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| author | Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> | 2017-08-28 17:40:39 -0700 |
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| committer | Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> | 2017-08-30 15:25:30 -0600 |
| commit | f7a6dd84b47d34666e5dc394b50ed50fa1571765 (patch) | |
| tree | 233b56649bb98e90f21a17b0d563f9096389f120 /Documentation | |
| parent | 7dfedbac8b9e264711904fa5168a31ea8bc8ccce (diff) | |
| download | linux-f7a6dd84b47d34666e5dc394b50ed50fa1571765.tar.gz | |
docs: process: drop git snapshots from applying-patches.rst
Drop all references to git daily snapshots of Linux mainline git tree since they are no longer generated. Drop the "Last update" info since 'git log' is a better source of that info and since the Last update date is not being updated. Yes, I read that this file is obsolete, but it still has some useful information in it. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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diff --git a/Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst index a0d058cc6d25..dc2ddc345044 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst @@ -6,9 +6,6 @@ Applying Patches To The Linux Kernel Original by: Jesper Juhl, August 2005 -Last update: - 2016-09-14 - .. note:: This document is obsolete. In most cases, rather than using ``patch`` @@ -344,7 +341,7 @@ possible. This is a good branch to run for people who want to help out testing development kernels but do not want to run some of the really experimental -stuff (such people should see the sections about -git and -mm kernels below). +stuff (such people should see the sections about -next and -mm kernels below). The -rc patches are not incremental, they apply to a base 4.x kernel, just like the 4.x.y patches described above. The kernel version before the -rcN @@ -380,44 +377,6 @@ Here are 3 examples of how to apply these patches:: $ mv linux-4.7.3 linux-4.8-rc5 # rename the kernel source dir -The -git kernels -================ - -These are daily snapshots of Linus' kernel tree (managed in a git -repository, hence the name). - -These patches are usually released daily and represent the current state of -Linus's tree. They are more experimental than -rc kernels since they are -generated automatically without even a cursory glance to see if they are -sane. - --git patches are not incremental and apply either to a base 4.x kernel or -a base 4.x-rc kernel -- you can see which from their name. -A patch named 4.7-git1 applies to the 4.7 kernel source and a patch -named 4.8-rc3-git2 applies to the source of the 4.8-rc3 kernel. - -Here are some examples of how to apply these patches:: - - # moving from 4.7 to 4.7-git1 - - $ cd ~/linux-4.7 # change to the kernel source dir - $ patch -p1 < ../patch-4.7-git1 # apply the 4.7-git1 patch - $ cd .. - $ mv linux-4.7 linux-4.7-git1 # rename the kernel source dir - - # moving from 4.7-git1 to 4.8-rc2-git3 - - $ cd ~/linux-4.7-git1 # change to the kernel source dir - $ patch -p1 -R < ../patch-4.7-git1 # revert the 4.7-git1 patch - # we now have a 4.7 kernel - $ patch -p1 < ../patch-4.8-rc2 # apply the 4.8-rc2 patch - # the kernel is now 4.8-rc2 - $ patch -p1 < ../patch-4.8-rc2-git3 # apply the 4.8-rc2-git3 patch - # the kernel is now 4.8-rc2-git3 - $ cd .. - $ mv linux-4.7-git1 linux-4.8-rc2-git3 # rename source dir - - The -mm patches and the linux-next tree ======================================= |