Re: beginner questions on being added to the linux tree

[Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com>]

* Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> [100810 04:02]:
> Hi Jacob,
> 
> On Mon, 9 Aug 2010 19:36:01 -0500 "Jacob Tanenbaum" <Jacob.Tanenbaum@logicpd.com> wrote:
> >
> >             I work for LogicPD and am trying to add new support for
> > there OMAP3 development boards to the kernel, I have a working version
> > of some of the base support and was wondering how to get that ready to
> > be merged in during this merge window. We have tested the code against
> > the most recent version of linux-next I can get to build and was
> > wondering where to go. Do I send merge requests to the linux-next list
> > or a series of patches. I have sent patches to the omap and arm lists
> > and got some minor syntax errors reported by them (spaces instead of
> > tabs and the like) and was wondering where to go from here.
> 
> I only merge other people's trees, so you need to set up a git tree
> somewhere and tell me (cc'ing linux-next and all other appropriate
> lists/people) where it is and which branch to fetch.  I then fetch that
> branch each day and merge it with everything else.
> 
> Getting your code merged by Linus during this merge window is up to Linus
> and Russell or Tony, I guess.  But I cannot take new trees now until
> after -rc1 is out.  So if you really want your code merged during this
> merge window, your best bet is to convince Russell and/or Tony.

Yeah, it's too late for this merge window. But after -rc1 I'll start
queuing things up for the next merge window. That way your patches will
go to Stephen's for-next tree and then get pulled into the mainline
tree during the next merge window.

> Having your tree in linux-next may be useful for ongoing development
> unless Tony thinks it may be better for you to just submit your code
> through his omap tree.

If you have patches coming on continuous basis, then maintaining
a git branch makes sense. For occasional sets of patches, it's probably
easier to just email them to the list.

Regards,

Tony