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authorRandy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>2010-05-23 20:02:30 -0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2010-05-24 10:31:20 -0400
commit85f9642e3199271614210b8feebe18b7652894b6 (patch)
treefc238154693ea3ff829482faeffad0cacdb5bae4 /Documentation
parent9b8f77a184fcc44349c547be944ba921fd4247b3 (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>
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@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ kernel patches.
18 18
192b: Passes allnoconfig, allmodconfig 192b: Passes allnoconfig, allmodconfig
20 20
212c: Builds successfully when using O=builddir
22
213: Builds on multiple CPU architectures by using local cross-compile tools 233: Builds on multiple CPU architectures by using local cross-compile tools
22 or some other build farm. 24 or some other build farm.
23 25
@@ -95,3 +97,13 @@ kernel patches.
95 97
9625: If any ioctl's are added by the patch, then also update 9825: If any ioctl's are added by the patch, then also update
97 Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt. 99 Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt.
100
10126: If your modified source code depends on or uses any of the kernel
102 APIs or features that are related to the following kconfig symbols,
103 then test multiple builds with the related kconfig symbols disabled
104 and/or =m (if that option is available) [not all of these at the
105 same time, just various/random combinations of them]:
106
107 CONFIG_SMP, CONFIG_SYSFS, CONFIG_PROC_FS, CONFIG_INPUT, CONFIG_PCI,
108 CONFIG_BLOCK, CONFIG_PM, CONFIG_HOTPLUG, CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ,
109 CONFIG_NET, CONFIG_INET=n (but latter with CONFIG_NET=y)