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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 - -If anything in this document becomes out of date, please send in patches -to the maintainer of this file, who is listed at the bottom of the -document.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 + +If anything in this document becomes out of date, please send in +patches to the maintainer of this file, who is listed at the +bottom of the document.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