Orange Pi5 kernel

^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  1) .. _development_conclusion:
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^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  3) For more information
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  4) ====================
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  5) 
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  6) There are numerous sources of information on Linux kernel development and
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  7) related topics.  First among those will always be the Documentation
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  8) directory found in the kernel source distribution.  The top-level :ref:`process/howto.rst <process_howto>`
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  9) file is an important starting point; :ref:`process/submitting-patches.rst <submittingpatches>`
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 10) and :ref:`process/submitting-drivers.rst  <submittingdrivers>`
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 11) are also something which all kernel developers should
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 12) read.  Many internal kernel APIs are documented using the kerneldoc
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 13) mechanism; "make htmldocs" or "make pdfdocs" can be used to generate those
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 14) documents in HTML or PDF format (though the version of TeX shipped by some
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 15) distributions runs into internal limits and fails to process the documents
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 16) properly).
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 17) 
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 18) Various web sites discuss kernel development at all levels of detail.  Your
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 19) author would like to humbly suggest https://lwn.net/ as a source;
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 20) information on many specific kernel topics can be found via the LWN kernel
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 21) index at:
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 22) 
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 23) 	https://lwn.net/Kernel/Index/
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 24) 
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 25) Beyond that, a valuable resource for kernel developers is:
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 26) 
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 27) 	https://kernelnewbies.org/
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 28) 
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 29) And, of course, one should not forget https://kernel.org/, the definitive
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 30) location for kernel release information.
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 31) 
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 32) There are a number of books on kernel development:
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 33) 
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 34) 	Linux Device Drivers, 3rd Edition (Jonathan Corbet, Alessandro
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 35) 	Rubini, and Greg Kroah-Hartman).  Online at
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 36) 	https://lwn.net/Kernel/LDD3/.
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 37) 
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 38) 	Linux Kernel Development (Robert Love).
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 39) 
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 40) 	Understanding the Linux Kernel (Daniel Bovet and Marco Cesati).
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 41) 
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 42) All of these books suffer from a common fault, though: they tend to be
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 43) somewhat obsolete by the time they hit the shelves, and they have been on
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 44) the shelves for a while now.  Still, there is quite a bit of good
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 45) information to be found there.
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 46) 
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 47) Documentation for git can be found at:
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 48) 
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 49) 	https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 50) 
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 51) 	https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/user-manual.html
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 52) 
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 53) 
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 54) Conclusion
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 55) ==========
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 56) 
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 57) Congratulations to anybody who has made it through this long-winded
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 58) document.  Hopefully it has provided a helpful understanding of how the
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 59) Linux kernel is developed and how you can participate in that process.
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 60) 
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 61) In the end, it's the participation that matters.  Any open source software
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 62) project is no more than the sum of what its contributors put into it.  The
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 63) Linux kernel has progressed as quickly and as well as it has because it has
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 64) been helped by an impressively large group of developers, all of whom are
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 65) working to make it better.  The kernel is a premier example of what can be
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 66) done when thousands of people work together toward a common goal.
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 67) 
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 68) The kernel can always benefit from a larger developer base, though.  There
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 69) is always more work to do.  But, just as importantly, most other
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 70) participants in the Linux ecosystem can benefit through contributing to the
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 71) kernel.  Getting code into the mainline is the key to higher code quality,
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 72) lower maintenance and distribution costs, a higher level of influence over
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 73) the direction of kernel development, and more.  It is a situation where
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 74) everybody involved wins.  Fire up your editor and come join us; you will be
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 75) more than welcome.