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Examine and build kernel documentation

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Examine and build kernel documentation

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- [Instructor] Let's talk about Linux kernel source code documentation, one of my favorite words and favorite subdirectories. But first, you want to remember that the source code to the Linux kernel is the most authoritative and a very handy place to get the ultimate answers for how stuff works, especially because we can't expect documentation and stuff on the web to keep up with all the details going on in the Linux kernel. The Linux kernel development is very fast paced. Approximately 10 thousand lines of code per day averaged over a year every year. Lots of stuff. So use the source code to your kernel to find out how stuff really works. But, to get explanations on how stuff works use stuff in the documentation subdirectory in the source tree. The files in the documentation subdirectory are often written by the authors of the code itself, the ultimate authorities. Great stuff. Some of these lengthy documents…

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