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
