Working with the kernel development community

So you want to be a Linux kernel developer? Welcome! While there is a lot to be learned about the kernel in a technical sense, it is also important to learn about how our community works. Reading these documents will make it much easier for you to get your changes merged with a minimum of trouble.

Below are the essential guides that every developer should read.

• HOWTO do Linux kernel development
• Code of Conflict
• A guide to the Kernel Development Process
• Submitting patches: the essential guide to getting your code into the kernel
• Linux kernel coding style
• Email clients info for Linux

Other guides to the community that are of interest to most developers are:

• Minimal requirements to compile the Kernel
• Submitting Drivers For The Linux Kernel
• The Linux Kernel Driver Interface
• Linux kernel management style
• Everything you ever wanted to know about Linux -stable releases
• Linux Kernel patch submission checklist
• Index of Documentation for People Interested in Writing and/or Understanding the Linux Kernel

These are some overall technical guides that have been put here for now for lack of a better place.

• Applying Patches To The Linux Kernel
• Adding a New System Call
• Linux magic numbers
• Why the “volatile” type class should not be used