From d36cc9d0813f813408a1f0bed5e8ced358bb43bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 09:31:11 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Add HOWTO do kernel development document to the Documentation directory Here's a document that describes the process and procedures of how to do Linux kernel development. It has gone through a number of rounds of review on the linux-kernel mailing list, and contains contributions and help from Paolo Ciarrocchi, Randy Dunlap, Gerrit Huizenga, Pat Mochel, Hanna Linder, Kay Sievers, Vojtech Pavlik, Jan Kara, Josh Boyer, Kees Cook, Andrew Morton, Andi Kleen, Vadim Lobanov, Jesper Juhl, Adrian Bunk, Keri Harris, Frans Pop, David A. Wheeler, Junio Hamano, Michael Kerrisk, and Alex Shepard. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- Documentation/00-INDEX | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation/00-INDEX') diff --git a/Documentation/00-INDEX b/Documentation/00-INDEX index 433cf5e9ae04..2903337d564f 100644 --- a/Documentation/00-INDEX +++ b/Documentation/00-INDEX @@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ DMA-mapping.txt - info for PCI drivers using DMA portably across all platforms. DocBook/ - directory with DocBook templates etc. for kernel documentation. +HOWTO + - The process and procedures of how to do Linux kernel development. IO-mapping.txt - how to access I/O mapped memory from within device drivers. IPMI.txt -- cgit v1.2.3 From 8907e94be2661be940c622232d6ce5ae938f10c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 09:31:15 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] update Documentation/00-INDEX Update the index file with descriptions of the stable_api_nonsense.txt and stable_kernel_rules.txt files. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- Documentation/00-INDEX | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation/00-INDEX') diff --git a/Documentation/00-INDEX b/Documentation/00-INDEX index 2903337d564f..5f7f7d7f77d2 100644 --- a/Documentation/00-INDEX +++ b/Documentation/00-INDEX @@ -258,6 +258,10 @@ specialix.txt - info on hardware/driver for specialix IO8+ multiport serial card. spinlocks.txt - info on using spinlocks to provide exclusive access in kernel. +stable_api_nonsense.txt + - info on why the kernel does not have a stable in-kernel api or abi. +stable_kernel_rules.txt + - rules and procedures for the -stable kernel releases. stallion.txt - info on using the Stallion multiport serial driver. svga.txt -- cgit v1.2.3