-conduct-interpretation |
| 26 | development-process |
| 27 | submitting-patches |
| David Brazdil | 0f672f6 | 2019-12-10 10:32:29 +0000 | [diff] [blame^] | 28 | programming-language |
| Andrew Scull | b4b6d4a | 2019-01-02 15:54:55 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 29 | coding-style |
| 30 | maintainer-pgp-guide |
| 31 | email-clients |
| 32 | kernel-enforcement-statement |
| 33 | kernel-driver-statement |
| 34 | |
| 35 | Other guides to the community that are of interest to most developers are: |
| 36 | |
| 37 | .. toctree:: |
| 38 | :maxdepth: 1 |
| 39 | |
| 40 | changes |
| 41 | submitting-drivers |
| 42 | stable-api-nonsense |
| 43 | management-style |
| 44 | stable-kernel-rules |
| 45 | submit-checklist |
| 46 | kernel-docs |
| David Brazdil | 0f672f6 | 2019-12-10 10:32:29 +0000 | [diff] [blame^] | 47 | deprecated |
| 48 | embargoed-hardware-issues |
| Andrew Scull | b4b6d4a | 2019-01-02 15:54:55 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 49 | |
| 50 | These are some overall technical guides that have been put here for now for |
| 51 | lack of a better place. |
| 52 | |
| 53 | .. toctree:: |
| 54 | :maxdepth: 1 |
| 55 | |
| 56 | applying-patches |
| 57 | adding-syscalls |
| 58 | magic-number |
| 59 | volatile-considered-harmful |
| 60 | clang-format |
| 61 | |
| 62 | .. only:: subproject and html |
| 63 | |
| 64 | Indices |
| 65 | ======= |
| 66 | |
| 67 | * :ref:`genindex` |