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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/process/4.Coding.rst | 17 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/process/changes.rst | 10 |
3 files changed, 17 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/process/4.Coding.rst b/Documentation/process/4.Coding.rst index 2a728d898fc5..6df19943dd4d 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/4.Coding.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/4.Coding.rst @@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ Coding style ************ The kernel has long had a standard coding style, described in -Documentation/process/coding-style.rst. For much of that time, the policies described -in that file were taken as being, at most, advisory. As a result, there is -a substantial amount of code in the kernel which does not meet the coding -style guidelines. The presence of that code leads to two independent -hazards for kernel developers. +:ref:`Documentation/process/coding-style.rst <codingstyle>`. For much of +that time, the policies described in that file were taken as being, at most, +advisory. As a result, there is a substantial amount of code in the kernel +which does not meet the coding style guidelines. The presence of that code +leads to two independent hazards for kernel developers. The first of these is to believe that the kernel coding standards do not matter and are not enforced. The truth of the matter is that adding new @@ -343,9 +343,10 @@ user-space developers to know what they are working with. See Documentation/ABI/README for a description of how this documentation should be formatted and what information needs to be provided. -The file Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst describes all of the kernel's -boot-time parameters. Any patch which adds new parameters should add the -appropriate entries to this file. +The file :ref:`Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst +<kernelparameters>` describes all of the kernel's boot-time parameters. +Any patch which adds new parameters should add the appropriate entries to +this file. Any new configuration options must be accompanied by help text which clearly explains the options and when the user might want to select them. diff --git a/Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst index 87825cf96f33..a0d058cc6d25 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst @@ -250,17 +250,11 @@ specific homes. The 4.x.y (-stable) and 4.x patches live at - ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ + https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ The -rc patches live at - ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/testing/ - -In place of ``ftp.kernel.org`` you can use ``ftp.cc.kernel.org``, where cc is a -country code. This way you'll be downloading from a mirror site that's most -likely geographically closer to you, resulting in faster downloads for you, -less bandwidth used globally and less load on the main kernel.org servers -- -these are good things, so do use mirrors when possible. + https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/testing/ The 4.x kernels @@ -317,7 +311,7 @@ the current stable kernel. The -stable team usually do make incremental patches available as well as patches against the latest mainline release, but I only cover the non-incremental ones below. The incremental ones can be found at - ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/incr/ + https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/incr/ These patches are not incremental, meaning that for example the 4.7.3 patch does not apply on top of the 4.7.2 kernel source, but rather on top diff --git a/Documentation/process/changes.rst b/Documentation/process/changes.rst index e4f25038ef65..01c5dbcd0f84 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/changes.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/changes.rst @@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ Make Binutils -------- -- <ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/devel/binutils/> +- <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/devel/binutils/> OpenSSL ------- @@ -362,17 +362,17 @@ System utilities Util-linux ---------- -- <ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/> +- <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/> Ksymoops -------- -- <ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/ksymoops/v2.4/> +- <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/ksymoops/v2.4/> Module-Init-Tools ----------------- -- <ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/rusty/modules/> +- <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/module-init-tools/> Mkinitrd -------- @@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ Xfsprogs Pcmciautils ----------- -- <ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/pcmcia/> +- <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/pcmcia/> Quota-tools ----------- |