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|  | A guide to the Kernel Development Process | 
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|  | Contents: | 
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|  | .. toctree:: | 
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|  | 1.Intro | 
|  | 2.Process | 
|  | 3.Early-stage | 
|  | 4.Coding | 
|  | 5.Posting | 
|  | 6.Followthrough | 
|  | 7.AdvancedTopics | 
|  | 8.Conclusion | 
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|  | The purpose of this document is to help developers (and their managers) | 
|  | work with the development community with a minimum of frustration.  It is | 
|  | an attempt to document how this community works in a way which is | 
|  | accessible to those who are not intimately familiar with Linux kernel | 
|  | development (or, indeed, free software development in general).  While | 
|  | there is some technical material here, this is very much a process-oriented | 
|  | discussion which does not require a deep knowledge of kernel programming to | 
|  | understand. |