X-Git-Url: https://git.karo-electronics.de/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2FHOWTO;h=c64e969dc33bb6e511f78984c007052e9b6cbc54;hb=22e67bb6c1554dc804ee44569f43b2e9c8e591e7;hp=ced9207bedcfc9d7a27aa1476bee94ddca6fd606;hpb=3334500b460a5eede2e3466ca97a90fe3b91ceb5;p=karo-tx-linux.git diff --git a/Documentation/HOWTO b/Documentation/HOWTO index ced9207bedcf..c64e969dc33b 100644 --- a/Documentation/HOWTO +++ b/Documentation/HOWTO @@ -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 @@ -249,6 +249,9 @@ 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 It is worth mentioning what Andrew Morton wrote on the linux-kernel mailing list about kernel releases: @@ -322,39 +325,34 @@ kernel releases as described above. Here is a list of some of the different kernel trees available: git trees: - Kbuild development tree, Sam Ravnborg - kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/kbuild.git + git.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/kbuild.git - ACPI development tree, Len Brown - kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6.git + git.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6.git - Block development tree, Jens Axboe - kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/axboe/linux-2.6-block.git + git.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/axboe/linux-2.6-block.git - DRM development tree, Dave Airlie - kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/airlied/drm-2.6.git + git.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/airlied/drm-2.6.git - ia64 development tree, Tony Luck - kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux-2.6.git - - - ieee1394 development tree, Jody McIntyre - kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/scjody/ieee1394.git + git.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux-2.6.git - infiniband, Roland Dreier - kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/roland/infiniband.git + git.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/roland/infiniband.git - libata, Jeff Garzik - kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/libata-dev.git + git.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/libata-dev.git - network drivers, Jeff Garzik - kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/netdev-2.6.git + git.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/netdev-2.6.git - pcmcia, Dominik Brodowski - kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/brodo/pcmcia-2.6.git + git.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/brodo/pcmcia-2.6.git - SCSI, James Bottomley - 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 + git.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6.git quilt trees: - USB, PCI, Driver Core, and I2C, Greg Kroah-Hartman @@ -362,6 +360,9 @@ Here is a list of some of the different kernel trees available: - 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. + Bug Reporting ------------- @@ -383,7 +384,7 @@ 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.