Re: [PATCH 2/4] agents: add core development references

Greg KH
2025-07-28T04:24:52Z

On Sun, Jul 27, 2025 at 03:58:00PM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
> ---
> Documentation/agents/core.rst | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> Documentation/agents/index.rst | 3 ++-
> Documentation/agents/main.rst | 5 +++++
> 3 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> create mode 100644 Documentation/agents/core.rst

I know I can't take patches without any changelog text, maybe the
documentation maintainer is more lenient? :)

>
> diff --git a/Documentation/agents/core.rst b/Documentation/agents/core.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..da171dde1f9d
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/agents/core.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
> +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +========================================
> +Core Linux Kernel Development References
> +========================================
> +
> +Essential documentation for Linux kernel development:
> +
> +How to do Linux kernel development
> +----------------------------------
> +
> +The comprehensive guide for becoming a Linux kernel developer and learning to work with the kernel development community.
> +
> +See :ref:`Documentation/process/howto.rst <process_howto>`
> +
> +Submitting patches
> +------------------
> +
> +The essential guide to getting your code into the kernel, covering everything from patch formatting to the submission process.
> +
> +See :ref:`Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst <submittingpatches>`
> +
> +Submission checklist
> +--------------------
> +
> +A checklist of items to review before submitting code to ensure patches are accepted more quickly.
> +
> +See :ref:`Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst <submitchecklist>`

Why isn't the agent already reading all of this in the documentation
tree? Why must it be told to read it again? Do we not properly index
this well enough in our documentation tree already?

thanks,

greg k-h