Re: [PATCH] drm/doc: recommend forking drm/kernel rather than uploading a distinct copy

From: Vignesh Raman

Date: Fri Feb 20 2026 - 00:39:04 EST


Hi Eric,

On 19/02/26 19:26, Eric Engestrom wrote:
Signed-off-by: Eric Engestrom <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/gpu/automated_testing.rst | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git ./Documentation/gpu/automated_testing.rst ./Documentation/gpu/automated_testing.rst
index 62aa3ede02a5df3f590b..8a7328aef10ef39ee329 100644
--- ./Documentation/gpu/automated_testing.rst
+++ ./Documentation/gpu/automated_testing.rst
@@ -99,7 +99,8 @@ How to enable automated testing on your tree
============================================
1. Create a Linux tree in https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/ if you don't have one
-yet
+yet, by forking https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/kernel (this allows GitLab
+to internally track that these are the same git objects).

Reviewed-by: Vignesh Raman <vignesh.raman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Regards,
Vignesh

2. In your kernel repo's configuration (eg.
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/janedoe/linux/-/settings/ci_cd), change the