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   9 The Linux Kernel documentation
  10 ==============================
  11
  12 This is the top level of the kernel's documentation tree.  Kernel
  13 documentation, like the kernel itself, is very much a work in progress;
  14 that is especially true as we work to integrate our many scattered
  15 documents into a coherent whole.  Please note that improvements to the
  16 documentation are welcome; join the linux-doc list at vger.kernel.org if
  17 you want to help out.
  18
  19 Licensing documentation
  20 -----------------------
  21
  22 The following describes the license of the Linux kernel source code
  23 (GPLv2), how to properly mark the license of individual files in the source
  24 tree, as well as links to the full license text.
  25
  26 * :ref:`kernel_licensing`
  27
  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.
  33
  34 .. toctree::
  35    :maxdepth: 2
  36
  37    admin-guide/index
  38    kbuild/index
  39
  40 Firmware-related documentation
  41 ------------------------------
  42 The following holds information on the kernel's expectations regarding the
  43 platform firmwares.
  44
  45 .. toctree::
  46    :maxdepth: 2
  47
  48    firmware-guide/index
  49
  50 Application-developer documentation
  51 -----------------------------------
  52
  53 The user-space API manual gathers together documents describing aspects of
  54 the kernel interface as seen by application developers.
  55
  56 .. toctree::
  57    :maxdepth: 2
  58
  59    userspace-api/index
  60
  61
  62 Introduction to kernel development
  63 ----------------------------------
  64
  65 These manuals contain overall information about how to develop the kernel.
  66 The kernel community is quite large, with thousands of developers
  67 contributing over the course of a year.  As with any large community,
  68 knowing how things are done will make the process of getting your changes
  69 merged much easier.
  70
  71 .. toctree::
  72    :maxdepth: 2
  73
  74    process/index
  75    dev-tools/index
  76    doc-guide/index
  77    kernel-hacking/index
  78    trace/index
  79    maintainer/index
  80    fault-injection/index
  81    livepatch/index
  82
  83
  84 Kernel API documentation
  85 ------------------------
  86
  87 These books get into the details of how specific kernel subsystems work
  88 from the point of view of a kernel developer.  Much of the information here
  89 is taken directly from the kernel source, with supplemental material added
  90 as needed (or at least as we managed to add it — probably *not* all that is
  91 needed).
  92
  93 .. toctree::
  94    :maxdepth: 2
  95
  96    driver-api/index
  97    core-api/index
  98    locking/index
  99    accounting/index
 100    block/index
 101    cdrom/index
 102    cpu-freq/index
 103    ide/index
 104    fb/index
 105    fpga/index
 106    hid/index
 107    i2c/index
 108    iio/index
 109    isdn/index
 110    infiniband/index
 111    leds/index
 112    media/index
 113    netlabel/index
 114    networking/index
 115    pcmcia/index
 116    power/index
 117    target/index
 118    timers/index
 119    spi/index
 120    w1/index
 121    watchdog/index
 122    virt/index
 123    input/index
 124    hwmon/index
 125    gpu/index
 126    security/index
 127    sound/index
 128    crypto/index
 129    filesystems/index
 130    vm/index
 131    bpf/index
 132    usb/index
 133    PCI/index
 134    scsi/index
 135    misc-devices/index
 136    scheduler/index
 137    mhi/index
 138
 139 Architecture-agnostic documentation
 140 -----------------------------------
 141
 142 .. toctree::
 143    :maxdepth: 2
 144
 145    asm-annotations
 146
 147 Architecture-specific documentation
 148 -----------------------------------
 149
 150 These books provide programming details about architecture-specific
 151 implementation.
 152
 153 .. toctree::
 154    :maxdepth: 2
 155
 156    arm/index
 157    arm64/index
 158    ia64/index
 159    m68k/index
 160    mips/index
 161    nios2/nios2
 162    openrisc/index
 163    parisc/index
 164    powerpc/index
 165    riscv/index
 166    s390/index
 167    sh/index
 168    sparc/index
 169    x86/index
 170    xtensa/index
 171
 172 Filesystem Documentation
 173 ------------------------
 174
 175 The documentation in this section are provided by specific filesystem
 176 subprojects.
 177
 178 .. toctree::
 179    :maxdepth: 2
 180
 181    filesystems/ext4/index
 182
 183 Translations
 184 ------------
 185
 186 .. toctree::
 187    :maxdepth: 2
 188
 189    translations/index
 190
 191 Indices and tables
 192 ==================
 193
 194 * :ref:`genindex`