From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756372Ab0EQX3Q (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 May 2010 19:29:16 -0400 Received: from xenotime.net ([72.52.115.56]:39536 "HELO xenotime.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1756280Ab0EQX3K (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 May 2010 19:29:10 -0400 Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 16:21:11 -0700 From: Randy Dunlap To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH 10/10] Documentation: update SubmitChecklist for O=objdir and kconfig testing Message-ID: <12741384711409@xenotime.net> In-Reply-To: <12741384711166@xenotime.net> X-Mailer: gregkh_patchbomb Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Randy Dunlap Add build testing using 'O=builddir'. Add build testing with various kconfig symbols disabled, listing common ones that are known to cause build problems. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap --- Documentation/SubmitChecklist | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) --- lnx-2634-docs.orig/Documentation/SubmitChecklist +++ lnx-2634-docs/Documentation/SubmitChecklist @@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ kernel patches. 2b: Passes allnoconfig, allmodconfig +2c: Builds successfully when using O=builddir + 3: Builds on multiple CPU architectures by using local cross-compile tools or some other build farm. @@ -95,3 +97,13 @@ kernel patches. 25: If any ioctl's are added by the patch, then also update Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt. + +26: If your modified source code depends on or uses any of the kernel + APIs or features that are related to the following kconfig symbols, + then test multiple builds with the related kconfig symbols disabled + and/or =m (if that option is available) [not all of these at the + same time, just various/random combinations of them]: + + CONFIG_SMP, CONFIG_SYSFS, CONFIG_PROC_FS, CONFIG_INPUT, CONFIG_PCI, + CONFIG_BLOCK, CONFIG_PM, CONFIG_HOTPLUG, CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ, + CONFIG_NET, CONFIG_INET=n (but latter with CONFIG_NET=y) --