linux-kernel - [PATCH 9/9] Documentation: update SubmitChecklist for O=objdir and kconfig testing

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Date:	Sun, 23 May 2010 17:02:30 -0700
From:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: [PATCH 9/9] Documentation: update SubmitChecklist for O=objdir and kconfig testing

From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>

Add build testing using 'O=builddir'.

Add build testing with various kconfig symbols disabled, listing
common ones that are known to cause build problems.

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
---
 Documentation/SubmitChecklist |   12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

--- lnx-2634-docs.orig/Documentation/SubmitChecklist
+++ lnx-2634-docs/Documentation/SubmitChecklist
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ kernel patches.
 
 2b: Passes allnoconfig, allmodconfig
 
+2c: Builds successfully when using O=builddir
+
 3: Builds on multiple CPU architectures by using local cross-compile tools
    or some other build farm.
 
@@ -95,3 +97,13 @@ kernel patches.
 
 25: If any ioctl's are added by the patch, then also update
     Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt.
+
+26: If your modified source code depends on or uses any of the kernel
+    APIs or features that are related to the following kconfig symbols,
+    then test multiple builds with the related kconfig symbols disabled
+    and/or =m (if that option is available) [not all of these at the
+    same time, just various/random combinations of them]:
+
+    CONFIG_SMP, CONFIG_SYSFS, CONFIG_PROC_FS, CONFIG_INPUT, CONFIG_PCI,
+    CONFIG_BLOCK, CONFIG_PM, CONFIG_HOTPLUG, CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ,
+    CONFIG_NET, CONFIG_INET=n (but latter with CONFIG_NET=y)


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