18c2ecf20Sopenharmony_ci.. _development_process_main: 28c2ecf20Sopenharmony_ci 38c2ecf20Sopenharmony_ciA guide to the Kernel Development Process 48c2ecf20Sopenharmony_ci========================================= 58c2ecf20Sopenharmony_ci 68c2ecf20Sopenharmony_ciContents: 78c2ecf20Sopenharmony_ci 88c2ecf20Sopenharmony_ci.. toctree:: 98c2ecf20Sopenharmony_ci :numbered: 108c2ecf20Sopenharmony_ci :maxdepth: 2 118c2ecf20Sopenharmony_ci 128c2ecf20Sopenharmony_ci 1.Intro 138c2ecf20Sopenharmony_ci 2.Process 148c2ecf20Sopenharmony_ci 3.Early-stage 158c2ecf20Sopenharmony_ci 4.Coding 168c2ecf20Sopenharmony_ci 5.Posting 178c2ecf20Sopenharmony_ci 6.Followthrough 188c2ecf20Sopenharmony_ci 7.AdvancedTopics 198c2ecf20Sopenharmony_ci 8.Conclusion 208c2ecf20Sopenharmony_ci 218c2ecf20Sopenharmony_ciThe purpose of this document is to help developers (and their managers) 228c2ecf20Sopenharmony_ciwork with the development community with a minimum of frustration. It is 238c2ecf20Sopenharmony_cian attempt to document how this community works in a way which is 248c2ecf20Sopenharmony_ciaccessible to those who are not intimately familiar with Linux kernel 258c2ecf20Sopenharmony_cidevelopment (or, indeed, free software development in general). While 268c2ecf20Sopenharmony_cithere is some technical material here, this is very much a process-oriented 278c2ecf20Sopenharmony_cidiscussion which does not require a deep knowledge of kernel programming to 288c2ecf20Sopenharmony_ciunderstand. 29