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Rearrange the instructions so that readers facing a regression within a stable or longterm series first test its latest release before testing mainline. This is less scary for some people. It also reduces the chance that something goes sideways for readers that compile their first kernel, as mainline can cause slightly more trouble. Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/efd3cb9c68db450091021326bf9c334553df0ec2.1712647788.git.linux@leemhuis.info |
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README
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.