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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
28 kernel-enforcement-statement
29 kernel-driver-statement
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31Other guides to the community that are of interest to most developers are:
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36 changes
37 submitting-drivers
38 stable-api-nonsense
39 management-style
40 stable-kernel-rules
41 submit-checklist
42 kernel-docs
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44These are some overall technical guides that have been put here for now for
45lack of a better place.
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50 applying-patches
51 adding-syscalls
52 magic-number
53 volatile-considered-harmful
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57 Indices
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60 * :ref:`genindex`