Changes in README

de61d651 - docs: ABI: move README contents to the top

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 05:57:57 +0000

docs: ABI: move README contents to the topThe ABI documentation looks a little bit better if it startswith the contents of the README is placed at the beginning.Move it to the beginning of the ABI chapter. While here, improvethe README text and change the title that will be shown at thehtml/pdf output to be coherent with both ABI file contents andwith the generated documentation output.Suggested-by: Jonathan Corbet Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250211055809.1898623-1-mchehab+huawei@kernel.orgSigned-off-by: Jonathan Corbet List of files: /linux-6.15/Documentation/ABI/README

c7e45ea4 - docs: ABI: README: specify that files should be ReST compatible

Fri, 30 Oct 2020 07:40:37 +0000

docs: ABI: README: specify that files should be ReST compatibleAs we plan to remove the escaping code from the scripts/get_abi.pl,specify at the ABI README file that the content of the file shouldbe ReST compatible.Acked-by: Jonathan Corbet Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/178a997070debd1953ba7d302c375948501d6193.1604042072.git.mchehab+huawei@kernel.orgSigned-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman List of files: /linux-6.15/Documentation/ABI/README

8c27ceff - docs: fix locations of several documents that got moved

Tue, 18 Oct 2016 12:12:27 +0000

docs: fix locations of several documents that got movedThe previous patch renamed several files that are cross-referencedalong the Kernel documentation. Adjust the links to point tothe right places.Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab List of files: /linux-6.15/Documentation/ABI/README

ee2f51dc - Documentation/ABI: document the non-ABI status of Kconfig and symbols

Tue, 12 Nov 2013 23:11:14 +0000

Documentation/ABI: document the non-ABI status of Kconfig and symbolsDiscussion at Kernel Summit made it clear that the presence or absence ofspecific Kconfig symbols are not considered ABI, and that no userspace (orbootloader, etc) should rely on them.In addition, kernel-internal symbols are well established as non-ABI, perDocumentation/stable_api_nonsense.txt.Document both of these in Documentation/ABI/README, in a new section fornotable bits of non-ABI.Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett Cc: Rob Landley Cc: Tao Ma Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman Acked-by: H. Peter Anvin Cc: Richard Weinberger Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds List of files: /linux-6.15/Documentation/ABI/README

66d93341 - Documentation: remove reference to feature-removal-schedule.txt

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 23:59:33 +0000

Documentation: remove reference to feature-removal-schedule.txtIn commit 9c0ece069b32 ("Get rid of Documentation/feature-removal.txt"),Linus removed feature-removal-schedule.txt from Documentation, but thereis still some reference to this file. So remove them.Signed-off-by: Tao Ma Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds List of files: /linux-6.15/Documentation/ABI/README

c18f6365 - [PATCH] Add kernel<->userspace ABI stability documentation

Thu, 27 Apr 2006 21:10:12 +0000

[PATCH] Add kernel<->userspace ABI stability documentationSigned-off-by: Kay Sievers Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman List of files: /linux-6.15/Documentation/ABI/README