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| author | Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> | 2010-05-23 17:02:30 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2010-05-24 07:31:20 -0700 |
| commit | 85f9642e3199271614210b8feebe18b7652894b6 (patch) | |
| tree | fc238154693ea3ff829482faeffad0cacdb5bae4 /Documentation | |
| parent | 9b8f77a184fcc44349c547be944ba921fd4247b3 (diff) | |
Documentation: update SubmitChecklist for O=objdir and kconfig testing
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>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/SubmitChecklist | 12 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmitChecklist b/Documentation/SubmitChecklist index 8916ca48bc9..da0382daa39 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmitChecklist +++ b/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) |