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| author | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> | 2005-11-15 14:35:06 -0800 |
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| committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> | 2005-11-15 14:35:06 -0800 |
| commit | 3f775d6d6c1d91cb28793ee12e3a73810ea770a4 (patch) | |
| tree | 399f71854eee79337f189299afcbb59e2dfbe7b4 /HOWTO | |
| parent | 2370b5fa299b947669f37722762c8bea8b8e3ebd (diff) | |
| download | patches-3f775d6d6c1d91cb28793ee12e3a73810ea770a4.tar.gz | |
comments from Jesper Juhl
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@@ -72,6 +72,16 @@ new features are added to the kernel, it is recommended that new documentation files are also added which explain how to use the feature. Here is a list of files that are in the kernel source tree that are required reading: + README + This file gives a short background on the Linux kernel and describes + what is necessary to do to configure and build the kernel. People + who are new to the kernel should start here. + + Documentation/Changes + This file gives a list of the minimum levels of various software + packages that are necessary to build and run the kernel + successfully. + Documentation/CodingStyle This describes the Linux kernel coding style, and some of the rationale behind it. All new code is expected to follow the @@ -89,7 +99,7 @@ required reading: Following these rules will not guarantee success (as all patches are subject to scrutiny for content and style), but not following them will almost always prevent it. - + Other excellent descriptions of how to create patches properly are: "The Perfect Patch" http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/tpp.txt @@ -335,6 +345,8 @@ Here is a list of some of the different kernel trees available: - SCSI, James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com> kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6.git + Other git kernel trees can be found listed at http://kernel.org/git + quilt trees: - USB, PCI, Driver Core, and I2C, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/gregkh/gregkh-2.6/ @@ -584,8 +596,8 @@ to be based on text he had written, and to Randy Dunlap and Gerrit Huizenga for some of the list of things you should and should not say. Also thanks to Pat Mochel, Hanna Linder, Randy Dunlap, Kay Sievers, Vojtech Pavlik, Jan Kara, Josh Boyer, Kees Cook, Andrew Morton, Andi -Kleen, Vadim Lobanov, and Alex Shepard for their review and comments on -early drafts of this document. +Kleen, Vadim Lobanov, Jesper Juhl, and Alex Shepard for their review and +comments on early drafts of this document. |