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.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
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.. The Linux Kernel documentation master file, created by
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sphinx-quickstart on Fri Feb 12 13:51:46 2016.
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You can adapt this file completely to your liking, but it should at least
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contain the root `toctree` directive.
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.. _linux_doc:
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The Linux Kernel documentation
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==============================
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This is the top level of the kernel's documentation tree. Kernel
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documentation, like the kernel itself, is very much a work in progress;
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that is especially true as we work to integrate our many scattered
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documents into a coherent whole. Please note that improvements to the
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documentation are welcome; join the linux-doc list at vger.kernel.org if
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you want to help out.
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Licensing documentation
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-----------------------
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The following describes the license of the Linux kernel source code
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(GPLv2), how to properly mark the license of individual files in the source
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tree, as well as links to the full license text.
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* :ref:`kernel_licensing`
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User-oriented documentation
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---------------------------
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The following manuals are written for *users* of the kernel — those who are
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trying to get it to work optimally on a given system.
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.. toctree::
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:maxdepth: 2
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admin-guide/index
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kbuild/index
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Firmware-related documentation
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------------------------------
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The following holds information on the kernel's expectations regarding the
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platform firmwares.
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.. toctree::
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:maxdepth: 2
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firmware-guide/index
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devicetree/index
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Application-developer documentation
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-----------------------------------
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The user-space API manual gathers together documents describing aspects of
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the kernel interface as seen by application developers.
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.. toctree::
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:maxdepth: 2
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userspace-api/index
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Introduction to kernel development
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----------------------------------
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These manuals contain overall information about how to develop the kernel.
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The kernel community is quite large, with thousands of developers
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contributing over the course of a year. As with any large community,
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knowing how things are done will make the process of getting your changes
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merged much easier.
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.. toctree::
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:maxdepth: 2
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process/index
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dev-tools/index
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doc-guide/index
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kernel-hacking/index
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trace/index
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maintainer/index
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fault-injection/index
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livepatch/index
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Kernel API documentation
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------------------------
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These books get into the details of how specific kernel subsystems work
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from the point of view of a kernel developer. Much of the information here
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is taken directly from the kernel source, with supplemental material added
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as needed (or at least as we managed to add it — probably *not* all that is
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needed).
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.. toctree::
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:maxdepth: 2
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driver-api/index
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core-api/index
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locking/index
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accounting/index
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block/index
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cdrom/index
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cpu-freq/index
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ide/index
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fb/index
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fpga/index
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hid/index
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i2c/index
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iio/index
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isdn/index
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infiniband/index
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leds/index
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netlabel/index
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networking/index
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pcmcia/index
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power/index
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target/index
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timers/index
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spi/index
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w1/index
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watchdog/index
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virt/index
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input/index
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hwmon/index
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gpu/index
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security/index
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sound/index
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crypto/index
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filesystems/index
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vm/index
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bpf/index
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usb/index
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PCI/index
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scsi/index
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misc-devices/index
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scheduler/index
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mhi/index
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Architecture-agnostic documentation
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-----------------------------------
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.. toctree::
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:maxdepth: 2
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asm-annotations
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Architecture-specific documentation
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-----------------------------------
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These books provide programming details about architecture-specific
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implementation.
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.. toctree::
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:maxdepth: 2
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arm/index
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arm64/index
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ia64/index
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m68k/index
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mips/index
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nios2/index
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openrisc/index
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parisc/index
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powerpc/index
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riscv/index
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s390/index
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sh/index
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sparc/index
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x86/index
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xtensa/index
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Other documentation
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-------------------
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There are several unsorted documents that don't seem to fit on other parts
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of the documentation body, or may require some adjustments and/or conversion
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to ReStructured Text format, or are simply too old.
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.. toctree::
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:maxdepth: 2
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staging/index
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watch_queue
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Translations
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------------
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.. toctree::
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:maxdepth: 2
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translations/index
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Indices and tables
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==================
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* :ref:`genindex`
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