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16bef44b9SMauro Carvalho ChehabLinux kernel
26bef44b9SMauro Carvalho Chehab============
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49f4a68e4SMartin KepplingerThere are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
59f4a68e4SMartin Kepplingerbe rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
69f4a68e4SMartin KepplingerDocumentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
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86bef44b9SMauro Carvalho ChehabIn order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
9*4b290af0SJonathan Corbet``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
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11*4b290af0SJonathan Corbet    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
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136bef44b9SMauro Carvalho ChehabThere are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
146bef44b9SMauro Carvalho Chehabseveral of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
156bef44b9SMauro Carvalho ChehabSee Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.
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176bef44b9SMauro Carvalho ChehabPlease read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
186bef44b9SMauro Carvalho Chehabrequirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
196bef44b9SMauro Carvalho Chehabthe problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.
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