Re: [PATCH] docs: admin-guide: Update bootloader and installation instructions

From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Fri Oct 27 2023 - 00:41:21 EST




On 10/26/23 21:10, Hunter Chasens wrote:
> Updates the bootloader and installation instructions in admin-guide/README.rst
> to align with modern practices.
>
> Details of Changes:
>
> - Added guidance on using EFISTUB for UEFI/EFI systems.
> - Noted that LILO is no longer in active development and provides
> alternatives.
> - Kept LILO instructions but marked as Legacy LILO Instructions.
> Suggest removal in future patch.
>
> Signed-off-by: Hunter Chasens <hunter.chasens18@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst | 71 ++++++++++++++++++----------
> 1 file changed, 46 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst
> index 9a969c0157f1..fba66f909f98 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst
> @@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ Configuring the kernel
> - The "kernel hacking" configuration details usually result in a
> bigger or slower kernel (or both), and can even make the kernel
> less stable by configuring some routines to actively try to
> - break bad code to find kernel problems (kmalloc()). Thus you

I don't see a problem with the above notation.

> + break bad code to find kernel problems (kmalloc()(). Thus you

This way has unmatched parens.

> should probably answer 'n' to the questions for "development",
> "experimental", or "debugging" features.
>


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~Randy