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From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 13:27:06 +0000
Subject: Re: Where to start
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On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 07:14:19AM -0600, Shaun Laing wrote:
> Hi Dan,
> 
> I have a similar question, but unfortunately I don't know what
> "staging" is or what a "Sparse" warning looks like.  This seems pretty
> trivial so I'm wondering if there a primer webpage that I have
> overlooked.  Would you happen to have a link?
> 
> Sorry to bug you, and thank you for your help.

staging is the drivers/staging/ directory.  It's where crap code
goes.

Here is an article on Sparse: http://lwn.net/Articles/205624/

regards,
dan carpenter