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diff --git a/Documentation/development-process/8.Conclusion.rst b/Documentation/development-process/8.Conclusion.rst deleted file mode 100644 index 23ec7cbc2d2b..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/development-process/8.Conclusion.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,74 +0,0 @@ -.. _development_conclusion: - -For more information -==================== - -There are numerous sources of information on Linux kernel development and -related topics. First among those will always be the Documentation -directory found in the kernel source distribution. The top-level HOWTO -file is an important starting point; SubmittingPatches and -SubmittingDrivers are also something which all kernel developers should -read. Many internal kernel APIs are documented using the kerneldoc -mechanism; "make htmldocs" or "make pdfdocs" can be used to generate those -documents in HTML or PDF format (though the version of TeX shipped by some -distributions runs into internal limits and fails to process the documents -properly). - -Various web sites discuss kernel development at all levels of detail. Your -author would like to humbly suggest http://lwn.net/ as a source; -information on many specific kernel topics can be found via the LWN kernel -index at: - - http://lwn.net/Kernel/Index/ - -Beyond that, a valuable resource for kernel developers is: - - http://kernelnewbies.org/ - -And, of course, one should not forget http://kernel.org/, the definitive -location for kernel release information. - -There are a number of books on kernel development: - - Linux Device Drivers, 3rd Edition (Jonathan Corbet, Alessandro - Rubini, and Greg Kroah-Hartman). Online at - http://lwn.net/Kernel/LDD3/. - - Linux Kernel Development (Robert Love). - - Understanding the Linux Kernel (Daniel Bovet and Marco Cesati). - -All of these books suffer from a common fault, though: they tend to be -somewhat obsolete by the time they hit the shelves, and they have been on -the shelves for a while now. Still, there is quite a bit of good -information to be found there. - -Documentation for git can be found at: - - http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/ - - http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/user-manual.html - - -Conclusion -========== - -Congratulations to anybody who has made it through this long-winded -document. Hopefully it has provided a helpful understanding of how the -Linux kernel is developed and how you can participate in that process. - -In the end, it's the participation that matters. Any open source software -project is no more than the sum of what its contributors put into it. The -Linux kernel has progressed as quickly and as well as it has because it has -been helped by an impressively large group of developers, all of whom are -working to make it better. The kernel is a premier example of what can be -done when thousands of people work together toward a common goal. - -The kernel can always benefit from a larger developer base, though. There -is always more work to do. But, just as importantly, most other -participants in the Linux ecosystem can benefit through contributing to the -kernel. Getting code into the mainline is the key to higher code quality, -lower maintenance and distribution costs, a higher level of influence over -the direction of kernel development, and more. It is a situation where -everybody involved wins. Fire up your editor and come join us; you will be -more than welcome. |