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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> | 2006-10-19 02:50:16 +0200 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> | 2006-10-19 02:50:16 +0200 |
| commit | 65740356ccfa66703e7e0d47fbe372ba5193916b (patch) | |
| tree | e1db48e0967a9499d20a343e27af50abb0b1c24b /Documentation | |
| parent | Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git390.osdl.marist.edu/pub/scm/linux-2.6 (diff) | |
| parent | driver core: kmalloc() failure check in driver_probe_device (diff) | |
| download | linux-65740356ccfa66703e7e0d47fbe372ba5193916b.tar.xz linux-65740356ccfa66703e7e0d47fbe372ba5193916b.zip | |
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-2.6
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-2.6:
driver core: kmalloc() failure check in driver_probe_device
Driver core: bus: remove indentation level
Driver core: Don't ignore error returns from probing
Driver core: Don't leak 'old_class_name' in drivers/base/core.c::device_rename()
driver core fixes: sysfs_create_group() retval in topology.c
driver core fixes: device_create_file() retval check in dmapool.c
driver core fixes: device_add() cleanup on error
driver core fixes: bus_add_device() cleanup on error
driver core fixes: bus_add_attrs() retval check
driver core fixes: sysfs_create_link() retval check in class.c
sysfs: update obsolete comment in sysfs_update_file
sysfs: remove duplicated dput in sysfs_update_file
HOWTO: bug report addition
Fix dev_printk() is now GPL-only
Driver core: plug device probe memory leak
Documentation: feature-removal-schedule typo
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/HOWTO | 20 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 2 |
2 files changed, 21 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/HOWTO b/Documentation/HOWTO index d6f3dd1a3464..8d51c148f721 100644 --- a/Documentation/HOWTO +++ b/Documentation/HOWTO @@ -395,6 +395,26 @@ bugme-janitor mailing list (every change in the bugzilla is mailed here) +Managing bug reports +-------------------- + +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 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. +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 + + + Mailing lists ------------- diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 24f3c63b3017..1ac3c74646e3 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ Who: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org> What: PHYSDEVPATH, PHYSDEVBUS, PHYSDEVDRIVER in the uevent environment -When: Oktober 2008 +When: October 2008 Why: The stacking of class devices makes these values misleading and inconsistent. Class devices should not carry any of these properties, and bus |