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2021-01-18docs: process/howto.rst: make sections on bug reporting match practiceThorsten Leemhuis
The file Documentation/process/howto.rst points to bugzilla.kernel.org as the primary place to report kernel bugs to. For most of the kernel that's the wrong place, as the MAINTAINERS file shows. Adjust those sections to make them match current practice. This change also removes a contradiction with the recently added text Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-issues.rst, which is a reason for a 'this needs further discussion' warning note in there. The change is thus a prerequisite to remove that warning, nevertheless it is left for now to make sure people review the text's approach more carefully. Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210116143542.69199-1-linux@leemhuis.info Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-12-08docs: make reporting-bugs.rst obsoleteThorsten Leemhuis
Make various places which point to Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-bugs.rst point to Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-issues.rst instead. That document is brand new and as of now is not completely finished. But even at this stage it's a lot more helpful and accurate than reporting-bugs.rst. Hence also add a note to reporting-bugs.rst, telling people they're better off reading reporting-issues.rst instead. reporting-bugs.rst is scheduled for removal once reporting-issues.rst is considered ready. Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/3df7c2d16de112b47bb6e6158138608e78562bf5.1607063223.git.linux@leemhuis.info Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-06-26Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones: Documentation/processAlexander A. Klimov
Rationale: Reduces attack surface on kernel devs opening the links for MITM as HTTPS traffic is much harder to manipulate. Deterministic algorithm: For each file: If not .svg: For each line: If doesn't contain `\bxmlns\b`: For each link, `\bhttp://[^# \t\r\n]*(?:\w|/)`: If both the HTTP and HTTPS versions return 200 OK and serve the same content: Replace HTTP with HTTPS. Signed-off-by: Alexander A. Klimov <grandmaster@al2klimov.de> Acked-by: Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200621133630.46435-1-grandmaster@al2klimov.de Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-02-19Documentation: bring process docs up to dateTony Fischetti
The guide to the kernel dev process documentation, for example, contains references to older kernels and their timelines. In addition, one of the "long term support kernels" listed have since reached EOL, and a new one has been named. This patch brings information/tables up to date. Additionally, some very trivial grammatical errors, unclear sentences, and potentially unsavory diction have been edited. Signed-off-by: Tony Fischetti <tony.fischetti@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2019-08-24docs: process: fix broken linkJacob Huisman
http://linux.yyz.us/patch-format.html seems to be down since approximately September 2018. There is a working archive copy on arhive.org. Replaced the links in documenation + translations. Signed-off-by: Jacob Huisman <jacobhuisman@kernelthusiast.com> Reviewed-by: Federico Vaga <federico.vaga@vaga.pv.it> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2019-04-09docs: Fix spelling mistakeTobin C. Harding
Documentation contains a spelling mistake / typo. s/descibed/described/ Fix spelling mistake. Signed-off-by: Tobin C. Harding <tobin@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2019-03-04Documentation/process/howto: Update for 4.x -> 5.x versioningZenghui Yu
As linux-5.0 is coming up soon, the howto.rst document can be updated for the new kernel version. Instead of changing all 4.x references to 5.x, this time we git rid of all explicit version numbers and rework some kernel trees' name to keep the docs current and real. Signed-off-by: Zenghui Yu <zenghuiyu96@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2019-02-22doc: process: complete removal of info about -git patchesFederico Vaga
The following patch forgot to remove a reference to the -git patches commit 2c71d305caf9 ("docs: process: Remove outdated info about -git patches") This patch complete the removal and update all translations Signed-off-by: Federico Vaga <federico.vaga@vaga.pv.it> Acked-by: SeongJae Park <sj38.park@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2019-02-11docs: process: Remove outdated info about -git patchesJonathan Neuschäfer
As can be seen by clicking around the timeline on web.archive.org[1], there were no -git patches/tarballs on kernel.org since release 3.1. [1]: https://web.archive.org/web/20111103073843/http://www.kernel.org/ Signed-off-by: Jonathan Neuschäfer <j.neuschaefer@gmx.net> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2019-02-01doc: Change LXR references to elixir.bootlin.comJonathan Neuschäfer
Recently, Free Electrons was renamed to Bootlin[1]. Less recently, the Linux Cross Reference (LXR) at lxr.free-electrons.com was replaced by Elixir[2], and lxr.free-electrons.com redirected first to elixir.free-electrons.com and now to elixir.bootlin.com. [1]: https://bootlin.com/blog/free-electrons-becomes-bootlin/ [2]: https://github.com/free-electrons/elixir Signed-off-by: Jonathan Neuschäfer <j.neuschaefer@gmx.net> Reviewed-by: Martin Kepplinger <martin.kepplinger@ginzinger.com> Acked-by: Federico Vaga <federico.vaga@vaga.pv.it> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2018-12-06doc:process: add links where missingFederico Vaga
Some documents are refering to others without links. With this patch I add those missing links. This patch affects only documents under process/ and labels where necessary. Signed-off-by: Federico Vaga <federico.vaga@vaga.pv.it> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2018-11-20doc:it_IT: add some process/* translationsFederico Vaga
This patch does not translate entirely the subfolder "process/" but only part of it (to begin with). In order to avoid broken links, I included empty documents for those which are not yet translated. In order to be able to refer to all documents in "process/", I added a sphinx label to those which had not one. Translated documents: - howto - 1.Intro - clang-format - coding-style - kernel-driver-statement - magic-number - volatile-considered-harmful - development-process Signed-off-by: Federico Vaga <federico.vaga@vaga.pv.it> Signed-off-by: Alessia Mantegazza <amantegazza@vaga.pv.it> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2018-08-31docs: tidy up TOCs and refs to license-rules.rstMarkus Heiser
The documentation and TOCs are organized in a manner of a tree. Adding a TOC to the root, which refers to a file which is located in a subfolder forms a grid. Those TOCs are a bit confusing and thats why we get additional error messages while building partial documentation:: $ make SPHINXDIRS=process htmldocs ... checking consistency... Documentation/process/license-rules.rst: \ WARNING: document isn't included in any toctree To fix it, the *root-license-TOC* is replaced by a reference and the 'license-roles.txt' is added to the Documentation/process/index.rst TOC. BTW: there was an old licences remark in Documentation/process/howto.rst which is also updated, mentioning SPDX and pointing to the license-rules.rst Signed-off-by: Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@darmarit.de> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2018-06-29Documentation/process/howto.rst: add a missing cross-referenceMichael Rodin
Add a missing cross-reference from Documentation/process/howto.rst to Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst. Signed-off-by: Michael Rodin <michael-git@rodin.online> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2018-02-18Documentation/process/howto: Remove outdated info about bugzilla mailing listsJonathan Neuschäfer
The mailing list archives[1,2] show no activity since September 2011. [1]: https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bugme-new/ [2]: https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bugme-janitors/ Signed-off-by: Jonathan Neuschäfer <j.neuschaefer@gmx.net> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2018-02-16Documentation: Delete reference to the kernel-mentors mailing listMinghui Liu
Delete reference to the kernel-mentors mailing list because the mailing list no longer exists Signed-off-by: Minghui Liu <minghui.liu.95@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2017-05-16docs: update old references for DocBook from the documentationMauro Carvalho Chehab
DocBook is mentioned several times at the documentation. Update the obsolete references from it at the DocBook. Acked-by: SeongJae Park <sj38.park@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
2016-11-28Documentation/process/howto: Only send regression fixes after -rc1Dan Carpenter
The original text was not clear if white space or other harmless patches should be merged in -rc kernels. The discussion at Kernel Summit said that we should be more strict about sending regression fixes only. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com> Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2016-11-07Documentation/process/howto: Mark subsection in suggested formatSeongJae Park
`Specific guidelines for the kernel documentation` section of `kernel-documentation.rst` suggests to use ``~`` for subsection but subsections in HOWTO is not marked in the format. This commit marks them in the format. Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj38.park@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2016-10-24docs: fix locations of several documents that got movedMauro Carvalho Chehab
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 <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
2016-10-24docs-rst: add documents to development-processMauro Carvalho Chehab
Add several documents to the development-process ReST book. As we don't want renames, use symlinks instead, keeping those documents on their original place. Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>