Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S937825AbWLGAJ4 (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Dec 2006 19:09:56 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S937826AbWLGAJ4 (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Dec 2006 19:09:56 -0500 Received: from mail.velocitynet.com.au ([203.17.154.25]:58057 "EHLO m0.velocity.net.au" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S937825AbWLGAJz (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Dec 2006 19:09:55 -0500 Message-ID: <45775B34.3030902@iinet.net.au> Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2006 11:07:16 +1100 From: Ben Nizette User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (Windows/20061025) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jesper Juhl CC: Linus Torvalds , Andrew Morton , LKML Subject: Re: [PATCH] A few small additions and corrections to README References: <200612070045.58396.jesper.juhl@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200612070045.58396.jesper.juhl@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 4503 Lines: 106 Jesper Juhl wrote: > Hi, > > here's a small patch which > > - adds a few archs to the current list of supported platforms. > - adds a few missing slashes at the end of URLs. > - adds a few references to additional documentation. > - adds "make config" to the list of possible configuration targets. > - makes a few other minor changes. > > Please consider for inclusion. > > > Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl > --- > > README | 17 +++++++++++------ > 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile b/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile > diff --git a/README b/README > index 3e26472..b656f00 100644 > --- a/README > +++ b/README > @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ > - Linux kernel release 2.6.xx > + Linux kernel release 2.6.xx > > These are the release notes for Linux version 2.6. Read them carefully, > as they tell you what this is all about, explain how to install the > @@ -22,15 +22,17 @@ ON WHAT HARDWARE DOES IT RUN? > > Although originally developed first for 32-bit x86-based PCs (386 or higher), > today Linux also runs on (at least) the Compaq Alpha AXP, Sun SPARC and > - UltraSPARC, Motorola 68000, PowerPC, PowerPC64, ARM, Hitachi SuperH, > + UltraSPARC, Motorola 68000, PowerPC, PowerPC64, ARM, Hitachi SuperH, Cell, > And AVR32 as of 2.6.19 :) > IBM S/390, MIPS, HP PA-RISC, Intel IA-64, DEC VAX, AMD x86-64, AXIS CRIS, > - and Renesas M32R architectures. > + Cris, Xtensa and Renesas M32R architectures. > > Linux is easily portable to most general-purpose 32- or 64-bit architectures > as long as they have a paged memory management unit (PMMU) and a port of the > GNU C compiler (gcc) (part of The GNU Compiler Collection, GCC). Linux has > also been ported to a number of architectures without a PMMU, although > functionality is then obviously somewhat limited. > + Linux has also been ported to itself. You can now run the kernel as a > + userspace application - this is called UserMode Linux (UML). > > DOCUMENTATION: > > @@ -113,6 +115,7 @@ INSTALLING the kernel: > version 2.6.12.2 and want to jump to 2.6.12.3, you must first > reverse the 2.6.12.2 patch (that is, patch -R) _before_ applying > the 2.6.12.3 patch. > + You can read more on this in Documentation/applying-patches.txt > > - Make sure you have no stale .o files and dependencies lying around: > > @@ -161,6 +164,7 @@ CONFIGURING the kernel: > only ask you for the answers to new questions. > > - Alternate configuration commands are: > + "make config" Plain text interface. > "make menuconfig" Text based color menus, radiolists & dialogs. > "make xconfig" X windows (Qt) based configuration tool. > "make gconfig" X windows (Gtk) based configuration tool. > @@ -303,8 +307,9 @@ IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG: > > - 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 > - sense of the dump. This utility can be downloaded from > - ftp://ftp..kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/ksymoops. > + sense of the dump (but compiling with CONFIG_KALLSYMS is usually preferred). > + This utility can be downloaded from > + ftp://ftp..kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/ksymoops/ . > Alternately you can do the dump lookup by hand: > > - In debugging dumps like the above, it helps enormously if you can > @@ -336,7 +341,7 @@ 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. > + possible will help. Please read the REPORTING-BUGS document for details. > > - Alternately, you can use gdb on a running kernel. (read-only; i.e. you > cannot change values or set break points.) To do this, first compile the > > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/