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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/process/2.Process.rst | 15 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/process/howto.rst | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst | 10 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/process/2.Process.rst b/Documentation/process/2.Process.rst index e05fb1b8f8b6..6a919cffcbfd 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/2.Process.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/2.Process.rst @@ -126,17 +126,10 @@ than one development cycle past their initial release. So, for example, the 5.2.21 was the final stable update of the 5.2 release. Some kernels are designated "long term" kernels; they will receive support -for a longer period. As of this writing, the current long term kernels -and their maintainers are: - - ====== ================================ ======================= - 3.16 Ben Hutchings (very long-term kernel) - 4.4 Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin (very long-term kernel) - 4.9 Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin - 4.14 Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin - 4.19 Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin - 5.4 Greg Kroah-Hartman & Sasha Levin - ====== ================================ ======================= +for a longer period. Please refer to the following link for the list of active +long term kernel versions and their maintainers: + + https://www.kernel.org/category/releases.html The selection of a kernel for long-term support is purely a matter of a maintainer having the need and the time to maintain that release. There diff --git a/Documentation/process/howto.rst b/Documentation/process/howto.rst index bd15c393ba3c..cb6abcb2b6d0 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/howto.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/howto.rst @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ experience, the following books are good for, if anything, reference: - "C: A Reference Manual" by Harbison and Steele [Prentice Hall] The kernel is written using GNU C and the GNU toolchain. While it -adheres to the ISO C89 standard, it uses a number of extensions that are +adheres to the ISO C11 standard, it uses a number of extensions that are not featured in the standard. The kernel is a freestanding C environment, with no reliance on the standard C library, so some portions of the C standard are not supported. Arbitrary long long diff --git a/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst b/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst index d14007081595..1fa5ab8754d3 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst @@ -319,3 +319,13 @@ unpatched tree to confirm infrastructure didn't mangle it. Finally, go back and read :ref:`Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst <submittingpatches>` to be sure you are not repeating some common mistake documented there. + +My company uses peer feedback in employee performance reviews. Can I ask netdev maintainers for feedback? +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Yes, especially if you spend significant amount of time reviewing code +and go out of your way to improve shared infrastructure. + +The feedback must be requested by you, the contributor, and will always +be shared with you (even if you request for it to be submitted to your +manager). |