Commit d80b9d2a authored by SeongJae Park's avatar SeongJae Park Committed by Jonathan Corbet

Documentation/process/howto: Mark subsection in suggested format

`Specific guidelines for the kernel documentation` section of
`kernel-documentation.rst` suggests to use ``~`` for subsection but
subsections in HOWTO is not marked in the format.  This commit marks
them in the format.
Signed-off-by: default avatarSeongJae Park <sj38.park@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
parent f226e460
......@@ -254,7 +254,8 @@ branches. These different branches are:
- the 4.x -next kernel tree for integration tests
4.x kernel tree
-----------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
4.x kernels are maintained by Linus Torvalds, and can be found on
https://kernel.org in the pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ directory. Its development
process is as follows:
......@@ -289,7 +290,8 @@ mailing list about kernel releases:
preconceived timeline."*
4.x.y -stable kernel tree
-------------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Kernels with 3-part versions are -stable kernels. They contain
relatively small and critical fixes for security problems or significant
regressions discovered in a given 4.x kernel.
......@@ -312,7 +314,8 @@ documents what kinds of changes are acceptable for the -stable tree, and
how the release process works.
4.x -git patches
----------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
These are daily snapshots of Linus' kernel tree which are managed in a
git repository (hence the name.) These patches are usually released
daily and represent the current state of Linus' tree. They are more
......@@ -320,7 +323,8 @@ experimental than -rc kernels since they are generated automatically
without even a cursory glance to see if they are sane.
Subsystem Specific kernel trees and patches
-------------------------------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The maintainers of the various kernel subsystems --- and also many
kernel subsystem developers --- expose their current state of
development in source repositories. That way, others can see what is
......@@ -344,7 +348,8 @@ accepted, or rejected. Most of these patchwork sites are listed at
https://patchwork.kernel.org/.
4.x -next kernel tree for integration tests
-------------------------------------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Before updates from subsystem trees are merged into the mainline 4.x
tree, they need to be integration-tested. For this purpose, a special
testing repository exists into which virtually all subsystem trees are
......
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