On 01.04.24 11:29, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
> A quick series with various improvements for
> Documentation/admin-guide/verify-bugs-and-bisect-regressions.rst.
Feel free to ignore this series, I found another problem and will post a
v2 within a few days. Will likely also use that occasion to split the
first patch into two, it does a bit too much.
Ciao, Thorsten
> * The first patch contains various fixes and some fine tuning.
>
> * The second adds a few instructions for later testing of reverts,
> fixes, or newer versions. This was already hinted at; but during some
> early work on Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-issues.rst to better
> reconcile the two it seemed wise to cover this properly here.
>
> * The third patch briefly outlines how to build kernels on a different
> host; it came into being after a second user within one week asked for
> this. That also allowed the text to briefly cover cross-compilation.
> ---
>
> Hi! While at it let me mention one more thing unrelated to the changes
> where I'm unsure if the current approach by the text was a wise choice:
>
> * Should the document tell users to avoid mainline during merge windows?
>
> Some input from the community on this would be splendid.
>
> Ciao, Thorsten
>
> P.S.: Not totally sure, but I think this should go into 6.9 as this is
> a new document; but I can split this up if the two latter patches better
> should go into -next.
>
> Thorsten Leemhuis (3):
> docs: verify/bisect: git switch; proper headlines; various fixes;
> docs: verify/bisect: explain testing reverts, patches and newer code
> docs: verify/bisect: describe how to use a build host
>
> .../verify-bugs-and-bisect-regressions.rst | 469 +++++++++++++-----
> 1 file changed, 344 insertions(+), 125 deletions(-)
>
>
> base-commit: b8cfda5c9065cd619a97c17da081cbfab3b1e756