[PATCH rdma-core 5/5] Documentation: update stable doc about ABI reference generation

[Nicolas Morey-Chaisemartin <NMoreyChaisemartin-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org>]

Signed-off-by: Nicolas Morey-Chaisemartin <NMoreyChaisemartin-IBi9RG/b67k@public.gmane.org>
---
 Documentation/stable.md | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/stable.md b/Documentation/stable.md
index d7ea9822..b7d26c98 100644
--- a/Documentation/stable.md
+++ b/Documentation/stable.md
@@ -63,3 +63,20 @@ Note that for Option 3, if the patch deviates from the original upstream patch (
 ## Versioning
 
 See versioning.md for setting package version on a stable branch.
+
+
+## Creating a stable branch
+
+Stable branch should be created from a release tag of the master branch.
+The first thing to do on a master branch is to commit the mainstream release ABI infos
+so that latters patches/fixes can be checked against this reference.
+
+To do that, the creator of the branch should run
+```
+./buildlib/gen-abi
+mv build-abi/ABI buildlib/ABI
+git add buildlib/ABI
+git commit
+```
+
+Note that the ABI must NOT be commited at any point in the master branch.
-- 
2.15.0.168.g9a51f1b30.dirty

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