2022-04-19 07:55:21

by Bru Moreira-Guedes

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Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Docs: Update kernel series in changes.rst

The file 'Documentation/process/changes.rst' states the listed
requirements are for the 4.x kernel version. However, there are
requirements updated for the 5.x version, so this patch updates it to
match the current kernel version.

Signed-off-by: Bruno Moreira-Guedes <[email protected]>
---
Documentation/process/changes.rst | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/process/changes.rst b/Documentation/process/changes.rst
index 41a44e5f47e6..08515b11cf92 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/changes.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/changes.rst
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Intro
=====

This document is designed to provide a list of the minimum levels of
-software necessary to run the 4.x kernels.
+software necessary to run the 5.x kernels.

This document is originally based on my "Changes" file for 2.0.x kernels
and therefore owes credit to the same people as that file (Jared Mauch,
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2.35.3


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2022-04-19 13:43:34

by Bru Moreira-Guedes

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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Docs: Update kernel series in changes.rst

On Tue, Apr 19, 2022 at 04:06:32AM +0100, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 18, 2022 at 11:58:35PM -0300, Bruno Moreira-Guedes wrote:
> > This document is designed to provide a list of the minimum levels of
> > -software necessary to run the 4.x kernels.
> > +software necessary to run the 5.x kernels.
>
> We don't change the major version when we update the minimum required
> tooling ... why not change this once and for all to say:
>
> +software necessary to build the current kernel.

Indeed it makes much more sense, I'm making a v2 soon!


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2022-04-21 04:15:14

by Matthew Wilcox

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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Docs: Update kernel series in changes.rst

On Mon, Apr 18, 2022 at 11:58:35PM -0300, Bruno Moreira-Guedes wrote:
> @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Intro
> =====
>
> This document is designed to provide a list of the minimum levels of
> -software necessary to run the 4.x kernels.
> +software necessary to run the 5.x kernels.

We don't change the major version when we update the minimum required
tooling ... why not change this once and for all to say:

+software necessary to build the current kernel.