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

[Hunter Chasens]

Thank you for the catch. v2, has just been sent.

On Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 12:41 AM Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> 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
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> I don't see a problem with the above notation.
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> > +      break bad code to find kernel problems (kmalloc()().  Thus you
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> This way has unmatched parens.
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> >        should probably answer 'n' to the questions for "development",
> >        "experimental", or "debugging" features.
> >
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> --
> ~Randy