Documentation/HOWTO: adjust external link references
- A few link references were missing http:// - Several sites are now redirecting to https protocol. On such cases, just use the https URL. NOTE: all URLs were checked and they're pointing to the right places. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ their statements on legal matters.
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For common questions and answers about the GPL, please see:
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http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html
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https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html
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Documentation
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@ -117,11 +117,9 @@ required reading:
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Other excellent descriptions of how to create patches properly are:
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"The Perfect Patch"
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http://www.ozlabs.org/~akpm/stuff/tpp.txt
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https://www.ozlabs.org/~akpm/stuff/tpp.txt
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"Linux kernel patch submission format"
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http://linux.yyz.us/patch-format.html
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:ref:`Documentation/stable_api_nonsense.txt <stable_api_nonsense>`
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@ -202,7 +200,7 @@ Becoming A Kernel Developer
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If you do not know anything about Linux kernel development, you should
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look at the Linux KernelNewbies project:
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http://kernelnewbies.org
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https://kernelnewbies.org
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It consists of a helpful mailing list where you can ask almost any type
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of basic kernel development question (make sure to search the archives
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@ -220,7 +218,7 @@ If you do not know where you want to start, but you want to look for
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some task to start doing to join into the kernel development community,
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go to the Linux Kernel Janitor's project:
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http://kernelnewbies.org/KernelJanitors
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https://kernelnewbies.org/KernelJanitors
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It is a great place to start. It describes a list of relatively simple
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problems that need to be cleaned up and fixed within the Linux kernel
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@ -234,7 +232,7 @@ tree, but need some help getting it in the proper form, the
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kernel-mentors project was created to help you out with this. It is a
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mailing list, and can be found at:
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http://selenic.com/mailman/listinfo/kernel-mentors
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https://selenic.com/mailman/listinfo/kernel-mentors
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Before making any actual modifications to the Linux kernel code, it is
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imperative to understand how the code in question works. For this
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@ -264,7 +262,7 @@ branches. These different branches are:
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4.x kernel tree
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-----------------
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4.x kernels are maintained by Linus Torvalds, and can be found on
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kernel.org in the pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ directory. Its development
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https://kernel.org in the pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ directory. Its development
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process is as follows:
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- As soon as a new kernel is released a two weeks window is open,
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Linus, usually the patches that have already been included in the
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-next kernel for a few weeks. The preferred way to submit big changes
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is using git (the kernel's source management tool, more information
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can be found at http://git-scm.com/) but plain patches are also just
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can be found at https://git-scm.com/) but plain patches are also just
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fine.
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- After two weeks a -rc1 kernel is released it is now possible to push
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only patches that do not include new features that could affect the
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Most of these repositories are git trees, but there are also other SCMs
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in use, or patch queues being published as quilt series. Addresses of
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these subsystem repositories are listed in the MAINTAINERS file. Many
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of them can be browsed at http://git.kernel.org/.
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of them can be browsed at https://git.kernel.org/.
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Before a proposed patch is committed to such a subsystem tree, it is
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subject to review which primarily happens on mailing lists (see the
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@ -349,7 +347,7 @@ process is tracked with the tool patchwork. Patchwork offers a web
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interface which shows patch postings, any comments on a patch or
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revisions to it, and maintainers can mark patches as under review,
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accepted, or rejected. Most of these patchwork sites are listed at
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http://patchwork.kernel.org/.
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https://patchwork.kernel.org/.
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4.x -next kernel tree for integration tests
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testing repository exists into which virtually all subsystem trees are
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pulled on an almost daily basis:
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http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git
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https://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git
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This way, the -next kernel gives a summary outlook onto what will be
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expected to go into the mainline kernel at the next merge period.
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Bug Reporting
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-------------
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bugzilla.kernel.org is where the Linux kernel developers track kernel
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https://bugzilla.kernel.org is where the Linux kernel developers track kernel
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bugs. Users are encouraged to report all bugs that they find in this
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tool. For details on how to use the kernel bugzilla, please see:
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http://bugzilla.kernel.org/page.cgi?id=faq.html
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https://bugzilla.kernel.org/page.cgi?id=faq.html
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The file REPORTING-BUGS in the main kernel source directory has a good
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template for how to report a possible kernel bug, and details what kind
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bugs is one of the best ways to get merits among other developers, because
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not many people like wasting time fixing other people's bugs.
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To work in the already reported bug reports, go to http://bugzilla.kernel.org.
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To work in the already reported bug reports, go to https://bugzilla.kernel.org.
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If you want to be advised of the future bug reports, you can subscribe to the
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bugme-new mailing list (only new bug reports are mailed here) or to the
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bugme-janitor mailing list (every change in the bugzilla is mailed here)
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http://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bugme-new
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http://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bugme-janitors
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https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bugme-new
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https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bugme-janitors
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@ -632,8 +631,6 @@ ChangeLog section of the document:
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http://www.ozlabs.org/~akpm/stuff/tpp.txt
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All of these things are sometimes very hard to do. It can take years to
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perfect these practices (if at all). It's a continuous process of
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improvement that requires a lot of patience and determination. But
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----------
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Thanks to Paolo Ciarrocchi who allowed the "Development Process"
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(http://lwn.net/Articles/94386/) section
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(https://lwn.net/Articles/94386/) section
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to be based on text he had written, and to Randy Dunlap and Gerrit
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Huizenga for some of the list of things you should and should not say.
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Also thanks to Pat Mochel, Hanna Linder, Randy Dunlap, Kay Sievers,
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