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The first two version numbers are used since that is where the ABI changes happen, so seems to be the most useful for now. 'Until' is exclusive and 'since' is inclusive so that the same version number can be used to mark a point where the change comes into effect. This allows keeping the tests in a state where new tests will also pass on older kernels if the existence of a new feature isn't explicitly broadcast by the kernel. For example extended user regs are currently discovered by trial and error calls to perf_event_open. Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark@arm.com> Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: bpf@vger.kernel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221213114739.2312862-4-james.clark@arm.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Linux kernel
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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 Restructured Text 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.