[PATCH v2] docs: add a new User Mode Linux HowTo

[Jonathan Corbet]

On Mon,  7 Sep 2020 10:21:24 +0100
anton.ivanov at cambridgegreys.com wrote:

Sorry, I'd missed the fact that there's a v2; my comments from v1 still
apply, though, it seems.

> diff --git a/Documentation/virt/uml/user_mode_linux.rst b/Documentation/virt/uml/user_mode_linux-2.4.rst
> similarity index 99%
> rename from Documentation/virt/uml/user_mode_linux.rst
> rename to Documentation/virt/uml/user_mode_linux-2.4.rst
> index de0f0b2c9d5b..ed5a698cd710 100644
> --- a/Documentation/virt/uml/user_mode_linux.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/virt/uml/user_mode_linux-2.4.rst
> @@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ User Mode Linux HOWTO
>  This document describes the use and abuse of Jeff Dike's User Mode
>  Linux: a port of the Linux kernel as a normal Intel Linux process.
>  
> +*Note: - this howto is historic and correct as of kernel versions
> +~ 2.4. For more up-to-date information please refer to the newer
> +user_mode_linux_howto_v2.*

So why are we keeping this version around?  The 5.x kernel doesn't need to
document what was happening in 2.4... ?

Thanks,

jon