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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Dave Pawson <dave.pawson@gmail.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: How to help with new kernel?
Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2021 09:38:09 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YB5VcQTUbpe6lSVQ@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAEncD4f6pceioDQghmwReRhmHPPMjFMmfJj_Xi_NBzsum17PYQ@mail.gmail.com>

A: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post
Q: Were do I find info about this thing called top-posting?
A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?

A: No.
Q: Should I include quotations after my reply?

http://daringfireball.net/2007/07/on_top

On Sat, Feb 06, 2021 at 08:31:30AM +0000, Dave Pawson wrote:
> Kernel how to you mention?
> http://www.kroah.com/lkn/  is that the one?

Yes.

> Guessing that is more up to date than the O'Reilly one?

Should be identical.

Also see kernelnewbies.org, it has a lot of good tutorials and
information to help you get started.

good luck!

greg k-h

  reply	other threads:[~2021-02-06  8:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-02-05 15:50 How to help with new kernel? Dave Pawson
2021-02-06  7:02 ` Greg KH
2021-02-06  8:31   ` Dave Pawson
2021-02-06  8:38     ` Greg KH [this message]
2021-02-06  9:07       ` Dave Pawson
2021-02-06  9:28         ` Willy Tarreau

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