kernel/linux.git/Documentation/ABI/README, branch master

docs: ABI: make the KernelVersion field optional

2025-07-01T19:18:04+00:00

The KernelVersion field has limited practical value. Git history provides more accurate tracking of when features were introduced and target kernel versions often change during development and merge. Label it optional. Signed-off-by: Alison Schofield Acked-by: Dan Williams Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250626024101.792073-1-alison.schofield@intel.com

docs: ABI: move README contents to the top

2025-02-13T16:47:44+00:00

The ABI documentation looks a little bit better if it starts with the contents of the README is placed at the beginning. Move it to the beginning of the ABI chapter. While here, improve the README text and change the title that will be shown at the html/pdf output to be coherent with both ABI file contents and with the generated documentation output. Suggested-by: Jonathan Corbet Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250211055809.1898623-1-mchehab+huawei@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet

docs: ABI: README: specify that files should be ReST compatible

2020-10-30T12:07:01+00:00

As we plan to remove the escaping code from the scripts/get_abi.pl, specify at the ABI README file that the content of the file should be ReST compatible. Acked-by: Jonathan Corbet Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/178a997070debd1953ba7d302c375948501d6193.1604042072.git.mchehab+huawei@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

docs: fix locations of several documents that got moved

2016-10-24T10:12:35+00:00

The previous patch renamed several files that are cross-referenced along the Kernel documentation. Adjust the links to point to the right places. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab

Documentation/ABI: document the non-ABI status of Kconfig and symbols

2013-11-13T03:09:32+00:00

Discussion at Kernel Summit made it clear that the presence or absence of specific Kconfig symbols are not considered ABI, and that no userspace (or bootloader, etc) should rely on them. In addition, kernel-internal symbols are well established as non-ABI, per Documentation/stable_api_nonsense.txt. Document both of these in Documentation/ABI/README, in a new section for notable bits of non-ABI. Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett Cc: Rob Landley Cc: Tao Ma Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman Acked-by: H. Peter Anvin Cc: Richard Weinberger Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Documentation: remove reference to feature-removal-schedule.txt

2012-12-18T01:15:12+00:00

In commit 9c0ece069b32 ("Get rid of Documentation/feature-removal.txt"), Linus removed feature-removal-schedule.txt from Documentation, but there is still some reference to this file. So remove them. Signed-off-by: Tao Ma Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] Add kernel<->userspace ABI stability documentation

2006-06-21T19:40:47+00:00

Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman