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linux/Documentation/process
Greg Kroah-Hartman 86fee2877f Documentation: embargoed-hardware-issues.rst: add a section documenting the "early access" process
Over the past years there have been many "misunderstandings" and
"confusion" as to who is, and is not, allowed early access to the
changes created by the members of the embargoed hardware issue teams
working on a specific problem.

The current process, while it does work, is "difficult" for many
companies to understand and agree with.  Because of this, there has been
numerous attempts by many companies to work around the process by lies,
subterfuge, and other side channels sometimes involving unsuspecting
lawyers.  Cut all of that out, and put the responsibility of
distributing code on the silicon vendor affected, as they already have
legal agreements in place that cover this type of distribution.  When
this distribution happens, the developers involved MUST be notified of
this happening, to be kept aware of the situation at all times.

The wording here has been hashed out by many different companies and
lawyers involved in the process, as well as community members and
everyone now agrees that the proposed change here should work better
than what is currently happening.

This change has been approved by a review from a large number of
different open source legal members, representing the companies involved
in this process.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/2024073035-bagel-vertigo-e0dd@gregkh
Co-developed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Co-developed-by: Michael Dolan <mdolan@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Michael Dolan <mdolan@linuxfoundation.org>
Co-developed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2024-07-31 13:26:43 +02:00
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1.Intro.rst
2.Process.rst Documentation: fix links to mailing list services 2024-07-03 16:52:54 -06:00
3.Early-stage.rst
4.Coding.rst Docs: Move clang-format from process/ to dev-tools/ 2024-06-26 16:36:00 -06:00
5.Posting.rst
6.Followthrough.rst docs: remove the tips on how to submit patches from MAINTAINERS 2023-07-03 08:35:23 -06:00
7.AdvancedTopics.rst docs: try to encourage (netdev?) reviewers 2023-10-15 14:26:51 +01:00
8.Conclusion.rst
adding-syscalls.rst
applying-patches.rst
backporting.rst docs: backporting: address feedback 2023-10-26 11:49:16 -06:00
botching-up-ioctls.rst Documentation: Fix typos 2023-08-18 11:29:03 -06:00
changes.rst Rust changes for v6.11 2024-07-27 13:44:54 -07:00
code-of-conduct-interpretation.rst
code-of-conduct.rst
coding-style.rst Docs: Move clang-format from process/ to dev-tools/ 2024-06-26 16:36:00 -06:00
contribution-maturity-model.rst
cve.rst Documentation: Document the Linux Kernel CVE process 2024-02-17 14:46:39 +01:00
deprecated.rst docs: deprecated.rst: Update an example 2023-07-14 13:36:31 -06:00
development-process.rst docs: use toctree :caption: and move introduction 2023-11-17 13:05:26 -07:00
email-clients.rst Docs/process/email-clients: Document HacKerMaiL 2024-06-26 16:36:00 -06:00
embargoed-hardware-issues.rst Documentation: embargoed-hardware-issues.rst: add a section documenting the "early access" process 2024-07-31 13:26:43 +02:00
handling-regressions.rst docs: handling-regressions.rst: recommend using "Closes:" tags 2024-05-30 13:56:06 -06:00
howto.rst Documentation: fix links to mailing list services 2024-07-03 16:52:54 -06:00
index.rst Docs/process/index: Remove unsorted docs section 2024-06-26 16:36:00 -06:00
kernel-docs.rst Documentation: fix links to mailing list services 2024-07-03 16:52:54 -06:00
kernel-driver-statement.rst
kernel-enforcement-statement.rst
license-rules.rst
maintainer-handbooks.rst Documentation/process: maintainer-soc: add clean platforms profile 2023-08-12 14:04:51 +02:00
maintainer-kvm-x86.rst Documentation/process: Add a maintainer handbook for KVM x86 2023-06-22 14:25:38 -07:00
maintainer-netdev.rst Nothing hugely exciting happening in the documentation tree this time 2024-07-18 15:54:16 -07:00
maintainer-pgp-guide.rst
maintainer-soc-clean-dts.rst Documentation/process: maintainer-soc: add clean platforms profile 2023-08-12 14:04:51 +02:00
maintainer-soc.rst Documentation/process: maintainer-soc: document dtbs_check requirement for Samsung 2023-08-12 14:05:34 +02:00
maintainer-tip.rst Documentation: best practices for using Link trailers 2024-07-03 16:59:08 -06:00
maintainers.rst
management-style.rst
programming-language.rst
researcher-guidelines.rst Documentation: update mailing list addresses 2024-02-21 13:44:21 -07:00
security-bugs.rst Documentation: Document the Linux Kernel CVE process 2024-02-17 14:46:39 +01:00
stable-api-nonsense.rst
stable-kernel-rules.rst docs: stable-kernel-rules: fix typo sent->send 2024-05-02 10:20:27 -06:00
submit-checklist.rst docs: submit-checklist: use subheadings 2024-03-03 08:41:33 -07:00
submitting-patches.rst Documentation: fix links to mailing list services 2024-07-03 16:52:54 -06:00
volatile-considered-harmful.rst