|  | .. The Linux Kernel documentation master file, created by | 
|  | sphinx-quickstart on Fri Feb 12 13:51:46 2016. | 
|  | You can adapt this file completely to your liking, but it should at least | 
|  | contain the root `toctree` directive. | 
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|  | The Linux Kernel documentation | 
|  | ============================== | 
|  |  | 
|  | This is the top level of the kernel's documentation tree.  Kernel | 
|  | documentation, like the kernel itself, is very much a work in progress; | 
|  | that is especially true as we work to integrate our many scattered | 
|  | documents into a coherent whole.  Please note that improvements to the | 
|  | documentation are welcome; join the linux-doc list at vger.kernel.org if | 
|  | you want to help out. | 
|  |  | 
|  | User-oriented documentation | 
|  | --------------------------- | 
|  |  | 
|  | The following manuals are written for *users* of the kernel — those who are | 
|  | trying to get it to work optimally on a given system. | 
|  |  | 
|  | .. toctree:: | 
|  | :maxdepth: 2 | 
|  |  | 
|  | admin-guide/index | 
|  |  | 
|  | Application-developer documentation | 
|  | ----------------------------------- | 
|  |  | 
|  | The user-space API manual gathers together documents describing aspects of | 
|  | the kernel interface as seen by application developers. | 
|  |  | 
|  | .. toctree:: | 
|  | :maxdepth: 2 | 
|  |  | 
|  | userspace-api/index | 
|  |  | 
|  |  | 
|  | Introduction to kernel development | 
|  | ---------------------------------- | 
|  |  | 
|  | These manuals contain overall information about how to develop the kernel. | 
|  | The kernel community is quite large, with thousands of developers | 
|  | contributing over the course of a year.  As with any large community, | 
|  | knowing how things are done will make the process of getting your changes | 
|  | merged much easier. | 
|  |  | 
|  | .. toctree:: | 
|  | :maxdepth: 2 | 
|  |  | 
|  | process/index | 
|  | dev-tools/index | 
|  | doc-guide/index | 
|  | kernel-hacking/index | 
|  |  | 
|  | Kernel API documentation | 
|  | ------------------------ | 
|  |  | 
|  | These books get into the details of how specific kernel subsystems work | 
|  | from the point of view of a kernel developer.  Much of the information here | 
|  | is taken directly from the kernel source, with supplemental material added | 
|  | as needed (or at least as we managed to add it — probably *not* all that is | 
|  | needed). | 
|  |  | 
|  | .. toctree:: | 
|  | :maxdepth: 2 | 
|  |  | 
|  | driver-api/index | 
|  | core-api/index | 
|  | media/index | 
|  | networking/index | 
|  | input/index | 
|  | gpu/index | 
|  | security/index | 
|  | sound/index | 
|  | crypto/index | 
|  | filesystems/index | 
|  |  | 
|  | Architecture-specific documentation | 
|  | ----------------------------------- | 
|  |  | 
|  | These books provide programming details about architecture-specific | 
|  | implementation. | 
|  |  | 
|  | .. toctree:: | 
|  | :maxdepth: 2 | 
|  |  | 
|  | sh/index | 
|  |  | 
|  | Korean translations | 
|  | ------------------- | 
|  |  | 
|  | .. toctree:: | 
|  | :maxdepth: 1 | 
|  |  | 
|  | translations/ko_KR/index | 
|  |  | 
|  | Chinese translations | 
|  | -------------------- | 
|  |  | 
|  | .. toctree:: | 
|  | :maxdepth: 1 | 
|  |  | 
|  | translations/zh_CN/index | 
|  |  | 
|  | Japanese translations | 
|  | --------------------- | 
|  |  | 
|  | .. toctree:: | 
|  | :maxdepth: 1 | 
|  |  | 
|  | translations/ja_JP/index | 
|  |  | 
|  | Indices and tables | 
|  | ================== | 
|  |  | 
|  | * :ref:`genindex` |