diff --git a/content/guides/buildingpatchingandmaintainingtheapertiskernel.md b/content/guides/buildingpatchingandmaintainingtheapertiskernel.md
index 828f367e5835fbd296dc9bf19b66ad31ef9b604f..6acacad90298cfd4b37a496aaa503aaf38f957e9 100644
--- a/content/guides/buildingpatchingandmaintainingtheapertiskernel.md
+++ b/content/guides/buildingpatchingandmaintainingtheapertiskernel.md
@@ -658,6 +658,112 @@ An example of how to achieve this:
series.
- Use `gbp dch` to update changelog, tweak as necessary.
+### Updating the kernel from an upstream stable git branch
+
+The [Apertis release flow]( {{< ref "release-flow.md#apertis-release-flow" >}})
+stipulates that each Apertis release should include the latest mainline kernel
+LTS release. Due to Debian's release cadence being approximately half that of
+Apertis', there are 2 Apertis releases for each Debian stable release and the
+latest LTS is not always packaged by Debian. As a result it is expected that
+Apertis will need to pull from the mainline kernel LTS tree to satisfy it's
+requirements. For example, Apertis v2020 ships with a newer version of the
+Linux kernel (5.4.x) than Debian Buster (4.9.x) on which it is based.
+
+In such cases, special care needs to be taken to update packages from their
+respective upstreams:
+
+- Using the GitLab web UI, check to ensure that the relevant update branch
+ exists, in the case of the Apertis `v2020` release, kernel updates should be
+ made on the `apertis/v2020-security` branch. Create the required branch if it
+ doesn't exist.
+- Clone the existing package from Apertis GitLab and checkout the relevant
+ branch:
+
+ $ git clone -b apertis/v2020-security git@gitlab.apertis.org:pkg/linux.git linux-apertis
+
+- Separately clone the Linux kernel LTS repository and checkout the relevant
+ stable branch:
+
+ $ git clone -b stable-linux-5.4.y git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git linux-stable
+
+- Create a `gbp pq` patch branch and switch back to normal branch. The patch
+ branch will be needed when rebasing the Debian patches:
+
+ $ cd linux-apertis
+ $ gbp pq import
+ $ gbp pq switch
+
+- Determine the latest stable release and derive the Apertis version to use. To
+ ensure collisions don't occur with any future Debian releases, we will mark
+ the release as the zeroth "Debian" release (`-0`) and first Apertis
+ pre-release (`~apertis1`):
+
+ $ KERNEL_RELEASE=`git -C ../linux-stable describe`
+ $ RELEASE="${KERNEL_RELEASE#v}-0~apertis1"
+
+- Add a changelog entry for newest `linux-5.4.y` kernel release (this is needed
+ to get `genorig.py` to use the right release):
+
+ $ DEBEMAIL="User Name <user@example.com>" dch -v "$RELEASE" ""
+ $ git add -f debian/changelog
+ $ git commit -s -m "Add changelog entry for update to $RELEASE"
+
+- Run `debian/bin/genorig.py` to generate debianised kernel source tarball:
+
+ $ debian/bin/genorig.py ../linux-stable
+
+- Import the updated source tarball:
+
+ $ gbp import-orig --upstream-branch=upstream/linux-5.4.y --debian-branch=apertis/v2020-security <path to orig tarball>
+
+- Rebase the Debian patches on the new kernel version:
+
+ $ gbp pq rebase
+
+ This may require some manual intervention following the normal git rebasing
+ process.
+
+- Export updated patch series:
+
+ $ gbp pq export
+
+- Tweak `debian/patches/series` file so that it retains the comments that `gbp
+ pq` wants to drop. If no patches have been dropped during rebase then:
+
+ $ git checkout debian/patches/series
+ $ git add -f debian/patches
+ $ git commit -s -m "Update the debian patches for $RELEASE update"
+
+- Update changelog to released state (set distribution to apertis), document
+ any patches that have been dropped as a result of the update and create new
+ commit:
+
+ $ dch -D apertis
+ $ git add -f debian/changelog
+ $ git commit -s -m "Release linux version $RELEASE"
+
+- Run `dpkg-buildpackage` to generate the debian packaging, this is needed to
+ use the tools to update the
+ [pristine-lfs branch]( {{< ref "component_structure.md" >}} ):
+
+ $ mkdir ../build
+ $ gbp buildpackage --git-ignore-new \
+ --git-debian-branch=apertis/v2020-security \
+ --git-prebuild='debian/rules debian/control || true' \
+ --git-export-dir='../build' \
+ --no-sign -us -S
+
+- Import the generated kernel tarball into pristine-lfs branch with
+ `import-tarballs`:
+
+ $ git clone git@gitlab.apertis.org:infrastructure/packaging-tools.git ../packaging-tools
+ $ ../packaging-tools/import-tarballs ../build/<kernel .dsc file>
+ $ git push origin pristine-lfs
+
+- Push kernel update to a branch to be reviewed:
+
+ $ git push origin apertis/v2020-security:wip/${GITLAB_USER}/${KERNEL_RELEASE}-kernel-update
+
### Version numbering
The updated nature of the package is reflected in the version number
diff --git a/content/guides/component_guide.md b/content/guides/component_guide.md
index 61b652708f85cd0ebc393b90f2605828e4486b4f..83bb012c606d4838b20408782ef96beebb7e600b 100644
--- a/content/guides/component_guide.md
+++ b/content/guides/component_guide.md
@@ -569,112 +569,6 @@ packages taken from stable or even testing releases.
Follow the instructions provided by the above command to create a merge request
-## Updating the kernel from an upstream stable git branch
-
-The [Apertis release flow]( {{< ref "release-flow.md#apertis-release-flow" >}})
-stipulates that each Apertis release should include the latest mainline kernel
-LTS release. Due to Debian's release cadence being approximately half that of
-Apertis', there are 2 Apertis releases for each Debian stable release and the
-latest LTS is not always packaged by Debian. As a result it is expected that
-Apertis will need to pull from the mainline kernel LTS tree to satisfy it's
-requirements. For example, Apertis v2020 ships with a newer version of the
-Linux kernel (5.4.x) than Debian Buster (4.9.x) on which it is based.
-
-In such cases, special care needs to be taken to update packages from their
-respective upstreams:
-
-- Using the GitLab web UI, check to ensure that the relevant update branch
- exists, in the case of the Apertis `v2020` release, kernel updates should be
- made on the `apertis/v2020-security` branch. Create the required branch if it
- doesn't exist.
-- Clone the existing package from Apertis GitLab and checkout the relevant
- branch:
-
- $ git clone -b apertis/v2020-security git@gitlab.apertis.org:pkg/linux.git linux-apertis
-
-- Separately clone the Linux kernel LTS repository and checkout the relevant
- stable branch:
-
- $ git clone -b stable-linux-5.4.y git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git linux-stable
-
-- Create a `gbp pq` patch branch and switch back to normal branch. The patch
- branch will be needed when rebasing the Debian patches:
-
- $ cd linux-apertis
- $ gbp pq import
- $ gbp pq switch
-
-- Determine the latest stable release and derive the Apertis version to use. To
- ensure collisions don't occur with any future Debian releases, we will mark
- the release as the zeroth "Debian" release (`-0`) and first Apertis
- pre-release (`~apertis1`):
-
- $ KERNEL_RELEASE=`git -C ../linux-stable describe`
- $ RELEASE="${KERNEL_RELEASE#v}-0~apertis1"
-
-- Add a changelog entry for newest `linux-5.4.y` kernel release (this is needed
- to get `genorig.py` to use the right release):
-
- $ DEBEMAIL="User Name <user@example.com>" dch -v "$RELEASE" ""
- $ git add -f debian/changelog
- $ git commit -s -m "Add changelog entry for update to $RELEASE"
-
-- Run `debian/bin/genorig.py` to generate debianised kernel source tarball:
-
- $ debian/bin/genorig.py ../linux-stable
-
-- Import the updated source tarball:
-
- $ gbp import-orig --upstream-branch=upstream/linux-5.4.y --debian-branch=apertis/v2020-security <path to orig tarball>
-
-- Rebase the Debian patches on the new kernel version:
-
- $ gbp pq rebase
-
- This may require some manual intervention following the normal git rebasing
- process.
-
-- Export updated patch series:
-
- $ gbp pq export
-
-- Tweak `debian/patches/series` file so that it retains the comments that `gbp
- pq` wants to drop. If no patches have been dropped during rebase then:
-
- $ git checkout debian/patches/series
- $ git add -f debian/patches
- $ git commit -s -m "Update the debian patches for $RELEASE update"
-
-- Update changelog to released state (set distribution to apertis), document
- any patches that have been dropped as a result of the update and create new
- commit:
-
- $ dch -D apertis
- $ git add -f debian/changelog
- $ git commit -s -m "Release linux version $RELEASE"
-
-- Run `dpkg-buildpackage` to generate the debian packaging, this is needed to
- use the tools to update the
- [pristine-lfs branch]( {{< ref "component_structure.md" >}} ):
-
- $ mkdir ../build
- $ gbp buildpackage --git-ignore-new \
- --git-debian-branch=apertis/v2020-security \
- --git-prebuild='debian/rules debian/control || true' \
- --git-export-dir='../build' \
- --no-sign -us -S
-
-- Import the generated kernel tarball into pristine-lfs branch with
- `import-tarballs`:
-
- $ git clone git@gitlab.apertis.org:infrastructure/packaging-tools.git ../packaging-tools
- $ ../packaging-tools/import-tarballs ../build/<kernel .dsc file>
- $ git push origin pristine-lfs
-
-- Push kernel update to a branch to be reviewed:
-
- $ git push origin apertis/v2020-security:wip/${GITLAB_USER}/${KERNEL_RELEASE}-kernel-update
-
# Creating New Modifications
The standard [Contribution Process]({{< ref "contributions.md" >}})