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From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 9/9] Documentation: update SubmitChecklist for O=objdir and kconfig testing
Date: Sun, 23 May 2010 17:02:30 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1274659350366@xenotime.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <12746593501290@xenotime.net>

From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>

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 <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
---
 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)


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  parent reply	other threads:[~2010-05-24  0:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-05-24  0:02 [PATCH 1/9] docbook: make mtd nand module init static Randy Dunlap
2010-05-24  0:02 ` [PATCH 5/9] Documentation/vm: use better value for MAP_HUGETLB Randy Dunlap
2010-05-24  0:02 ` Randy Dunlap [this message]
2010-05-24  0:02 ` [PATCH 2/9] Documentation/development-process: add maintainers and git info Randy Dunlap
2010-05-24  0:02 ` [PATCH 6/9] scsi: update torque.net references to current location Randy Dunlap
2010-05-24  0:02 ` [PATCH 3/9] Documentation/development-process: add staging & mmotm info Randy Dunlap
2010-05-24  0:02 ` [PATCH 7/9] scsi_scan.c: fix/convert functions to use kernel-doc Randy Dunlap
2010-05-24  0:02 ` [PATCH 4/9] Documentation/timers/hpet_example: drop duplicate header files Randy Dunlap
2010-05-24  0:02 ` [PATCH 8/9] fusion: fix kernel-doc notation Randy Dunlap
2010-05-24  0:10 ` [PATCH 1/9] docbook: make mtd nand module init static Randy Dunlap

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