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Message-ID: <20101026170254.372820eb@queued.net> Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:02:54 -0700 From: Andres Salomon <dilinger@...ued.net> To: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net> Cc: linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Documentation: document the staging directory and submission process Document things that I would've liked to have known when submitting a driver to gregkh for staging. Signed-off-by: Andres Salomon <dilinger@...ued.net> --- Documentation/development-process/2.Process | 25 +++++++++++++++++++------ 1 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/development-process/2.Process b/Documentation/development-process/2.Process index ae8127c..911a451 100644 --- a/Documentation/development-process/2.Process +++ b/Documentation/development-process/2.Process @@ -303,12 +303,25 @@ volatility of linux-next tends to make it a difficult development target. See http://lwn.net/Articles/289013/ for more information on this topic, and stay tuned; much is still in flux where linux-next is involved. -Besides the mmotm and linux-next trees, the kernel source tree now contains -the drivers/staging/ directory and many sub-directories for drivers or -filesystems that are on their way to being added to the kernel tree -proper, but they remain in drivers/staging/ while they still need more -work. - +2.4.1: STAGING TREES + +The kernel source tree now contains the drivers/staging/ directory, where +many sub-directories for drivers or filesystems that are on their way to +being added to the kernel tree live. They remain in drivers/staging while +they still need more work; once complete, they can be moved into the +kernel proper. This is a way to keep track of drivers that aren't +up to Linux kernel coding or quality standards, but people may want to use +them and track development. + +Greg Kroah-Hartman currently (as of 2.6.36) maintains the staging tree. +Drivers that still need work are sent to him, with each driver having +its own subdirectory in drivers/staging/. Along with the driver source +files, a TODO file should be present in the directory as well. The TODO +file lists the pending work that the driver needs for acceptance into +the kernel proper, as well as a list of people that should be Cc'd for any +patches to the driver. Staging drivers that don't currently build should +have their config entries depend upon CONFIG_BROKEN. Once they can +be successfully built without outside patches, CONFIG_BROKEN can be removed. 2.5: TOOLS -- 1.7.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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