From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from ms.lwn.net ([2600:3c01:e000:3a1::42]) by merlin.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.92.3 #3 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1kG4Jj-0006G8-La for linux-um@lists.infradead.org; Wed, 09 Sep 2020 17:55:36 +0000 Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2020 11:55:32 -0600 From: Jonathan Corbet Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] docs: add a new User Mode Linux HowTo Message-ID: <20200909115532.42a96ddc@lwn.net> In-Reply-To: <20200907092124.17599-1-anton.ivanov@cambridgegreys.com> References: <20200907092124.17599-1-anton.ivanov@cambridgegreys.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: "linux-um" Errors-To: linux-um-bounces+geert=linux-m68k.org@lists.infradead.org To: anton.ivanov@cambridgegreys.com Cc: richard@nod.at, linux-um@lists.infradead.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 7 Sep 2020 10:21:24 +0100 anton.ivanov@cambridgegreys.com wrote: Sorry, I'd missed the fact that there's a v2; my comments from v1 still apply, though, it seems. > diff --git a/Documentation/virt/uml/user_mode_linux.rst b/Documentation/virt/uml/user_mode_linux-2.4.rst > similarity index 99% > rename from Documentation/virt/uml/user_mode_linux.rst > rename to Documentation/virt/uml/user_mode_linux-2.4.rst > index de0f0b2c9d5b..ed5a698cd710 100644 > --- a/Documentation/virt/uml/user_mode_linux.rst > +++ b/Documentation/virt/uml/user_mode_linux-2.4.rst > @@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ User Mode Linux HOWTO > This document describes the use and abuse of Jeff Dike's User Mode > Linux: a port of the Linux kernel as a normal Intel Linux process. > > +*Note: - this howto is historic and correct as of kernel versions > +~ 2.4. For more up-to-date information please refer to the newer > +user_mode_linux_howto_v2.* So why are we keeping this version around? The 5.x kernel doesn't need to document what was happening in 2.4... ? Thanks, jon _______________________________________________ linux-um mailing list linux-um@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-um