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

Documentation/process/howto.rst

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@@ -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