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diff --git a/Documentation/process/howto.rst b/Documentation/process/howto.rst index 3f66a1980726..449ca1f199f4 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/howto.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/howto.rst @@ -254,7 +254,8 @@ branches. These different branches are: - the 4.x -next kernel tree for integration tests 4.x kernel tree ------------------ +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + 4.x kernels are maintained by Linus Torvalds, and can be found on https://kernel.org in the pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ directory. Its development process is as follows: @@ -289,7 +290,8 @@ mailing list about kernel releases: preconceived timeline."* 4.x.y -stable kernel tree -------------------------- +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + Kernels with 3-part versions are -stable kernels. They contain relatively small and critical fixes for security problems or significant regressions discovered in a given 4.x kernel. @@ -312,7 +314,8 @@ documents what kinds of changes are acceptable for the -stable tree, and how the release process works. 4.x -git patches ----------------- +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + These are daily snapshots of Linus' kernel tree which are managed in a git repository (hence the name.) These patches are usually released daily and represent the current state of Linus' tree. They are more @@ -320,7 +323,8 @@ experimental than -rc kernels since they are generated automatically without even a cursory glance to see if they are sane. Subsystem Specific kernel trees and patches -------------------------------------------- +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + The maintainers of the various kernel subsystems --- and also many kernel subsystem developers --- expose their current state of development in source repositories. That way, others can see what is @@ -344,7 +348,8 @@ accepted, or rejected. Most of these patchwork sites are listed at https://patchwork.kernel.org/. 4.x -next kernel tree for integration tests -------------------------------------------- +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + Before updates from subsystem trees are merged into the mainline 4.x tree, they need to be integration-tested. For this purpose, a special testing repository exists into which virtually all subsystem trees are |