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From: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: Mainlining Lustre client
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2013 08:56:32 -0700
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> The rules for staging are:
> 	- it has to build
> 	- it has to be self-contained in drivers/staging/YOUR_NAME/
> 	- it has to have a correct license (i.e. GPLv2 compatible).
> 	- it has to have a TODO file listing what needs to be done in
> 	  order to get it out of staging.
> that's it.

Traditionally Lustre needed some patches in fs/*
I don't know if that's still the case.

But if yes you would likely need to get those in first separately.

-Andi
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