Unverified Commit 208c4319 authored by Maximilian Bosch's avatar Maximilian Bosch
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doc/linux: make it explicit that we do not accept new kernel flavors 

So far, this rule was only a comment in the `linux-kernels.nix`[1],
better make it explicit in our manual.

[1] https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/f74c64bacf35f0be2c781de68afc2c84a8c54ea1/pkgs/top-level/linux-kernels.nix#L91
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doc/packages/linux.section.md

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  * Keep the previously latest kernel until its mainline counterpart gets removed.

    After that `linux_hardened` points to the latest LTS supported by hardened.

* __SQUASH__ the changes into the `linux_X_Y_hardened: init at …` commit.



### Policy for accepting new kernel flavours {#sec-linux-new-kernels}



No new downstream kernels are accepted into nixpkgs. That includes kernels that use the mainline

sourcetree, but a different configuration. Kernels for extended hardware support should go

to [nixos-hardware](github.com/NixOS/nixos-hardware) instead.

doc/redirects.json

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  "sec-linux-kernel-developing-modules": [

    "index.html#sec-linux-kernel-developing-modules"

  ],

  "sec-linux-new-kernels": [

    "index.html#sec-linux-new-kernels"

  ],

  "ex-edit-compile-run-kernel-modules": [

    "index.html#ex-edit-compile-run-kernel-modules"

  ],