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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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22 howto
23 code-of-conflict
24 development-process
25 submitting-patches
26 coding-style
27 email-clients
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29Other guides to the community that are of interest to most developers are:
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34 changes
35 submitting-drivers
36 stable-api-nonsense
37 management-style
38 stable-kernel-rules
39 submit-checklist
40 kernel-docs
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42These are some overall technical guides that have been put here for now for
43lack of a better place.
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48 applying-patches
49 adding-syscalls
50 magic-number
51 volatile-considered-harmful
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55 Indices
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58 * :ref:`genindex`