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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2022-11-01 15:11:42 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2022-11-01 15:11:42 -0700 |
| commit | 8f71a2b3f435f29b787537d1abedaa7d8ebe6647 (patch) | |
| tree | ad27c6f47346093f63c2f7d9c6f4d79a79758cb5 /Documentation/process | |
| parent | 6eafb4a13dde4998bfef03e7e862eeb7f522d2fa (diff) | |
| parent | 2f3f53d62307262f0086804ea7cea99b0e085450 (diff) | |
| download | linux-8f71a2b3f435f29b787537d1abedaa7d8ebe6647.tar.bz2 | |
Merge tag 'docs-6.1-fixes' of git://git.lwn.net/linux
Pull documentation fixes from Jonathan Corbet:
"Four small fixes for the docs tree"
* tag 'docs-6.1-fixes' of git://git.lwn.net/linux:
docs/process/howto: Replace C89 with C11
Documentation: Fix spelling mistake in hacking.rst
Documentation: process: replace outdated LTS table w/ link
tracing/histogram: Update document for KEYS_MAX size
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/process')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/process/2.Process.rst | 15 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/process/howto.rst | 2 |
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/process/2.Process.rst b/Documentation/process/2.Process.rst index e05fb1b8f8b6..6a919cffcbfd 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/2.Process.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/2.Process.rst @@ -126,17 +126,10 @@ than one development cycle past their initial release. So, for example, the 5.2.21 was the final stable update of the 5.2 release. Some kernels are designated "long term" kernels; they will receive support -for a longer period. As of this writing, the current long term kernels -and their maintainers are: - - ====== ================================ ======================= - 3.16 Ben Hutchings (very long-term kernel) - 4.4 Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin (very long-term kernel) - 4.9 Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin - 4.14 Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin - 4.19 Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin - 5.4 Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin - ====== ================================ ======================= +for a longer period. Please refer to the following link for the list of active +long term kernel versions and their maintainers: + + https://www.kernel.org/category/releases.html The selection of a kernel for long-term support is purely a matter of a maintainer having the need and the time to maintain that release. There diff --git a/Documentation/process/howto.rst b/Documentation/process/howto.rst index bd15c393ba3c..cb6abcb2b6d0 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/howto.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/howto.rst @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ experience, the following books are good for, if anything, reference: - "C: A Reference Manual" by Harbison and Steele [Prentice Hall] The kernel is written using GNU C and the GNU toolchain. While it -adheres to the ISO C89 standard, it uses a number of extensions that are +adheres to the ISO C11 standard, it uses a number of extensions that are not featured in the standard. The kernel is a freestanding C environment, with no reliance on the standard C library, so some portions of the C standard are not supported. Arbitrary long long |