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Sat, 06 Dec 2025 22:14:47 -0800 (PST) Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 From: =?UTF-8?B?4bSL4bSAyoDhtJvJquG0iyBzypzhtIDKnA==?= Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2025 11:44:48 +0530 X-Gm-Features: AQt7F2rfoom-6ufMfB2_X1CFMl_aAyTFbgMEV0xs1Yr9eIbT3eS-b1H_2ZapExk Message-ID: Subject: [PATCH] docs: improve introduction wording in howto.rst To: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" From 48d7e03ca7278705283d95b7da75739b97996a66 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: kartikpro9599-hash Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2025 11:35:19 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] docs: improve introduction wording in howto.rst Signed-off-by: kartikpro9599-hash --- Documentation/process/howto.rst | 12 ++---------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/process/howto.rst b/Documentation/process/howto.= rst index 9438e03d6..7c7fc331c 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/howto.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/howto.rst @@ -2,16 +2,8 @@ HOWTO do Linux kernel development =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D - -This is the be-all, end-all document on this topic. It contains -instructions on how to become a Linux kernel developer and how to learn -to work with the Linux kernel development community. It tries to not -contain anything related to the technical aspects of kernel programming, -but will help point you in the right direction for that. - -If anything in this document becomes out of date, please send in patches -to the maintainer of this file, who is listed at the bottom of the -document. +This is a complete introductory document on this topic. It contains instructions on how to become a Linux kernel developer and how to work with the Linux kernel development community. It does not cover the technical aspects of kernel programming, but will help point you in the right direction for that. +If anything in this document becomes out of date, please send in patches to the maintainer of this file, who is listed at the bottom of the document. Introduction --=20 2.52.0.windows.1