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Pull documentation updates from Jonathan Corbet: "There's been a fair amount going on in the docs tree this time around, including: - Support for reproducible document builds, from Ben Hutchings and company. - The ability to automatically generate cross-reference links within a single DocBook book and embedded descriptions for large structures. From Danilo Cesar Lemes de Paula. - A new document on how to add a system call from David Drysdale. - Chameleon bus documentation from Johannes Thumshirn. ...plus the usual collection of improvements, typo fixes, and more" * tag 'docs-for-linus' of git://git.lwn.net/linux-2.6: (39 commits) Documentation, add kernel-parameters.txt entry for dis_ucode_ldr Documentation/x86: Rename IRQSTACKSIZE to IRQ_STACK_SIZE Documentation/Intel-IOMMU.txt: Modify definition of DRHD docs: update HOWTO for 3.x -> 4.x versioning kernel-doc: ignore unneeded attribute information scripts/kernel-doc: Adding cross-reference links to html documentation. DocBook: Fix non-determinstic installation of duplicate man pages Documentation: minor typo fix in mailbox.txt Documentation: describe how to add a system call doc: Add more workqueue functions to the documentation ARM: keystone: add documentation for SoCs and EVMs scripts/kernel-doc Allow struct arguments documentation in struct body SubmittingPatches: remove stray quote character Revert "DocBook: Avoid building man pages repeatedly and inconsistently" Documentation: Minor changes to men-chameleon-bus.txt Doc: fix trivial typo in SubmittingPatches MAINTAINERS: Direct Documentation/DocBook/media properly Documentation: installed man pages don't need to be executable fix Evolution submenu name in email-clients.txt Documentation: Add MCB documentation ...
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Linux kernel development process currently consists of a few different | ||
main kernel "branches" and lots of different subsystem-specific kernel | ||
branches. These different branches are: | ||
- main 3.x kernel tree | ||
- 3.x.y -stable kernel tree | ||
- 3.x -git kernel patches | ||
- main 4.x kernel tree | ||
- 4.x.y -stable kernel tree | ||
- 4.x -git kernel patches | ||
- subsystem specific kernel trees and patches | ||
- the 3.x -next kernel tree for integration tests | ||
- the 4.x -next kernel tree for integration tests | ||
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3.x kernel tree | ||
4.x kernel tree | ||
----------------- | ||
3.x kernels are maintained by Linus Torvalds, and can be found on | ||
kernel.org in the pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ directory. Its development | ||
4.x kernels are maintained by Linus Torvalds, and can be found on | ||
kernel.org in the pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ directory. Its development | ||
process is as follows: | ||
- As soon as a new kernel is released a two weeks window is open, | ||
during this period of time maintainers can submit big diffs to | ||
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released according to perceived bug status, not according to a | ||
preconceived timeline." | ||
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3.x.y -stable kernel tree | ||
4.x.y -stable kernel tree | ||
--------------------------- | ||
Kernels with 3-part versions are -stable kernels. They contain | ||
relatively small and critical fixes for security problems or significant | ||
regressions discovered in a given 3.x kernel. | ||
regressions discovered in a given 4.x kernel. | ||
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This is the recommended branch for users who want the most recent stable | ||
kernel and are not interested in helping test development/experimental | ||
versions. | ||
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If no 3.x.y kernel is available, then the highest numbered 3.x | ||
If no 4.x.y kernel is available, then the highest numbered 4.x | ||
kernel is the current stable kernel. | ||
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3.x.y are maintained by the "stable" team <[email protected]>, and | ||
4.x.y are maintained by the "stable" team <[email protected]>, and | ||
are released as needs dictate. The normal release period is approximately | ||
two weeks, but it can be longer if there are no pressing problems. A | ||
security-related problem, instead, can cause a release to happen almost | ||
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documents what kinds of changes are acceptable for the -stable tree, and | ||
how the release process works. | ||
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3.x -git patches | ||
4.x -git patches | ||
------------------ | ||
These are daily snapshots of Linus' kernel tree which are managed in a | ||
git repository (hence the name.) These patches are usually released | ||
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accepted, or rejected. Most of these patchwork sites are listed at | ||
http://patchwork.kernel.org/. | ||
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3.x -next kernel tree for integration tests | ||
4.x -next kernel tree for integration tests | ||
--------------------------------------------- | ||
Before updates from subsystem trees are merged into the mainline 3.x | ||
Before updates from subsystem trees are merged into the mainline 4.x | ||
tree, they need to be integration-tested. For this purpose, a special | ||
testing repository exists into which virtually all subsystem trees are | ||
pulled on an almost daily basis: | ||
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Make sure your patch does not include any extra files which do not | ||
belong in a patch submission. Make sure to review your patch -after- | ||
generated it with diff(1), to ensure accuracy. | ||
generating it with diff(1), to ensure accuracy. | ||
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If your changes produce a lot of deltas, you need to split them into | ||
individual patches which modify things in logical stages; see section | ||
#3. This will facilitate easier reviewing by other kernel developers, | ||
#3. This will facilitate review by other kernel developers, | ||
very important if you want your patch accepted. | ||
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If you're using git, "git rebase -i" can help you with this process. If | ||
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to code that they maintain; look through the MAINTAINERS file and the | ||
source code revision history to see who those maintainers are. The | ||
script scripts/get_maintainer.pl can be very useful at this step. If you | ||
cannot find a maintainer for the subsystem your are working on, Andrew | ||
cannot find a maintainer for the subsystem you are working on, Andrew | ||
Morton ([email protected]) serves as a maintainer of last resort. | ||
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You should also normally choose at least one mailing list to receive a copy | ||
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developer to be able to "quote" your changes, using standard e-mail | ||
tools, so that they may comment on specific portions of your code. | ||
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For this reason, all patches should be submitting e-mail "inline". | ||
For this reason, all patches should be submitted by e-mail "inline". | ||
WARNING: Be wary of your editor's word-wrap corrupting your patch, | ||
if you choose to cut-n-paste your patch. | ||
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git://jdelvare.pck.nerim.net/jdelvare-2.6 i2c-for-linus | ||
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to get these changes:" | ||
to get these changes: | ||
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A pull request should also include an overall message saying what will be | ||
included in the request, a "git shortlog" listing of the patches | ||
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<https://lkml.org/lkml/2005/7/11/336> | ||
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Kernel Documentation/CodingStyle: | ||
<http://users.sosdg.org/~qiyong/lxr/source/Documentation/CodingStyle> | ||
<Documentation/CodingStyle> | ||
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Linus Torvalds's mail on the canonical patch format: | ||
<http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/4/7/183> | ||
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