Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 28 Oct 2010 10:58:01 -0700 | From | Corey Ashford <> | Subject | Re: How do I add yaffs file system to mainline? |
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On 10/27/2010 05:08 PM, Charles Manning wrote: > YAFFS has been used for many years as a third-party patch-in. > > I have recently been through the exercise of changing all the symbols to be > more kernel friendly with the intention of mainlining into the linux tree. > > The code is in git at http://github.com/cdhmanning/linux-yaffs-integration/ > > Thanks to CELF and Google for sponsoring the effort so far. > > What still needs to be done to mainline this? > Who do I need to approach?
I'd say you need to post a series of incremental patches which introduces this filesystem, why the kernel should have it, why people would want it, etc.
For lots more details, you should take a look at the files in Documentation/development-process in the kernel source tree.
-- Regards,
- Corey
Corey Ashford Software Engineer IBM Linux Technology Center, Linux Toolchain Beaverton, OR cjashfor@us.ibm.com
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