linux-kernel - Re: 802.11 development process

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Message-ID: <43e72e891002242111x74f15f67y491ea7351d9c7b67@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:11:23 -0800
From:	"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...il.com>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>,
	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...nel.org>
Cc:	Benoit PAPILLAULT <benoit.papillault@...e.fr>,
	linux-wireless <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 802.11 development process - extended documentation

On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 6:37 PM, Stephen Hemminger
<shemminger@...tta.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 03:34:30 +0100
> Benoit PAPILLAULT <benoit.papillault@...e.fr> wrote:
>
>> Luis R. Rodriguez a écrit :
>> > On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 4:43 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@...il.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 4:34 PM, Benoit PAPILLAULT
>> >> <benoit.papillault@...e.fr> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Luis R. Rodriguez a écrit :
>> >>>
>> >>>> I've extended our 802.11 development process into a new section on our
>> >>>> 802.11 wiki. I often get asked how this works from different parts of
>> >>>> the company here at Atheros so figured it'd be easier to illustrate
>> >>>> this as best as possible and share it.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/process
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Hope it does justice, John if you see any mistakes feel free to edit.
>> >>>> If the diagram seems fishy let me know what I can fix.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>  Luis
>
> The part that is missing is the -stable kernel tree (Greg KH).

Indeed, so I was unsure how the the linux-2.6-allstable gets
maintained yet, what that pulls from, and how linux-2.6-stable.git
gets put together. If someone has time to explain how that to works to
me I'd gladly add that.

> As a distro maintainer, I find the stable kernel tree the most important of all!

Sure.

> More important than the compat-wireless tree (sorry Luis).

Heh, no offense taken, remember this is for 802.11, that's why I added
that stuff. I often have to explain how that stuff works too.

  Luis
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