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8Working with the kernel development community
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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.
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17Below are the essential guides that every developer should read.
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19.. toctree::
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22 license-rules
23 howto
24 code-of-conduct
25 code-of-conduct-interpretation
26 development-process
27 submitting-patches
28 programming-language
29 coding-style
30 maintainer-pgp-guide
31 email-clients
32 kernel-enforcement-statement
33 kernel-driver-statement
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35Other guides to the community that are of interest to most developers are:
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37.. toctree::
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40 changes
41 submitting-drivers
42 stable-api-nonsense
43 management-style
44 stable-kernel-rules
45 submit-checklist
46 kernel-docs
47 deprecated
48 embargoed-hardware-issues
49 maintainers
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51These are some overall technical guides that have been put here for now for
52lack of a better place.
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54.. toctree::
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57 applying-patches
58 adding-syscalls
59 magic-number
60 volatile-considered-harmful
61 botching-up-ioctls
62 clang-format
63 ../riscv/patch-acceptance
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67 Indices
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70 * :ref:`genindex`