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authorRandy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>2010-03-10 15:21:59 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2010-03-12 15:52:35 -0800
commitb5247c854ed1cef30e0c7f4c6dfbf3c9d83bcf8e (patch)
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parent70bace8c1edefa700c7f7af522c5374ef63860ae (diff)
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Documentation/SubmitChecklist: add rule #1
Add header file requirements. Compliments of Stephen Rothwell. Stephen calls this Rule #1, so I put it there, but I didn't want to demote any of the others in the list, so I made one of them number 2b. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/SubmitChecklist b/Documentation/SubmitChecklist
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--- a/Documentation/SubmitChecklist
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@@ -9,10 +9,14 @@ Documentation/SubmittingPatches and elsewhere regarding submitting Linux
kernel patches.
-1: Builds cleanly with applicable or modified CONFIG options =y, =m, and
+1: If you use a facility then #include the file that defines/declares
+ that facility. Don't depend on other header files pulling in ones
+ that you use.
+
+2: Builds cleanly with applicable or modified CONFIG options =y, =m, and
=n. No gcc warnings/errors, no linker warnings/errors.
-2: Passes allnoconfig, allmodconfig
+2b: Passes allnoconfig, allmodconfig
3: Builds on multiple CPU architectures by using local cross-compile tools
or some other build farm.