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9The Linux Kernel documentation
10==============================
11
12This is the top level of the kernel's documentation tree. Kernel
13documentation, like the kernel itself, is very much a work in progress;
14that is especially true as we work to integrate our many scattered
15documents into a coherent whole. Please note that improvements to the
16documentation are welcome; join the linux-doc list at vger.kernel.org if
17you want to help out.
18
19Licensing documentation
20-----------------------
21
22The following describes the license of the Linux kernel source code
23(GPLv2), how to properly mark the license of individual files in the source
24tree, as well as links to the full license text.
25
26* :ref:`kernel_licensing`
27
28User-oriented documentation
29---------------------------
30
31The following manuals are written for *users* of the kernel — those who are
32trying to get it to work optimally on a given system.
33
34.. toctree::
35 :maxdepth: 2
36
37 admin-guide/index
38 kbuild/index
39
40Firmware-related documentation
41------------------------------
42The following holds information on the kernel's expectations regarding the
43platform firmwares.
44
45.. toctree::
46 :maxdepth: 2
47
48 firmware-guide/index
49
50Application-developer documentation
51-----------------------------------
52
53The user-space API manual gathers together documents describing aspects of
54the kernel interface as seen by application developers.
55
56.. toctree::
57 :maxdepth: 2
58
59 userspace-api/index
60 ioctl/index
61
62
63Introduction to kernel development
64----------------------------------
65
66These manuals contain overall information about how to develop the kernel.
67The kernel community is quite large, with thousands of developers
68contributing over the course of a year. As with any large community,
69knowing how things are done will make the process of getting your changes
70merged much easier.
71
72.. toctree::
73 :maxdepth: 2
74
75 process/index
76 dev-tools/index
77 doc-guide/index
78 kernel-hacking/index
79 trace/index
80 maintainer/index
81 fault-injection/index
82 livepatch/index
83
84
85Kernel API documentation
86------------------------
87
88These books get into the details of how specific kernel subsystems work
89from the point of view of a kernel developer. Much of the information here
90is taken directly from the kernel source, with supplemental material added
91as needed (or at least as we managed to add it — probably *not* all that is
92needed).
93
94.. toctree::
95 :maxdepth: 2
96
97 driver-api/index
98 core-api/index
99 locking/index
100 accounting/index
101 block/index
102 cdrom/index
103 ide/index
104 fb/index
105 fpga/index
106 hid/index
107 i2c/index
108 iio/index
109 isdn/index
110 infiniband/index
111 leds/index
112 media/index
113 netlabel/index
114 networking/index
115 pcmcia/index
116 power/index
117 target/index
118 timers/index
119 spi/index
120 w1/index
121 watchdog/index
122 virt/index
123 input/index
124 hwmon/index
125 gpu/index
126 security/index
127 sound/index
128 crypto/index
129 filesystems/index
130 vm/index
131 bpf/index
132 usb/index
133 PCI/index
134 misc-devices/index
135 mic/index
136 scheduler/index
137
138Architecture-specific documentation
139-----------------------------------
140
141These books provide programming details about architecture-specific
142implementation.
143
144.. toctree::
145 :maxdepth: 2
146
147 arm/index
148 arm64/index
149 ia64/index
150 m68k/index
151 mips/index
152 nios2/nios2
153 openrisc/index
154 parisc/index
155 powerpc/index
156 riscv/index
157 s390/index
158 sh/index
159 sparc/index
160 x86/index
161 xtensa/index
162
163Filesystem Documentation
164------------------------
165
166The documentation in this section are provided by specific filesystem
167subprojects.
168
169.. toctree::
170 :maxdepth: 2
171
172 filesystems/ext4/index
173
174Translations
175------------
176
177.. toctree::
178 :maxdepth: 2
179
180 translations/index
181
182Indices and tables
183==================
184
185* :ref:`genindex`