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Jonathan Corbetb51208d2016-10-26 15:43:00 -06006Welcome to The Linux Kernel's documentation
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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.
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16User-oriented documentation
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18
19The following manuals are written for *users* of the kernel those who are
20trying to get it to work optimally on a given system.
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Mauro Carvalho Chehab9d850252016-09-21 09:51:11 -030025 admin-guide/index
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27Introduction to kernel development
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29
30These manuals contain overall information about how to develop the kernel.
31The kernel community is quite large, with thousands of developers
32contributing over the course of a year. As with any large community,
33knowing how things are done will make the process of getting your changes
34merged much easier.
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36.. toctree::
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Mauro Carvalho Chehab0e4f07a2016-10-18 09:05:32 -020039 process/index
Markus Heiserc2893122016-10-26 08:23:14 +020040 dev-tools/index
Mauro Carvalho Chehab1dc4bbf2016-11-17 08:32:33 -020041 doc-guide/index
Jonathan Corbetb51208d2016-10-26 15:43:00 -060042
43Kernel API documentation
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45
46These books get into the details of how specific kernel subsystems work
47from the point of view of a kernel developer. Much of the information here
48is taken directly from the kernel source, with supplemental material added
49as needed (or at least as we managed to add it probably *not* all that is
50needed).
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Jonathan Corbetdcec3c82016-08-20 13:17:32 -060055 driver-api/index
Silvio Fricke24755a52016-10-28 10:14:10 +020056 core-api/index
Markus Heiserb32feba2016-08-13 16:12:43 +020057 media/index
Jani Nikulacb597fc2016-06-21 14:48:57 +030058 gpu/index
Jarkko Sakkinen799a5452016-11-03 17:57:52 -060059 security/index
Takashi Iwai85519142016-11-02 21:30:39 +010060 sound/index
Stephan Mueller3b72c812016-10-21 04:54:22 +020061 crypto/index
Jani Nikula22cba312016-05-19 15:14:05 +030062
SeongJae Parkba42c572016-11-08 21:26:09 +090063Korean translations
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69 translations/ko_KR/index
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Jani Nikula22cba312016-05-19 15:14:05 +030071Indices and tables
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74* :ref:`genindex`