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- Some kernel-doc cleanups.  That script is still regex onslaught from
    hell, but it has gotten a little better.
 
  - Improvements to the checkpatch docs, which are also used by the tool
    itself.
 
  - A major update to the pathname lookup documentation.
 
  - Elimination of :doc: markup, since our automarkup magic can create
    references from filenames without all the extra noise.
 
  - The flurry of Chinese translation activity continues.
 
 Plus, of course, the usual collection of updates, typo fixes, and warning
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Merge tag 'docs-5.14' of git://git.lwn.net/linux

Pull documentation updates from Jonathan Corbet:
 "This was a reasonably active cycle for documentation; this includes:

   - Some kernel-doc cleanups. That script is still regex onslaught from
     hell, but it has gotten a little better.

   - Improvements to the checkpatch docs, which are also used by the
     tool itself.

   - A major update to the pathname lookup documentation.

   - Elimination of :doc: markup, since our automarkup magic can create
     references from filenames without all the extra noise.

   - The flurry of Chinese translation activity continues.

  Plus, of course, the usual collection of updates, typo fixes, and
  warning fixes"

* tag 'docs-5.14' of git://git.lwn.net/linux: (115 commits)
  docs: path-lookup: use bare function() rather than literals
  docs: path-lookup: update symlink description
  docs: path-lookup: update get_link() ->follow_link description
  docs: path-lookup: update WALK_GET, WALK_PUT desc
  docs: path-lookup: no get_link()
  docs: path-lookup: update i_op->put_link and cookie description
  docs: path-lookup: i_op->follow_link replaced with i_op->get_link
  docs: path-lookup: Add macro name to symlink limit description
  docs: path-lookup: remove filename_mountpoint
  docs: path-lookup: update do_last() part
  docs: path-lookup: update path_mountpoint() part
  docs: path-lookup: update path_to_nameidata() part
  docs: path-lookup: update follow_managed() part
  docs: Makefile: Use CONFIG_SHELL not SHELL
  docs: Take a little noise out of the build process
  docs: x86: avoid using ReST :doc:`foo` markup
  docs: virt: kvm: s390-pv-boot.rst: avoid using ReST :doc:`foo` markup
  docs: userspace-api: landlock.rst: avoid using ReST :doc:`foo` markup
  docs: trace: ftrace.rst: avoid using ReST :doc:`foo` markup
  docs: trace: coresight: coresight.rst: avoid using ReST :doc:`foo` markup
  ...
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Documentation This was a reasonably active cycle for documentation; this pull includes: 2021-06-28 16:53:05 -07:00
LICENSES LICENSES: Add the CC-BY-4.0 license 2020-12-08 10:33:27 -07:00
arch Merge branch 'linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6 2021-06-28 16:04:56 -07:00
block sched: Change task_struct::state 2021-06-18 11:43:09 +02:00
certs Kbuild updates for v5.13 (2nd) 2021-05-08 10:00:11 -07:00
crypto Merge branch 'linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6 2021-06-28 16:04:56 -07:00
drivers Merge branch 'linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6 2021-06-28 16:04:56 -07:00
fs for-5.14-tag 2021-06-28 16:28:41 -07:00
include This was a reasonably active cycle for documentation; this pull includes: 2021-06-28 16:53:05 -07:00
init sched: Change task_struct::state 2021-06-18 11:43:09 +02:00
ipc ipc/mqueue, msg, sem: avoid relying on a stack reference past its expiry 2021-05-22 15:09:07 -10:00
kernel arm64 updates for 5.14 2021-06-28 14:04:24 -07:00
lib Scheduler udpates for this cycle: 2021-06-28 12:14:19 -07:00
mm arm64 updates for 5.14 2021-06-28 14:04:24 -07:00
net Scheduler udpates for this cycle: 2021-06-28 12:14:19 -07:00
samples This was a reasonably active cycle for documentation; this pull includes: 2021-06-28 16:53:05 -07:00
scripts This was a reasonably active cycle for documentation; this pull includes: 2021-06-28 16:53:05 -07:00
security integrity-v5.14 2021-06-28 16:15:50 -07:00
sound spi: Updates for v5.14 2021-06-28 11:10:20 -07:00
tools This was a reasonably active cycle for documentation; this pull includes: 2021-06-28 16:53:05 -07:00
usr .gitignore: prefix local generated files with a slash 2021-05-02 00:43:35 +09:00
virt ARM: 2021-06-28 15:40:51 -07:00
.clang-format clang-format: Update with the latest for_each macro list 2021-05-12 23:32:39 +02:00
.cocciconfig scripts: add Linux .cocciconfig for coccinelle 2016-07-22 12:13:39 +02:00
.get_maintainer.ignore Opt out of scripts/get_maintainer.pl 2019-05-16 10:53:40 -07:00
.gitattributes .gitattributes: use 'dts' diff driver for dts files 2019-12-04 19:44:11 -08:00
.gitignore .gitignore: ignore only top-level modules.builtin 2021-05-02 00:43:35 +09:00
.mailmap m68k updates for v5.14 2021-06-28 14:01:03 -07:00
COPYING COPYING: state that all contributions really are covered by this file 2020-02-10 13:32:20 -08:00
CREDITS MAINTAINERS: move Murali Karicheri to credits 2021-04-29 15:47:30 -07:00
Kbuild kbuild: rename hostprogs-y/always to hostprogs/always-y 2020-02-04 01:53:07 +09:00
Kconfig kbuild: ensure full rebuild when the compiler is updated 2020-05-12 13:28:33 +09:00
MAINTAINERS Changes since last update: 2021-06-28 16:24:18 -07:00
Makefile arm64 updates for 5.14 2021-06-28 14:04:24 -07:00
README Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/ 2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00

README

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.