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| author | Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> | 2016-10-26 23:43:00 +0200 |
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| committer | Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> | 2016-10-28 00:33:36 +0200 |
| commit | b51208d41c6a4e7fc2f05e63df49f1834cd3c208 (patch) | |
| tree | 610385aca3523b5e6aac8b54511f56c77345f544 /Documentation/index.rst | |
| parent | Merge branch 'mauro-books' into docs-next (diff) | |
| download | linux-b51208d41c6a4e7fc2f05e63df49f1834cd3c208.tar.xz linux-b51208d41c6a4e7fc2f05e63df49f1834cd3c208.zip | |
docs: Tweak the top-level Sphinx page
This will be the initial landing point for readers, so give them a bit of
introductory material. Also split the TOC into area-specific chunks to
make the whole thing a bit more approachable.
Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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diff --git a/Documentation/index.rst b/Documentation/index.rst index f6a3d4766495..7cec8432ce7a 100644 --- a/Documentation/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/index.rst @@ -3,18 +3,55 @@ You can adapt this file completely to your liking, but it should at least contain the root `toctree` directive. -Welcome to The Linux Kernel's documentation! -============================================ +Welcome to The Linux Kernel's documentation +=========================================== -Contents: +This is the top level of the kernel's documentation tree. Kernel +documentation, like the kernel itself, is very much a work in progress; +that is especially true as we work to integrate our many scattered +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. + +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. .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 2 admin-guide/index - kernel-documentation + +Introduction to kernel development +---------------------------------- + +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. + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 2 + process/index dev-tools/tools + kernel-documentation + +Kernel API 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). + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 2 + driver-api/index media/index gpu/index |