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diff --git a/Documentation/index.rst b/Documentation/index.rst index 4737c18c97ff..bf6aa681c960 100644 --- a/Documentation/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/index.rst @@ -1,11 +1,5 @@ .. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 - -.. 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. - .. _linux_doc: The Linux Kernel documentation @@ -18,133 +12,85 @@ 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. -Licensing documentation ------------------------ +Working with the development community +-------------------------------------- -The following describes the license of the Linux kernel source code -(GPLv2), how to properly mark the license of individual files in the source -tree, as well as links to the full license text. - -* :ref:`kernel_licensing` - -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. +The essential guides for interacting with the kernel's development +community and getting your work upstream. .. toctree:: - :maxdepth: 2 - - admin-guide/index - kbuild/index - -Firmware-related documentation ------------------------------- -The following holds information on the kernel's expectations regarding the -platform firmwares. + :maxdepth: 1 -.. toctree:: - :maxdepth: 2 + process/development-process + process/submitting-patches + Code of conduct <process/code-of-conduct> + maintainer/index + All development-process docs <process/index> - firmware-guide/index - devicetree/index -Application-developer documentation ------------------------------------ +Internal API manuals +-------------------- -The user-space API manual gathers together documents describing aspects of -the kernel interface as seen by application developers. +Manuals for use by developers working to interface with the rest of the +kernel. .. toctree:: - :maxdepth: 2 - - userspace-api/index + :maxdepth: 1 + core-api/index + driver-api/index + subsystem-apis + Locking in the kernel <locking/index> -Introduction to kernel development ----------------------------------- +Development tools and processes +------------------------------- -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. +Various other manuals with useful information for all kernel developers. .. toctree:: - :maxdepth: 2 + :maxdepth: 1 - process/index - dev-tools/index + process/license-rules doc-guide/index + dev-tools/index + dev-tools/testing-overview kernel-hacking/index trace/index - maintainer/index fault-injection/index livepatch/index + rust/index -Kernel API documentation ------------------------- +User-oriented 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). +The following manuals are written for *users* of the kernel — those who are +trying to get it to work optimally on a given system and application +developers seeking information on the kernel's user-space APIs. .. toctree:: - :maxdepth: 2 + :maxdepth: 1 - driver-api/index - core-api/index - locking/index - accounting/index - block/index - cdrom/index - cpu-freq/index - fb/index - fpga/index - hid/index - i2c/index - iio/index - isdn/index - infiniband/index - leds/index - netlabel/index - networking/index - pcmcia/index - power/index - target/index - timers/index - spi/index - w1/index - watchdog/index - virt/index - input/index - hwmon/index - gpu/index - security/index - sound/index - crypto/index - filesystems/index - mm/index - bpf/index - usb/index - PCI/index - scsi/index - misc-devices/index - scheduler/index - mhi/index - peci/index - -Architecture-agnostic documentation ------------------------------------ + admin-guide/index + The kernel build system <kbuild/index> + admin-guide/reporting-issues.rst + User-space tools <tools/index> + userspace-api/index + +See also: the `Linux man pages <https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/>`_, +which are kept separately from the kernel's own documentation. + +Firmware-related documentation +------------------------------ +The following holds information on the kernel's expectations regarding the +platform firmwares. .. toctree:: - :maxdepth: 2 + :maxdepth: 1 + + firmware-guide/index + devicetree/index - asm-annotations Architecture-specific documentation ----------------------------------- @@ -163,9 +109,8 @@ of the documentation body, or may require some adjustments and/or conversion to ReStructured Text format, or are simply too old. .. toctree:: - :maxdepth: 2 + :maxdepth: 1 - tools/index staging/index |