On 08/03/2016 03:24 AM, Aleksander Alekseev wrote: > Hello. > > Suggested patch solves two issues: > > 1) Currently documentation is unclear whether `make kselftest` should > be run before or after kernel was installed and booted. `make help` > gives a clear answer on that: "kselftest - Build and run kernel selftest > (run as root). Build, install, and boot kernel before running kselftest > on it." > > 2) Documentation states that `make kselftest` executes "unit" tests. > Technically it's not a _unit_ test if it requires to install an > application first. It's either integration or system test. To not to > confuse a user I suggest not to use a word "unit". > > As a side note it's a first time I submit a patch to the Linux kernel. > Hope I did everything right. > Hi Aleksander, Thanks for the patch. Unfortunately this patch is not in the right format for me to accept. No worries, just do the following: Please read the Documnetation/SubmittingPatches for details on how to submit patches. Refer to a few patches that are posted to: https://lkml.org/ There is more information at https://kernelnewbies.org/ thanks, -- Shuah -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kselftest" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
