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Konstantin Ryabitsev61ca5fd2017-06-06 16:50:04 -04006The Linux Kernel documentation
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Jani Nikula22cba312016-05-19 15:14:05 +03008
Jonathan Corbetb51208d2016-10-26 15:43:00 -06009This is the top level of the kernel's documentation tree. Kernel
10documentation, like the kernel itself, is very much a work in progress;
11that is especially true as we work to integrate our many scattered
12documents into a coherent whole. Please note that improvements to the
13documentation are welcome; join the linux-doc list at vger.kernel.org if
14you want to help out.
15
Thomas Gleixneraa19a172017-12-28 23:17:17 +010016Licensing documentation
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18
19The following describes the license of the Linux kernel source code
20(GPLv2), how to properly mark the license of individual files in the source
21tree, as well as links to the full license text.
22
23.. toctree::
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26 process/license-rules.rst
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Jonathan Corbetb51208d2016-10-26 15:43:00 -060028User-oriented documentation
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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.
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34.. toctree::
35 :maxdepth: 2
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Mauro Carvalho Chehab9d850252016-09-21 09:51:11 -030037 admin-guide/index
Jonathan Corbetb51208d2016-10-26 15:43:00 -060038
Jonathan Corbet1d596de2017-04-02 14:58:01 -060039Application-developer documentation
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41
42The user-space API manual gathers together documents describing aspects of
43the kernel interface as seen by application developers.
44
45.. toctree::
46 :maxdepth: 2
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Mike Rapoport82381912018-03-21 21:22:48 +020048 userspace-api/index
Jonathan Corbet1d596de2017-04-02 14:58:01 -060049
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Jonathan Corbetb51208d2016-10-26 15:43:00 -060051Introduction to kernel development
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53
54These manuals contain overall information about how to develop the kernel.
55The kernel community is quite large, with thousands of developers
56contributing over the course of a year. As with any large community,
57knowing how things are done will make the process of getting your changes
58merged much easier.
59
60.. toctree::
61 :maxdepth: 2
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Mauro Carvalho Chehab0e4f07a2016-10-18 09:05:32 -020063 process/index
Markus Heiserc2893122016-10-26 08:23:14 +020064 dev-tools/index
Mauro Carvalho Chehab1dc4bbf2016-11-17 08:32:33 -020065 doc-guide/index
Mauro Carvalho Chehabc4fcd7c2017-05-11 08:03:27 -030066 kernel-hacking/index
Changbin Du583bc6b2018-02-17 13:39:34 +080067 trace/index
Tobin C. Harding9727a012017-12-04 10:27:29 +110068 maintainer/index
Jonathan Corbetb51208d2016-10-26 15:43:00 -060069
70Kernel API documentation
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72
73These books get into the details of how specific kernel subsystems work
74from the point of view of a kernel developer. Much of the information here
75is taken directly from the kernel source, with supplemental material added
76as needed (or at least as we managed to add it — probably *not* all that is
Andy Deng20698892017-01-25 12:14:33 +080077needed).
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Jonathan Corbetdcec3c82016-08-20 13:17:32 -060082 driver-api/index
Silvio Fricke24755a52016-10-28 10:14:10 +020083 core-api/index
Markus Heiserb32feba2016-08-13 16:12:43 +020084 media/index
Mauro Carvalho Chehab05e0f3b2017-05-12 09:14:02 -030085 networking/index
Mauro Carvalho Chehabaeb899a2017-04-11 07:01:19 -030086 input/index
Jani Nikulacb597fc2016-06-21 14:48:57 +030087 gpu/index
Jarkko Sakkinen799a5452016-11-03 17:57:52 -060088 security/index
Takashi Iwai85519142016-11-02 21:30:39 +010089 sound/index
Stephan Mueller3b72c812016-10-21 04:54:22 +020090 crypto/index
Mauro Carvalho Chehab90f9f112017-05-12 06:50:22 -030091 filesystems/index
Mike Rapoport82381912018-03-21 21:22:48 +020092 vm/index
Jani Nikula22cba312016-05-19 15:14:05 +030093
Mauro Carvalho Chehabbffac832017-05-13 07:50:43 -030094Architecture-specific documentation
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96
97These books provide programming details about architecture-specific
98implementation.
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103 sh/index
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SeongJae Parkba42c572016-11-08 21:26:09 +0900105Korean translations
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107
108.. toctree::
109 :maxdepth: 1
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111 translations/ko_KR/index
112
Andy Deng20698892017-01-25 12:14:33 +0800113Chinese translations
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115
116.. toctree::
117 :maxdepth: 1
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119 translations/zh_CN/index
120
Tsugikazu Shibataf0127332017-04-08 12:24:04 +0200121Japanese translations
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124.. toctree::
125 :maxdepth: 1
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127 translations/ja_JP/index
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Jani Nikula22cba312016-05-19 15:14:05 +0300129Indices and tables
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131
132* :ref:`genindex`