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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/process/changes.rst | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/process/index.rst | 41 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/process/submitting-drivers.rst | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 16 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst index abd7dc7ae240..87825cf96f33 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst @@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ Original by: Last update: 2016-09-14 +.. note:: + + This document is obsolete. In most cases, rather than using ``patch`` + manually, you'll almost certainly want to look at using Git instead. A frequently asked question on the Linux Kernel Mailing List is how to apply a patch to the kernel or, more specifically, what base kernel a patch for diff --git a/Documentation/process/changes.rst b/Documentation/process/changes.rst index 22797a15dc24..56ce66114665 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/changes.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/changes.rst @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ .. _changes: -Minimal requerements to compile the Kernel +Minimal requirements to compile the Kernel ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Intro diff --git a/Documentation/process/index.rst b/Documentation/process/index.rst index cddf580671e7..10aa6920709a 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/index.rst @@ -4,34 +4,51 @@ \renewcommand\thesubsection* -Linux Kernel Development Documentation -====================================== +Working with the kernel development community +============================================= -Contents: +So you want to be a Linux kernel developer? Welcome! While there is a lot +to be learned about the kernel in a technical sense, it is also important +to learn about how our community works. Reading these documents will make +it much easier for you to get your changes merged with a minimum of +trouble. + +Below are the essential guides that every developer should read. .. toctree:: - :maxdepth: 2 + :maxdepth: 1 howto - changes - coding-style + code-of-conflict + development-process submitting-patches + coding-style + email-clients + +Other guides to the community that are of interest to most developers are: + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 1 + + changes submitting-drivers stable-api-nonsense management-style stable-kernel-rules + submit-checklist kernel-docs + +These are some overall technical guides that have been put here for now for +lack of a better place. + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 1 + applying-patches - email-clients - submit-checklist - code-of-conflict adding-syscalls magic-number volatile-considered-harmful - development-process - - .. only:: subproject and html Indices diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-drivers.rst b/Documentation/process/submitting-drivers.rst index 0939d018c289..afb82ee0cbea 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/submitting-drivers.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-drivers.rst @@ -8,6 +8,14 @@ various kernel trees. Note that if you are interested in video card drivers you should probably talk to XFree86 (http://www.xfree86.org/) and/or X.Org (http://x.org/) instead. +.. note:: + + This document is old and has seen little maintenance in recent years; it + should probably be updated or, perhaps better, just deleted. Most of + what is here can be found in the other development documents anyway. + + Oh, and we don't really recommend submitting changes to XFree86 :) + Also read the Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst document. diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst index b4cf8f375184..3e10719fee35 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ .. _submittingpatches: -How to Get Your Change Into the Linux Kernel or Care And Operation Of Your Linus Torvalds -========================================================================================= +Submitting patches: the essential guide to getting your code into the kernel +============================================================================ For a person or company who wishes to submit a change to the Linux kernel, the process can sometimes be daunting if you're not familiar @@ -24,10 +24,6 @@ of the mechanical work done for you, though you'll still need to prepare and document a sensible set of patches. In general, use of ``git`` will make your life as a kernel developer easier. -Creating and Sending your Change -******************************** - - 0) Obtain a current source tree ------------------------------- @@ -417,8 +413,8 @@ e-mail discussions. -11) Sign your work ------------------- +11) Sign your work — the Developer's Certificate of Origin +---------------------------------------------------------- To improve tracking of who did what, especially with patches that can percolate to their final resting place in the kernel through several @@ -803,8 +799,8 @@ command like this will do the trick:: git request-pull master git://my.public.tree/linux.git my-signed-tag -REFERENCES -********** +References +---------- Andrew Morton, "The perfect patch" (tpp). <http://www.ozlabs.org/~akpm/stuff/tpp.txt> |