X-Git-Url: https://err.no/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2FHOWTO;h=0291ade44c172882087b49cd6069267c12a4df3c;hb=a72a431bf8aefee7552bffd2bcdfd5c3a09605d1;hp=f8cc3f8ed152742542e06cd14df7c99aae40f9cd;hpb=b4b613fd83853f8c688b3de20ab1a42331257975;p=linux-2.6 diff --git a/Documentation/HOWTO b/Documentation/HOWTO index f8cc3f8ed1..0291ade44c 100644 --- a/Documentation/HOWTO +++ b/Documentation/HOWTO @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ documentation files are also added which explain how to use the feature. When a kernel change causes the interface that the kernel exposes to userspace to change, it is recommended that you send the information or a patch to the manual pages explaining the change to the manual pages -maintainer at mtk-manpages@gmx.net. +maintainer at mtk.manpages@gmail.com. Here is a list of files that are in the kernel source tree that are required reading: @@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ tools. One such tool that is particularly recommended is the Linux Cross-Reference project, which is able to present source code in a self-referential, indexed webpage format. An excellent up-to-date repository of the kernel code may be found at: - http://sosdg.org/~coywolf/lxr/ + http://users.sosdg.org/~qiyong/lxr/ The development process @@ -249,9 +249,11 @@ process is as follows: release a new -rc kernel every week. - Process continues until the kernel is considered "ready", the process should last around 6 weeks. - - A list of known regressions present in each -rc release is - tracked at the following URI: - http://kernelnewbies.org/known_regressions + - Known regressions in each release are periodically posted to the + linux-kernel mailing list. The goal is to reduce the length of + that list to zero before declaring the kernel to be "ready," but, in + the real world, a small number of regressions often remain at + release time. It is worth mentioning what Andrew Morton wrote on the linux-kernel mailing list about kernel releases: @@ -261,7 +263,7 @@ mailing list about kernel releases: 2.6.x.y -stable kernel tree --------------------------- -Kernels with 4 digit versions are -stable kernels. They contain +Kernels with 4-part versions are -stable kernels. They contain relatively small and critical fixes for security problems or significant regressions discovered in a given 2.6.x kernel. @@ -273,7 +275,10 @@ If no 2.6.x.y kernel is available, then the highest numbered 2.6.x kernel is the current stable kernel. 2.6.x.y are maintained by the "stable" team , and are -released almost every other week. +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 +instantly. The file Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt in the kernel tree documents what kinds of changes are acceptable for the -stable tree, and @@ -298,7 +303,9 @@ a while Andrew or the subsystem maintainer pushes it on to Linus for inclusion in mainline. It is heavily encouraged that all new patches get tested in the -mm tree -before they are sent to Linus for inclusion in the main kernel tree. +before they are sent to Linus for inclusion in the main kernel tree. Code +which does not make an appearance in -mm before the opening of the merge +window will prove hard to merge into the mainline. These kernels are not appropriate for use on systems that are supposed to be stable and they are more risky to run than any of the other @@ -330,7 +337,7 @@ Here is a list of some of the different kernel trees available: - ACPI development tree, Len Brown git.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6.git - - Block development tree, Jens Axboe + - Block development tree, Jens Axboe git.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/axboe/linux-2.6-block.git - DRM development tree, Dave Airlie @@ -354,11 +361,12 @@ Here is a list of some of the different kernel trees available: - SCSI, James Bottomley git.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6.git + - x86, Ingo Molnar + git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/x86/linux-2.6-x86.git + quilt trees: - - USB, PCI, Driver Core, and I2C, Greg Kroah-Hartman + - USB, Driver Core, and I2C, Greg Kroah-Hartman kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/gregkh/gregkh-2.6/ - - x86-64, partly i386, Andi Kleen - ftp.firstfloor.org:/pub/ak/x86_64/quilt/ Other kernel trees can be found listed at http://git.kernel.org/ and in the MAINTAINERS file. @@ -384,7 +392,7 @@ One of the best ways to put into practice your hacking skills is by fixing bugs reported by other people. Not only you will help to make the kernel more stable, you'll learn to fix real world problems and you will improve your skills, and other developers will be aware of your presence. Fixing -bugs is one of the best ways to earn merit amongst the developers, because +bugs is one of the best ways to get merits among other developers, because not many people like wasting time fixing other people's bugs. To work in the already reported bug reports, go to http://bugzilla.kernel.org. @@ -392,8 +400,8 @@ If you want to be advised of the future bug reports, you can subscribe to the bugme-new mailing list (only new bug reports are mailed here) or to the bugme-janitor mailing list (every change in the bugzilla is mailed here) - http://lists.osdl.org/mailman/listinfo/bugme-new - http://lists.osdl.org/mailman/listinfo/bugme-janitors + http://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bugme-new + http://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bugme-janitors