[PATCH] A few small additions and corrections to README

Here's a small patch which - adds a few archs to the current list of supported platforms. - adds a few missing slashes at the end of URLs. - adds a few references to additional documentation. - adds "make config" to the list of possible configuration targets. - makes a few other minor changes. Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@gmail.com> [ Ben Nizette <ben.nizette@iinet.net.au> points out AVR32 arch too ] Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

[PATCH] A few small additions and corrections to README
Here's a small patch which - adds a few archs to the current list of supported platforms. - adds a few missing slashes at the end of URLs. - adds a few references to additional documentation. - adds "make config" to the list of possible configuration targets. - makes a few other minor changes. Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@gmail.com> [ Ben Nizette <ben.nizette@iinet.net.au> points out AVR32 arch too ] Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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README
-	Linux kernel release 2.6.xx <http://kernel.org>
+	Linux kernel release 2.6.xx <http://kernel.org/>
  
 These are the release notes for Linux version 2.6.  Read them carefully,
 as they tell you what this is all about, explain how to install the
  
  
@@ -22,15 +22,17 @@
  
   Although originally developed first for 32-bit x86-based PCs (386 or higher),
   today Linux also runs on (at least) the Compaq Alpha AXP, Sun SPARC and
-  UltraSPARC, Motorola 68000, PowerPC, PowerPC64, ARM, Hitachi SuperH,
+  UltraSPARC, Motorola 68000, PowerPC, PowerPC64, ARM, Hitachi SuperH, Cell,
   IBM S/390, MIPS, HP PA-RISC, Intel IA-64, DEC VAX, AMD x86-64, AXIS CRIS,
-  and Renesas M32R architectures.
+  Cris, Xtensa, AVR32 and Renesas M32R architectures.
  
   Linux is easily portable to most general-purpose 32- or 64-bit architectures
   as long as they have a paged memory management unit (PMMU) and a port of the
   GNU C compiler (gcc) (part of The GNU Compiler Collection, GCC). Linux has
   also been ported to a number of architectures without a PMMU, although
   functionality is then obviously somewhat limited.
+  Linux has also been ported to itself. You can now run the kernel as a
+  userspace application - this is called UserMode Linux (UML).
  
 DOCUMENTATION:
  
@@ -113,6 +115,7 @@
    version 2.6.12.2 and want to jump to 2.6.12.3, you must first
    reverse the 2.6.12.2 patch (that is, patch -R) _before_ applying
    the 2.6.12.3 patch.
+   You can read more on this in Documentation/applying-patches.txt
  
  - Make sure you have no stale .o files and dependencies lying around:
  
@@ -161,6 +164,7 @@
    only ask you for the answers to new questions.
  
  - Alternate configuration commands are:
+	"make config"      Plain text interface.
 	"make menuconfig"  Text based color menus, radiolists & dialogs.
 	"make xconfig"     X windows (Qt) based configuration tool.
 	"make gconfig"     X windows (Gtk) based configuration tool.
@@ -303,8 +307,9 @@
  
  - If you compiled the kernel with CONFIG_KALLSYMS you can send the dump
    as is, otherwise you will have to use the "ksymoops" program to make
-   sense of the dump.  This utility can be downloaded from
-   ftp://ftp.<country>.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/ksymoops.
+   sense of the dump (but compiling with CONFIG_KALLSYMS is usually preferred).
+   This utility can be downloaded from
+   ftp://ftp.<country>.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/ksymoops/ .
    Alternately you can do the dump lookup by hand:
  
  - In debugging dumps like the above, it helps enormously if you can
@@ -336,7 +341,7 @@
  
    If you for some reason cannot do the above (you have a pre-compiled
    kernel image or similar), telling me as much about your setup as
-   possible will help. 
+   possible will help.  Please read the REPORTING-BUGS document for details.
  
  - Alternately, you can use gdb on a running kernel. (read-only; i.e. you
    cannot change values or set break points.) To do this, first compile the
1		- Linux kernel release 2.6.xx <http://kernel.org>
	1	+ Linux kernel release 2.6.xx <http://kernel.org/>
2	2
3	3	These are the release notes for Linux version 2.6. Read them carefully,
4	4	as they tell you what this is all about, explain how to install the
5	5
6	6
...	...	@@ -22,15 +22,17 @@
22	22
23	23	Although originally developed first for 32-bit x86-based PCs (386 or higher),
24	24	today Linux also runs on (at least) the Compaq Alpha AXP, Sun SPARC and
25		- UltraSPARC, Motorola 68000, PowerPC, PowerPC64, ARM, Hitachi SuperH,
	25	+ UltraSPARC, Motorola 68000, PowerPC, PowerPC64, ARM, Hitachi SuperH, Cell,
26	26	IBM S/390, MIPS, HP PA-RISC, Intel IA-64, DEC VAX, AMD x86-64, AXIS CRIS,
27		- and Renesas M32R architectures.
	27	+ Cris, Xtensa, AVR32 and Renesas M32R architectures.
28	28
29	29	Linux is easily portable to most general-purpose 32- or 64-bit architectures
30	30	as long as they have a paged memory management unit (PMMU) and a port of the
31	31	GNU C compiler (gcc) (part of The GNU Compiler Collection, GCC). Linux has
32	32	also been ported to a number of architectures without a PMMU, although
33	33	functionality is then obviously somewhat limited.
	34	+ Linux has also been ported to itself. You can now run the kernel as a
	35	+ userspace application - this is called UserMode Linux (UML).
34	36
35	37	DOCUMENTATION:
36	38
...	...	@@ -113,6 +115,7 @@
113	115	version 2.6.12.2 and want to jump to 2.6.12.3, you must first
114	116	reverse the 2.6.12.2 patch (that is, patch -R) _before_ applying
115	117	the 2.6.12.3 patch.
	118	+ You can read more on this in Documentation/applying-patches.txt
116	119
117	120	- Make sure you have no stale .o files and dependencies lying around:
118	121
...	...	@@ -161,6 +164,7 @@
161	164	only ask you for the answers to new questions.
162	165
163	166	- Alternate configuration commands are:
	167	+ "make config" Plain text interface.
164	168	"make menuconfig" Text based color menus, radiolists & dialogs.
165	169	"make xconfig" X windows (Qt) based configuration tool.
166	170	"make gconfig" X windows (Gtk) based configuration tool.
...	...	@@ -303,8 +307,9 @@
303	307
304	308	- If you compiled the kernel with CONFIG_KALLSYMS you can send the dump
305	309	as is, otherwise you will have to use the "ksymoops" program to make
306		- sense of the dump. This utility can be downloaded from
307		- ftp://ftp.<country>.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/ksymoops.
	310	+ sense of the dump (but compiling with CONFIG_KALLSYMS is usually preferred).
	311	+ This utility can be downloaded from
	312	+ ftp://ftp.<country>.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/ksymoops/ .
308	313	Alternately you can do the dump lookup by hand:
309	314
310	315	- In debugging dumps like the above, it helps enormously if you can
...	...	@@ -336,7 +341,7 @@
336	341
337	342	If you for some reason cannot do the above (you have a pre-compiled
338	343	kernel image or similar), telling me as much about your setup as
339		- possible will help.
	344	+ possible will help. Please read the REPORTING-BUGS document for details.
340	345
341	346	- Alternately, you can use gdb on a running kernel. (read-only; i.e. you
342	347	cannot change values or set break points.) To do this, first compile the