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   8 Working with the kernel development community
   9 =============================================
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  11 So you want to be a Linux kernel developer?  Welcome!  While there is a lot
  12 to be learned about the kernel in a technical sense, it is also important
  13 to learn about how our community works.  Reading these documents will make
  14 it much easier for you to get your changes merged with a minimum of
  15 trouble.
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  17 Below are the essential guides that every developer should read.
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  19 .. toctree::
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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
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  30 Other guides to the community that are of interest to most developers are:
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  32 .. toctree::
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  35    changes
  36    submitting-drivers
  37    stable-api-nonsense
  38    management-style
  39    stable-kernel-rules
  40    submit-checklist
  41    kernel-docs
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  43 These are some overall technical guides that have been put here for now for
  44 lack of a better place.
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  46 .. toctree::
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  49    applying-patches
  50    adding-syscalls
  51    magic-number
  52    volatile-considered-harmful
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  56    Indices
  57    =======
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  59    * :ref:`genindex`