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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst index 05aad8543340..1b6dfb2b3adb 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst @@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ Documentation - There are various README files in the Documentation/ subdirectory: these typically contain kernel-specific installation notes for some drivers for example. See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what - is contained in each file. Please read the Changes file, as it + is contained in each file. Please read the + :ref:`Documentation/process/changes.rst <changes>` file, as it contains information about the problems, which may result by upgrading your kernel. @@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ Installing the kernel source and 4.0.2 patches. Similarly, if you are running kernel version 4.0.2 and want to jump to 4.0.3, you must first reverse the 4.0.2 patch (that is, patch -R) **before** applying the 4.0.3 patch. You can read more on this in - :ref:`Documentation/applying-patches.txt <applying_patches>`. + :ref:`Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst <applying_patches>`. Alternatively, the script patch-kernel can be used to automate this process. It determines the current kernel version and applies any @@ -120,7 +121,7 @@ Software requirements Compiling and running the 4.x kernels requires up-to-date versions of various software packages. Consult - :ref:`Documentation/Changes <changes>` for the minimum version numbers + :ref:`Documentation/process/changes.rst <changes>` for the minimum version numbers required and how to get updates for these packages. Beware that using excessively old versions of these packages can cause indirect errors that are very difficult to track down, so don't assume that @@ -254,7 +255,7 @@ Compiling the kernel -------------------- - Make sure you have at least gcc 3.2 available. - For more information, refer to :ref:`Documentation/Changes <changes>`. + For more information, refer to :ref:`Documentation/process/changes.rst <changes>`. Please note that you can still run a.out user programs with this kernel. @@ -355,7 +356,7 @@ If something goes wrong help debugging the problem. The text above the dump is also important: it tells something about why the kernel dumped code (in the above example, it's due to a bad kernel pointer). More information - on making sense of the dump is in Documentation/oops-tracing.txt + on making sense of the dump is in Documentation/admin-guide/oops-tracing.rst - If you compiled the kernel with CONFIG_KALLSYMS you can send the dump as is, otherwise you will have to use the ``ksymoops`` program to make @@ -393,7 +394,7 @@ If something goes wrong If you for some reason cannot do the above (you have a pre-compiled kernel image or similar), telling me as much about your setup as - possible will help. Please read the :ref:`REPORTING-BUGS <reportingbugs>` + possible will help. Please read the :ref:`admin-guide/reporting-bugs.rst <reportingbugs>` document for details. - Alternatively, you can use gdb on a running kernel. (read-only; i.e. you |