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authorRandy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>2010-05-23 20:02:30 -0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2010-05-24 10:30:55 -0400
commite6a591e58e2c70912987f9f19d36ba967063b251 (patch)
tree2b49c1d8e401df32193709e9f8d3324e37d3359f /Documentation
parentef0eba477eeb424db97a162eb3a8c887b9c619df (diff)
Documentation/development-process: add staging & mmotm info
Update explanation of mmotm. Add explanation of drivers/staging/. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Acked-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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@@ -267,12 +267,8 @@ an appropriate subsystem tree or be sent directly to Linus. In a typical
267development cycle, approximately 10% of the patches going into the mainline 267development cycle, approximately 10% of the patches going into the mainline
268get there via -mm. 268get there via -mm.
269 269
270The current -mm patch can always be found from the front page of 270The current -mm patch is available in the "mmotm" (-mm of the moment)
271 271directory at:
272 http://kernel.org/
273
274Those who want to see the current state of -mm can get the "-mm of the
275moment" tree, found at:
276 272
277 http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ 273 http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/
278 274
@@ -307,6 +303,12 @@ volatility of linux-next tends to make it a difficult development target.
307See http://lwn.net/Articles/289013/ for more information on this topic, and 303See http://lwn.net/Articles/289013/ for more information on this topic, and
308stay tuned; much is still in flux where linux-next is involved. 304stay tuned; much is still in flux where linux-next is involved.
309 305
306Besides the mmotm and linux-next trees, the kernel source tree now contains
307the drivers/staging/ directory and many sub-directories for drivers or
308filesystems that are on their way to being added to the kernel tree
309proper, but they remain in drivers/staging/ while they still need more
310work.
311
310 312
3112.5: TOOLS 3132.5: TOOLS
312 314