Re: [PATCH v6 1/1] Documentation: real-time: Add kernel configuration guide

Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]> Wed, 05 Aug 2026 13:42:13 -0600
Newsgroups dev.linux.lists.linux-rt-devel,org.kernel.vger.linux-doc,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
"Ahmed S. Darwish" <[email protected]> writes:

> Add a configuration guide for real-time kernels.
>
> List all Kconfig options that are recommended to be either enabled or
> disabled.  Explicitly add a table of contents at the top of the document,
> so that all the options can be seen in a glance.
>
> Whenever appropriate, link to other kernel guides; e.g. cpuidle, cpufreq,
> power management, workqueues, and no_hz.
>
> Add a summary at the end of the document warning users that there is no
> "one size fits all solution" for configuring a real-time system.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ahmed S. Darwish <[email protected]>
> ---
>  Documentation/core-api/real-time/index.rst    |   1 +
>  .../real-time/kernel-configuration.rst        | 307 ++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 308 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/core-api/real-time/kernel-configuration.rst

So would you like me to pick this up in the docs tree, or did you have
another path in mind?

Thanks,

jon