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author | Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> | 2010-05-23 20:02:30 -0400 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2010-05-24 10:30:55 -0400 |
commit | e6a591e58e2c70912987f9f19d36ba967063b251 (patch) | |
tree | 2b49c1d8e401df32193709e9f8d3324e37d3359f /Documentation | |
parent | ef0eba477eeb424db97a162eb3a8c887b9c619df (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>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/development-process/2.Process | 14 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/development-process/2.Process b/Documentation/development-process/2.Process index 11682b120e8d..97726eba6102 100644 --- a/Documentation/development-process/2.Process +++ b/Documentation/development-process/2.Process | |||
@@ -267,12 +267,8 @@ an appropriate subsystem tree or be sent directly to Linus. In a typical | |||
267 | development cycle, approximately 10% of the patches going into the mainline | 267 | development cycle, approximately 10% of the patches going into the mainline |
268 | get there via -mm. | 268 | get there via -mm. |
269 | 269 | ||
270 | The current -mm patch can always be found from the front page of | 270 | The current -mm patch is available in the "mmotm" (-mm of the moment) |
271 | 271 | directory at: | |
272 | http://kernel.org/ | ||
273 | |||
274 | Those who want to see the current state of -mm can get the "-mm of the | ||
275 | moment" 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. | |||
307 | See http://lwn.net/Articles/289013/ for more information on this topic, and | 303 | See http://lwn.net/Articles/289013/ for more information on this topic, and |
308 | stay tuned; much is still in flux where linux-next is involved. | 304 | stay tuned; much is still in flux where linux-next is involved. |
309 | 305 | ||
306 | Besides the mmotm and linux-next trees, the kernel source tree now contains | ||
307 | the drivers/staging/ directory and many sub-directories for drivers or | ||
308 | filesystems that are on their way to being added to the kernel tree | ||
309 | proper, but they remain in drivers/staging/ while they still need more | ||
310 | work. | ||
311 | |||
310 | 312 | ||
311 | 2.5: TOOLS | 313 | 2.5: TOOLS |
312 | 314 | ||