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This will be the initial landing point for readers, so give them a bit of
introductory material.  Also split the TOC into area-specific chunks to
make the whole thing a bit more approachable.

Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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You can adapt this file completely to your liking, but it should at least
contain the root `toctree` directive.
Welcome to The Linux Kernel's documentation!
============================================
Welcome to The Linux Kernel's documentation
===========================================
Contents:
This is the top level of the kernel's documentation tree. Kernel
documentation, like the kernel itself, is very much a work in progress;
that is especially true as we work to integrate our many scattered
documents into a coherent whole. Please note that improvements to the
documentation are welcome; join the linux-doc list at vger.kernel.org if
you want to help out.
User-oriented documentation
---------------------------
The following manuals are written for *users* of the kernel — those who are
trying to get it to work optimally on a given system.
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 2
admin-guide/index
kernel-documentation
Introduction to kernel development
----------------------------------
These manuals contain overall information about how to develop the kernel.
The kernel community is quite large, with thousands of developers
contributing over the course of a year. As with any large community,
knowing how things are done will make the process of getting your changes
merged much easier.
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 2
process/index
dev-tools/tools
kernel-documentation
Kernel API documentation
------------------------
These books get into the details of how specific kernel subsystems work
from the point of view of a kernel developer. Much of the information here
is taken directly from the kernel source, with supplemental material added
as needed (or at least as we managed to add it — probably *not* all that is
needed).
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 2
driver-api/index
media/index
gpu/index