Jani Nikula | 22cba31 | 2016-05-19 15:14:05 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | .. The Linux Kernel documentation master file, created by |
| 2 | sphinx-quickstart on Fri Feb 12 13:51:46 2016. |
| 3 | You can adapt this file completely to your liking, but it should at least |
| 4 | contain the root `toctree` directive. |
| 5 | |
Konstantin Ryabitsev | 61ca5fd | 2017-06-06 16:50:04 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 6 | The Linux Kernel documentation |
| 7 | ============================== |
Jani Nikula | 22cba31 | 2016-05-19 15:14:05 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 8 | |
Jonathan Corbet | b51208d | 2016-10-26 15:43:00 -0600 | [diff] [blame] | 9 | This is the top level of the kernel's documentation tree. Kernel |
| 10 | documentation, like the kernel itself, is very much a work in progress; |
| 11 | that is especially true as we work to integrate our many scattered |
| 12 | documents into a coherent whole. Please note that improvements to the |
| 13 | documentation are welcome; join the linux-doc list at vger.kernel.org if |
| 14 | you want to help out. |
| 15 | |
Thomas Gleixner | aa19a17 | 2017-12-28 23:17:17 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 16 | Licensing documentation |
| 17 | ----------------------- |
| 18 | |
| 19 | The following describes the license of the Linux kernel source code |
| 20 | (GPLv2), how to properly mark the license of individual files in the source |
| 21 | tree, as well as links to the full license text. |
| 22 | |
| 23 | .. toctree:: |
| 24 | :maxdepth: 2 |
| 25 | |
| 26 | process/license-rules.rst |
| 27 | |
Jonathan Corbet | b51208d | 2016-10-26 15:43:00 -0600 | [diff] [blame] | 28 | User-oriented documentation |
| 29 | --------------------------- |
| 30 | |
| 31 | The following manuals are written for *users* of the kernel — those who are |
| 32 | trying to get it to work optimally on a given system. |
Jani Nikula | 22cba31 | 2016-05-19 15:14:05 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 33 | |
| 34 | .. toctree:: |
| 35 | :maxdepth: 2 |
| 36 | |
Mauro Carvalho Chehab | 9d85025 | 2016-09-21 09:51:11 -0300 | [diff] [blame] | 37 | admin-guide/index |
Jonathan Corbet | b51208d | 2016-10-26 15:43:00 -0600 | [diff] [blame] | 38 | |
Jonathan Corbet | 1d596de | 2017-04-02 14:58:01 -0600 | [diff] [blame] | 39 | Application-developer documentation |
| 40 | ----------------------------------- |
| 41 | |
| 42 | The user-space API manual gathers together documents describing aspects of |
| 43 | the kernel interface as seen by application developers. |
| 44 | |
| 45 | .. toctree:: |
| 46 | :maxdepth: 2 |
| 47 | |
Mike Rapoport | 8238191 | 2018-03-21 21:22:48 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 48 | userspace-api/index |
Jonathan Corbet | 1d596de | 2017-04-02 14:58:01 -0600 | [diff] [blame] | 49 | |
| 50 | |
Jonathan Corbet | b51208d | 2016-10-26 15:43:00 -0600 | [diff] [blame] | 51 | Introduction to kernel development |
| 52 | ---------------------------------- |
| 53 | |
| 54 | These manuals contain overall information about how to develop the kernel. |
| 55 | The kernel community is quite large, with thousands of developers |
| 56 | contributing over the course of a year. As with any large community, |
| 57 | knowing how things are done will make the process of getting your changes |
| 58 | merged much easier. |
| 59 | |
| 60 | .. toctree:: |
| 61 | :maxdepth: 2 |
| 62 | |
Mauro Carvalho Chehab | 0e4f07a | 2016-10-18 09:05:32 -0200 | [diff] [blame] | 63 | process/index |
Markus Heiser | c289312 | 2016-10-26 08:23:14 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 64 | dev-tools/index |
Mauro Carvalho Chehab | 1dc4bbf | 2016-11-17 08:32:33 -0200 | [diff] [blame] | 65 | doc-guide/index |
Mauro Carvalho Chehab | c4fcd7c | 2017-05-11 08:03:27 -0300 | [diff] [blame] | 66 | kernel-hacking/index |
Changbin Du | 583bc6b | 2018-02-17 13:39:34 +0800 | [diff] [blame] | 67 | trace/index |
Tobin C. Harding | 9727a01 | 2017-12-04 10:27:29 +1100 | [diff] [blame] | 68 | maintainer/index |
Jonathan Corbet | b51208d | 2016-10-26 15:43:00 -0600 | [diff] [blame] | 69 | |
| 70 | Kernel API documentation |
| 71 | ------------------------ |
| 72 | |
| 73 | These books get into the details of how specific kernel subsystems work |
| 74 | from the point of view of a kernel developer. Much of the information here |
| 75 | is taken directly from the kernel source, with supplemental material added |
| 76 | as needed (or at least as we managed to add it — probably *not* all that is |
Andy Deng | 2069889 | 2017-01-25 12:14:33 +0800 | [diff] [blame] | 77 | needed). |
Jonathan Corbet | b51208d | 2016-10-26 15:43:00 -0600 | [diff] [blame] | 78 | |
| 79 | .. toctree:: |
| 80 | :maxdepth: 2 |
| 81 | |
Jonathan Corbet | dcec3c8 | 2016-08-20 13:17:32 -0600 | [diff] [blame] | 82 | driver-api/index |
Silvio Fricke | 24755a5 | 2016-10-28 10:14:10 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 83 | core-api/index |
Markus Heiser | b32feba | 2016-08-13 16:12:43 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 84 | media/index |
Mauro Carvalho Chehab | 05e0f3b | 2017-05-12 09:14:02 -0300 | [diff] [blame] | 85 | networking/index |
Mauro Carvalho Chehab | aeb899a | 2017-04-11 07:01:19 -0300 | [diff] [blame] | 86 | input/index |
Jani Nikula | cb597fc | 2016-06-21 14:48:57 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 87 | gpu/index |
Jarkko Sakkinen | 799a545 | 2016-11-03 17:57:52 -0600 | [diff] [blame] | 88 | security/index |
Takashi Iwai | 8551914 | 2016-11-02 21:30:39 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 89 | sound/index |
Stephan Mueller | 3b72c81 | 2016-10-21 04:54:22 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 90 | crypto/index |
Mauro Carvalho Chehab | 90f9f11 | 2017-05-12 06:50:22 -0300 | [diff] [blame] | 91 | filesystems/index |
Mike Rapoport | 8238191 | 2018-03-21 21:22:48 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 92 | vm/index |
Jani Nikula | 22cba31 | 2016-05-19 15:14:05 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 93 | |
Mauro Carvalho Chehab | bffac83 | 2017-05-13 07:50:43 -0300 | [diff] [blame] | 94 | Architecture-specific documentation |
| 95 | ----------------------------------- |
| 96 | |
| 97 | These books provide programming details about architecture-specific |
| 98 | implementation. |
| 99 | |
| 100 | .. toctree:: |
| 101 | :maxdepth: 2 |
| 102 | |
| 103 | sh/index |
| 104 | |
SeongJae Park | ba42c57 | 2016-11-08 21:26:09 +0900 | [diff] [blame] | 105 | Korean translations |
| 106 | ------------------- |
| 107 | |
| 108 | .. toctree:: |
| 109 | :maxdepth: 1 |
| 110 | |
| 111 | translations/ko_KR/index |
| 112 | |
Andy Deng | 2069889 | 2017-01-25 12:14:33 +0800 | [diff] [blame] | 113 | Chinese translations |
| 114 | -------------------- |
| 115 | |
| 116 | .. toctree:: |
| 117 | :maxdepth: 1 |
| 118 | |
| 119 | translations/zh_CN/index |
| 120 | |
Tsugikazu Shibata | f012733 | 2017-04-08 12:24:04 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 121 | Japanese translations |
| 122 | --------------------- |
| 123 | |
| 124 | .. toctree:: |
| 125 | :maxdepth: 1 |
| 126 | |
| 127 | translations/ja_JP/index |
| 128 | |
Jani Nikula | 22cba31 | 2016-05-19 15:14:05 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 129 | Indices and tables |
| 130 | ================== |
| 131 | |
| 132 | * :ref:`genindex` |