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diff --git a/README b/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..669ac7c322 --- /dev/null +++ b/README @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +Linux kernel +============ + +There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can +be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read +Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first. + +In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or +``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at: + + https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/ + +There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory, +several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation. + +Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the +requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about +the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel. |