Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Tue, 6 Apr 2010 16:17:28 -0700 | From | Randy Dunlap <> | Subject | [PATCH 2/2] Documentation/development-process: update staging info |
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From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Update explanation of mmotm. Add explanation of drivers/staging/.
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> --- Documentation/development-process/2.Process | 14 ++++++++------ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
--- linux-2.6.34-rc3-git5.orig/Documentation/development-process/2.Process +++ linux-2.6.34-rc3-git5/Documentation/development-process/2.Process @@ -267,12 +267,8 @@ an appropriate subsystem tree or be sent development cycle, approximately 10% of the patches going into the mainline get there via -mm. -The current -mm patch can always be found from the front page of - - http://kernel.org/ - -Those who want to see the current state of -mm can get the "-mm of the -moment" tree, found at: +The current -mm patch is available in the "mmotm" (-mm of the moment) +directory at: http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ @@ -307,6 +303,12 @@ volatility of linux-next tends to make i 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. + 2.5: TOOLS
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