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2022-07-15docs: process: remove outdated submitting-drivers.rstLukas Bulwahn1-9/+7
Commit 31b24bee3357 ("docs: add a warning to submitting-drivers.rst") in October 2016 already warns "This (...) should maybe just be deleted, but I'm not quite ready to do that yet". Maybe, six years ago, we were not ready but let us remove old content for the better now and structure and maintain less content in the kernel documentation with a better result. Drop this already outdated document and adjust all textual references. Here is an argument why deleting the content will not remove any useful information to the existing kernel documentation, individually broken down for each section. Section "Allocating Device Numbers" refers to https://www.lanana.org/, and then refers to Documentation/admin-guide/devices.rst. However, the devices.rst clearly states: "The version of this document at lanana.org is no longer maintained." Everything needed for submitting drivers is already stated in devices.rst and the reference to https://www.lanana.org/ is outdated, and should be just deleted. Section "Who To Submit Drivers To" is all about Linux 2.0 - 2.6, before the new release version scheme; the mentioned developers are still around, but actually not the first developers to contact anymore. Section "What Criteria Determine Acceptance" has a few bullet points: Licensing and Copyright is well-covered in process/kernel-license.rst. Interfaces, Code, Portability, Clarity state some obvious things about ensuring kernel code quality. Control suggests to add a MAINTAINERS entry, which is already mentioned in 6.Followthrough.rst: "... added yourself to the MAINTAINERS file..." PM support states a bit about implementing and testing power management of a driver, it remains an open question where to place that in the process documents. Driver developers interested in power management will find the corresponding part on power management in the kernel documentation anyway. In section "What Criteria Do Not Determine Acceptance", the points Vendor and Author states something basic consequence of the kernel being an open-source community software development. Probably no need to mention it nowadays. Section "Resources" lists resources that are also mentioned elsewhere more central. - Linux kernel tree and mailing list is mentioned in many places. - https://lwn.net/Kernel/LDD3/ is mentioned in Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst. - https://lwn.net/ is mentioned in: - Documentation/process/8.Conclusion.rst - Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst - https://kernelnewbies.org/ is mentioned in: - Documentation/process/8.Conclusion.rst - Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst - http://www.linux-usb.org/ is mentioned in Documentation/driver-api/usb/usb.rst - https://landley.net/kdocs/ols/2002/ols2002-pages-545-555.pdf is mentioned in Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst - https://kernelnewbies.org/KernelJanitors is mentioned in Documentation/process/howto.rst - https://git-scm.com/ is mentioned in - Documentation/process/2.Process.rst - Documentation/process/7.AdvancedTopics.rst - Documentation/process/howto.rst Signed-off-by: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220704122537.3407-7-lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-06-08Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones: documentationAlexander A. Klimov1-7/+7
Rationale: Reduces attack surface on kernel devs opening the links for MITM as HTTPS traffic is much harder to manipulate. Deterministic algorithm: For each file: For each line: If doesn't contain `\bxmlns\b`: For each link, `\bhttp://[^# \t\r\n]*(?:\w|/)`: If both the HTTP and HTTPS versions return 200 OK and serve the same content: Replace HTTP with HTTPS. Signed-off-by: Alexander A. Klimov <grandmaster@al2klimov.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200526060544.25127-1-grandmaster@al2klimov.de Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2018-12-06doc:process: add links where missingFederico Vaga1-3/+4
Some documents are refering to others without links. With this patch I add those missing links. This patch affects only documents under process/ and labels where necessary. Signed-off-by: Federico Vaga <federico.vaga@vaga.pv.it> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2016-10-24docs: fix locations of several documents that got movedMauro Carvalho Chehab1-3/+3
The previous patch renamed several files that are cross-referenced along the Kernel documentation. Adjust the links to point to the right places. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
2016-10-24docs: rename development-process/ to process/Mauro Carvalho Chehab1-0/+74
As we'll type this a lot, after adding CodingStyle & friends, let's rename the directory name to a shorter one. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>