Whats a primer document and why should I read it first?
• (REG) From time to time various technical debates start on the linux kernel list. Some of these are about quite important topics, however often these debates are repeated every few months or so and much of the same ground is covered each time around. Other times, questions about how some part of the Linux kernel works are posted. Often we see the same old questions time and time again. Don’t get me wrong: these are often reasonable questions, it’s just that seeing them over and over is something we’d rather avoid. This section has some primer document links on various topics that should be read before starting a debate or posing a question (which itself can lead to a debate). This is not an attempt to censor debate, rather, it’s an attempt to get you familiar with the current arguments so that you can contribute something new without going over old ground. If it’s just a question you have, hopefully we can explain it clearly once, in a single document, and then point everybody to it.
