From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from wp530.webpack.hosteurope.de (wp530.webpack.hosteurope.de [80.237.130.52]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 423BB1078F; Mon, 1 Apr 2024 09:29:49 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=80.237.130.52 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1711963791; cv=none; b=O3Wy3Jw17AosbOzpy+3OPsUmk1X4MxhdwHHuth1aPf4SgY1twWv4WOHOsjllbgKKkIiKpa2irjj7qOAm38mJPUrks/vpwJDKwxt8YAiQobuU38puh15AlZtDssnlxKeRglKNcxQv5wNR0LBzPaU6Pa70D8MIEC8i+vOU6s5nnYA= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1711963791; c=relaxed/simple; bh=09g0KmPnWZwZMKemwLr3J6sPGr0aiE4KawaGx/CSgP8=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-ID:MIME-Version; b=VmqCgiuqGzaZwH9W9+ne13khjPBlR6a8BIPxVtVV+PhXWa4JHHQkeqjtcc9YjX1whPXLTiX779AKVS+ceYFKb/GyQg2CU/cXHPYkaWhq2ahRHGyoHO/wjAQyOYSrP2digMCI81l71fyUfwCrEZAe+GLDNBHGIK4DMscERscH9jA= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=leemhuis.info; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=leemhuis.info; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=leemhuis.info header.i=@leemhuis.info header.b=DgyR/oiv; arc=none smtp.client-ip=80.237.130.52 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=leemhuis.info Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=leemhuis.info Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=leemhuis.info header.i=@leemhuis.info header.b="DgyR/oiv" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=leemhuis.info; s=he214686; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:MIME-Version: Message-ID:Date:Subject:Cc:To:From:From:Sender:Reply-To:Subject:Date: Message-ID:To:Cc:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:In-Reply-To:References; bh=FlOrEzhCm16iYgRyEXQCmmA+7J5gJqSSHdF+G2C/KxQ=; t=1711963789; x=1712395789; b=DgyR/oivVBwSo9if94e4sQugcbSrBnmLO2fA5m9PLc2fli7QXhNt1vGtPRJj6+1zShjdDFyoT+ vEnHpQGJaCdwzYBRysUW7q0plxB52bUS2BrofNlMS4DXcyV5iSUc87IyoqopoYAeC/pEUTr780Wsj QWNwRQ9O6HZavsHq/Hi/6wUj6YjqA/zcgsBnO+dsN7P62UuZAgICEUQpPSNgNzeuyasBfbJyYgtqG +jXE82sXKr/JuX5GOGCH2wkDS6hjBZaTSe2k8Vzcw++eAleSbuihXuXqlJoIBOdaXePNQ3gjn3E8I aA6nTafhBpEsXzT0W+oCi0zXN9ejLwhcKDaAg==; Received: from ip4d148da6.dynamic.kabel-deutschland.de ([77.20.141.166] helo=truhe.fritz.box); authenticated by wp530.webpack.hosteurope.de running ExIM with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) id 1rrDz6-0001Lq-M4; Mon, 01 Apr 2024 11:29:44 +0200 From: Thorsten Leemhuis To: Jonathan Corbet Cc: regressions@lists.linux.dev, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Bagas Sanjaya , =?UTF-8?q?Petr=20Tesa=C5=99=C3=ADk?= Subject: [PATCH v1 0/3] docs: verify/bisect: fine tuning, testing fixes, and using a build host Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2024 11:29:40 +0200 Message-ID: X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.44.0 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-bounce-key: webpack.hosteurope.de;linux@leemhuis.info;1711963789;9169144f; X-HE-SMSGID: 1rrDz6-0001Lq-M4 A quick series with various improvements for Documentation/admin-guide/verify-bugs-and-bisect-regressions.rst. * The first patch contains various fixes and some fine tuning. * The second adds a few instructions for later testing of reverts, fixes, or newer versions. This was already hinted at; but during some early work on Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-issues.rst to better reconcile the two it seemed wise to cover this properly here. * The third patch briefly outlines how to build kernels on a different host; it came into being after a second user within one week asked for this. That also allowed the text to briefly cover cross-compilation. --- Hi! While at it let me mention one more thing unrelated to the changes where I'm unsure if the current approach by the text was a wise choice: * Should the document tell users to avoid mainline during merge windows? Some input from the community on this would be splendid. Ciao, Thorsten P.S.: Not totally sure, but I think this should go into 6.9 as this is a new document; but I can split this up if the two latter patches better should go into -next. Thorsten Leemhuis (3): docs: verify/bisect: git switch; proper headlines; various fixes; docs: verify/bisect: explain testing reverts, patches and newer code docs: verify/bisect: describe how to use a build host .../verify-bugs-and-bisect-regressions.rst | 469 +++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 344 insertions(+), 125 deletions(-) base-commit: b8cfda5c9065cd619a97c17da081cbfab3b1e756 -- 2.44.0